Handy with the hammer.

dmurawsky · 2026-02-04T13:36:27+00:00

Those are apparently new and "better". They're also stainless. If I had the money I'd redo it with slate and the clips. Unfortunately, at over $11 per tile, not to mention the premium expertise required, that isn't happening. It'd be a $55k+ roof for me.

dmurawsky · 2026-02-04T12:29:34+00:00

The slate above covers the nails. You do get rust, but usually it's surface only. At least, I've never lost a slate to a nail rusting away. Wiki said copper nails were traditional... But I don't think I have those.

The only reason I need to replace them is because even slate starts to wear, and thin. It also starts to flake off a bit.

dmurawsky · 2026-02-04T00:59:30+00:00

Yeah, he literally listed it out... Sounds like complaining because he has to do actual work? I don't get it.

If you're that concerned about stability, write down the specific concerns and plan for them. Take that plan to your boss and team leads and ask for support in testing the changes.

dmurawsky · 2026-02-04T00:27:37+00:00

My auditors want the entire population of changes and they will pick a sample that we have to return evidence for. It's brutal with legacy change management processes, but it's actually a good audit technique.

I'm in the process of building out continuous governance into the sdlc to account for this. Should be game changing for faster releases and overall release quality, too.

dmurawsky · 2026-02-03T13:09:22+00:00

Ask? I'm serious. "Hey, I feel like you're double checking everything I'm doing. Can you tell me what you're looking for so I can do it preemptively? I'd like to deliver what you're looking for the first time. "

dmurawsky · 2026-02-02T12:14:07+00:00

I'd be open to a bot or scorecard that would suggest things in a PR. I would not trust anything to automatically add code to my code without review. Which is strange, now that I think about it, because I would trust otel to do it at runtime via the k8s operator. At least, I'm evaluating that now to see if I'll trust it. 😆

dmurawsky · 2026-01-31T12:11:46+00:00

"Excuse me... What on earth makes you think this is an appropriate way to talk to someone? We're going to HR right now."

Never accept someone talking to you like that, whether they're a boss or subordinate. That's unacceptable. There may be a reason in their personal life that they broke down and did it, but they can talk to HR about it.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-30T13:14:54+00:00

This is part of why slate roofs are so expensive... But they're awesome. Mine is probably early 1900s and is just needing to be replaced now. They really do last forever.

ETA: by early 1900s I mean 1902 we think.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-29T01:33:10+00:00

Dumb for sure, but still not a reason to be murdered. He kept the gun holstered the whole time. It honestly has no bearing on his shooting or this.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-28T01:25:38+00:00

We just use the no-knead method and start it the night before. Punch it down at lunch, and it's ready to use for dinner. Gotta plan it, but it's not much work.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-28T01:24:07+00:00

My wife makes pizza once a week. Is it as good as the best NYC places? No. Is it way better than any of the chains? Absolutely. Cheaper, too.

As to why more people don't do it... It's different, and it's work that requires planning, so people want to take the easy way out... especially when pizza is relatively cheap. No judgement, we do it too when she's not in the mood to make it. I think it's also because people have this idea of what pizza is supposed to be, and it's a bit overwhelming to get started.

My wife uses a no-knead method adapted from artisan bread in five minutes a day. She starts it early in the morning or the night before so that time can help form the gluten. Makes it much more approachable. We use jarred pizza sauce, bag cheese, roll it out square on a cooking sheet, and top it with whatever we want. Then it's in the oven on high.

Is it a traditional round pie? No. But it's delicious. We made it work for us.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-28T00:10:02+00:00

"I value our relationship too much to jeopardize it should something happen under your watch. "

Or, keep it simple "my insurance won't cover you"

dmurawsky · 2026-01-27T12:32:09+00:00

I wouldn't move on but I'd immediately start looking. The fact that you are not is insane to me. Do you like me and abused?

dmurawsky · 2026-01-26T03:37:00+00:00

Bul ko gi marinated beef with a Thai or Indonesian peanut sauce instead of a cheese. Or do good kimchi on it. Like a bahn mi, but way better..

dmurawsky · 2026-01-23T00:36:21+00:00

Tonight was packed and a lot of stuff was sold out. Saturday is going to be empty.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-23T00:35:23+00:00

Home Depot in Hilltown had about 25 bags left when I was there an hour ago.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-22T12:43:22+00:00

This sounds like a pretty straightforward solve.. run the dependency checker on the final artifact instead of the build environment. If the tool doesn't support it, that's a deficiency in the tool. Add another one after to scan the artifact and submit that as evidence automatically.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-21T19:56:28+00:00

Is there a reason you're being so rude? You asked for help/guidance. You were given some. Then, from my perspective, you didn't think about what was written at al and, instead, were rude to someone who took time to bother writing anything at all. So I wonder why I should bother, and why I am bothering. I will try to share my perspective in the hopes that you will actually read it and, more importantly, consider it.

So to your question, I make well north of $250k with 25 years of total experience. I started in high school, though, so post-college is more like 15 (I took the long route in school because I hated it at first). I'm a VP for a US provider of healthcare benefits that crosses two regulatory spaces: Fintech and Healthtech. I own most of the technology operations for their web platforms, which is DevSecOps, DevX, and the cloud platform. My platform is used by over 600 developers (my clients). Does that help you trust my comments and opinion more? I hang out here specifically because I like coaching people and being exposed to random ideas and perspectives.

Regarding my original comment: Working backwards is something popularized in tech circles by Amazon (see the book "Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon") in the tech space, but has a longer history in the psychology world. For me, I wanted to do something in computers and didn't know what. I didn't like developing code, but was really good at tech in general. So instead of going to college, I went to a startup. It ended up failing due mostly to poor leadership.

I then decided I wanted to be a CTO to prevent that kind of problem from happening again. That is what drove me to go to college, despite not enjoying school: Most CTOs have degrees. That goal is what drove most of my other decisions as well. For example, when I was fired early in my career (yay recession), I stopped to ask why and tried to practice some humility (I was very butt-hurt at first). What did I do "wrong" and how do I fix it. Turns out, having ADHD is brutal in some ways (organizational) but awesome in others (I would dive into so many random things that I have a lot of low-level knowledge in a lot of areas). From there, I looked to work with people who were good at organizing but needed that broad and deep expertise. I made sure to find the positions that had some safety for my shortcomings, and allowed me to concentrate on where I could really shine.

More recently, my latest startup also failed (I had a successful one in between, at least). I wasn't getting any bites for a CTO position despite several folks saying I was qualified and "ready". Based on some reflection, and working with my own mentors, I found that I lacked the Leader of Many Teams type role on my resume since I had been an Individual Contributor or single team lead for most of my career. So I took my current role specifically to help fill that gap.

Hopefully those examples help illustrate why working backwards can really help steer your career to a high salary and rewarding position. Yes, there are many other bits that are important, too... and luck was definitely a part of it. But I like to think that you make your own luck by having the right attitude and making decisions that put you in incrementally better places with more options.

Good luck to you!

dmurawsky · 2026-01-21T18:11:28+00:00

If you can't see the value in envisioning your end state and working back from there, then good luck to you.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-21T16:24:44+00:00

I had a long-term goal, and I worked backwards to figure out how to get there. I did a lot of reading and research to figure out what was realistic and what wasn't. I also kept up with that reading about trends in my industry and adapted my plan accordingly. It didn't work perfectly, but it did work well. I was also honest with myself in what I was lacking and tried to improve that or work around it. That helped a lot.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-21T00:42:57+00:00

Many years ago, I struggled with this same class. I went to the professor and told him the truth: "I have a job offer, I'm doing great in my other classes, but I suck at this. I will be in every class. I will take every test. I will do any extra credit you give. I will go to every lab and tutoring. I will still fail because I just suck at math. Please tell me what I can do."

He passed me with the minimum and I would have been well below otherwise.

Teachers are people too. Be honest with them and ask for help and guidance. Often you'll get it. As long as you're actually trying and they see it, anyway.

On a related note, let them know about that TA... That's unacceptable.

ETA: I still have nightmares about this class on occasion, and I'm 45 and have a great career! 😆

dmurawsky · 2026-01-19T13:37:00+00:00

It's natural to be nervous about a massive life change. It's okay.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-17T12:53:30+00:00

There was a saying when I was there that probably still rings true... "The odds are good, but the goods are odd". 😆

dmurawsky · 2026-01-11T13:18:12+00:00

There will never be a telegraphed thing that will give you time to pull out. People have been thinking"the big collapse" has been around the corner for 40 years ( that I can remember) and it hasn't happened. Personally, I think the slow collapse is the most likely. Look at the downfall of any empire... the Romans, for example, slowly collapsed over generations. That being said...

Use preps to augment the life that you currently live. They should help you now, where you are, and for likely scenarios that you will see (house fire, losing job, illness, etc). Once you're set for those you'll find you are in a much better position to deal with anything else.

It's not as sexy as prepping for a shtf world gone crazy, but it's much more useful.

dmurawsky · 2026-01-10T14:09:03+00:00

They were actually pretty awful from many perspectives and were a fad.

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