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thoughts, notes, and things I've learned

  • On Predictions #career-development#microsoft
    Oct 1, 2025
  • On Punctuation
    Jun 2, 2025
  • On Growth #career-development#microsoft
    Jan 2, 2025
  • On Anxiety
    Jul 1, 2024
  • On Reading
    Aug 10, 2023
  • Degrees of Culture #career-development
    Aug 2, 2023
  • Authentic Interviews #career-development#microsoft
    Feb 16, 2021
  • Presentation Tips for Engineers #public-speaking
    Jun 1, 2020
  • CloudFront Edge to Origin Auth #aws
    Jan 26, 2016
  • Preventing hotlinking using CloudFront WAF and Referer Checking #aws
    Jan 23, 2016
  • Recovering a Debian System after running rm /*
    Mar 4, 2013
  • Tumblr to Wordpress Import - Maintaining Links
    Feb 25, 2013
  • CORS Headers in Nginx
    Nov 28, 2012
  • Celery and a failing MySQL Server
    Feb 28, 2011
  • Making nginx ignore query string parameters
    Dec 12, 2010
  • fail2ban time offset issues
    Oct 11, 2010
  • MessageLabs Mail Filtering and Vague Errors
    Sep 13, 2010
  • VMWare ESX and a full SQL Server Database
    Jun 21, 2010
  • Checking SSH Private Keys for Passphrases
    Jun 7, 2010
  • LVM Stale NFS File Handles (Part 1)
    May 19, 2010
  • Bitlbee -> Facebook rename script update
    May 13, 2010
  • Bitlbee -> Facebook rename script update
    May 13, 2010
  • MegaRaid Lies
    May 12, 2010
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