Anthony Ferrara

@ircmaxell

Technologist, leader, and purveyor of rants. Engineering @ FB. All opinions my own. 's other half

New Jersey, USA
blog.ircmaxell.com
Joined October 2008
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    Feb 27

    In case you missed it: I'm on the lookout for my next opportunity. If you need someone with a decade of community and developer relations experience for your team, let's chat! (Also some mgmt experience ✨)

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    Feb 26
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    That's fine if you're just hacking together something for yourself, but I'd avoid this syntactic sugar in production code.

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    Feb 26

    Let’s be clear, public health, not corporate profits, must be the number one focus of our coronavirus response. A vaccine that’s just for rich people won’t do much to protect public health.

    ‼️ Azar refuses to promise a coronavirus vaccine will be affordable for anyone: "We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable, but we can't control that price, because we need the private sector to invest.. Price controls won't get us there."
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    Feb 26

    I like Warren a lot, and I identify with her in ways that are uncomfortable to quantify, and it’s painful (like, real heartache) to see her get this far and be trashed and counted out because she is hands down one of the best candidates I’ve seen in my lifetime.

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    Feb 24
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    Republicans have been waging a war on science, women’s reproductive freedom, and fetal tissue research for so long that we have no vaccine for the coronavirus despite having more than 17 years to prepare since the SARS outbreak first alerted us to the dangers of coronaviruses.

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    Feb 22

    Any security folks up for helping out a woman getting an MS who needs help improving a resume? Maybe give pointers on job typed to apply for? DM me for details

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    Feb 20

    questions to ask about compensation more details here:

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  8. Feb 14

    GDPR would cover some of this (example, they waive all liability for the security of their software), but this goes way beyond privacy. Hardware, that I have already purchased, should not be subject to EULA. Full stop. The fact that it is common is abusive and dangerous.

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  9. Feb 14

    If you don't want that liability, your *only* alternative should be to make the API and protocols public domain, so that there are alternative implementations. But having proprietary protocols to hardware, and waiving all liability, should not both be permitted.

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  10. Feb 14

    I really wish someone would push anti-EULA legislation. Especially when said software is required to use hardware that you purchased and own. No, I don't want to "accept all risk to loss of all data due to using this software". You, as the manufacturer should be liable.

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    Feb 13

    This morning I learned that my role at Google has been eliminated. If you've got an opening for someone who's in Kubernetes and containers security, focuses on content, advocacy, and communication, and has an OSS background, holler!

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    Feb 13

    !!Con is a conference where we take 2 days to celebrate the joy, excitement, and surprise (!!!) of programming. Our speakers often: - explain the basics of an idea! - show a delightful demo! - tell a story! I'd love it if you submitted a talk:

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    Jan 31

    The DNC didn’t change the rules to ensure good, diverse candidates could remain on the debate stage. They shouldn’t change the rules to let a billionaire on. Billionaires shouldn't be allowed to play by different rules—on the debate stage, in our democracy, or in our government.

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    Feb 4

    It seems concerning that many of the people building election software are the people who aren't scared enough at the prospect of building election software.

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    Feb 4
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    the idea that democracy has to take 4 hours on a work night is fucking insane when half the country is one bill away from bankruptcy

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    Jan 28

    My time at is coming to an end. I have ~10 years experience with or devrel-adjacent work and have given over 100 talks in the last 5 years. If you're in need of a developer advocate/community person with some management experience, let's chat!

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    Jan 19

    Tip: if you find using ORM to write your database queries put a hold on your DB development. It's not a good example of Modern Data Engineering. How about using modern features like CTEs and Generated/Virtual columns?

    Tip: if you find yourself hating PHP because you only use it for WordPress, put a hold on your WordPress development. It’s not a good example of Modern PHP. Try building a CLI app with the symfony/console package using composer
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    Jan 12

    Do 1 on 1s and don’t skip them, learn who your people are, give structured reviews every 6 to 12 months, remove bad apples sooner than later, lead by example when possible, set an achievable pace, invest in education, show your team trust and give autonomy.

    I’m in my first manager role, soon to have people reporting to me ✨ Tech managers, what is something you wish you’d done differently in your early manager roles?
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  19. Jan 3

    I feel seen...

    Shamelessly borrowing this very me flowchart from
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