# good job (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover good job. Page: Feed: --- ## [August Madness marches on](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/august-madness-marches-on) _2026-08-18 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ Wow, am I late to the party on the recent WNBA madness! I couldn’t help it. I got two weeks ahead of schedule in preparation for going abroad for vacation, as I should have. And thus, I kept up on the developments in this ever-expanding kerfuffle via social media while touring Spain. ## [Privacy's Defender](https://kpwags.com/books/cindy-cohn-privacys-defender/) _2026-08-17 · Keith Wagner - Book Notes_ This book is a memoir of sorts of Cindy Cohn who was a lawyer for, and then eventually the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The book is divided into three parts talking about some of the biggest cases, she and the EFF dealt with over the last 30 years or so. One of the biggest themes of the book was how she and the EFF fought to protect our privacy on the internet.… ## [Activities! Monsters! Elevators! Kangaroos! And a Day at the Beach with Camille's Team!](https://stuartjmurphy.substack.com/p/activities-monsters-elevators-kangaroos) _2026-08-12 · Stuart J. Murphy · Stuart’s Substack_ The Stuart J. ## [I Am Not a Robot](https://kpwags.com/books/joanna-stern-i-am-not-a-robot/) _2026-08-09 · Keith Wagner - Book Notes_ I found this book from an episode of the Decoder Podcast . The premise is that Joanna Stern used AI, LLMs, and robots for many of her tasks and jobs for 2025. The book goes through her experiences, what the tools did well, what they struggled with, and what they simply failed miserably at. I appreciated her humor in her writing and talking about some of her experiences, both good and bad. As you… ## [Asshattery International](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/asshattery-international) _2026-08-04 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ It’s hard to imagine that Amnesty International would call a women-only support center and refuge for female victims of sexual violence that, during its first year of operation, served approximately 2,000 women, with 250 using it as a refuge, an “anti-rights organization,” but here we are. ## [Asshattery International](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/asshattery-international-2c9) _2026-08-04 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ It’s hard to imagine that Amnesty International would call a women-only support center and refuge for female victims of sexual violence that, during its first year of operation, served approximately 2,000 women, with 250 using it as a refuge, an “anti-rights organization,” but here we are. ## [The unoriginal and still the lamest](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/the-unoriginal-and-still-the-lamest) _2026-08-04 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ I recently had a social media-induced eye-rolling moment. It was a post that said Playboy magazine was about to have its first lesbian Playmate of the Month. Yeah, right: displaying one’s naked body for men’s pleasure is a heterosexual act, making this bimbo actually bisexual, if she’s not just faking it. ## [Band of Brothers](https://kpwags.com/books/stephen-e-ambrose-band-of-brothers/) _2026-08-03 · Keith Wagner - Book Notes_ I picked this book up after re-watching the HBO series and the accompanying podcast. I figured reading the source material would provide more insight into these extraordinary men and what they went through in their World War II campaigns. The book starts off talking about all the training they went through. The Airborne were a new concept, the US had never had airborne divisions prior to World War… ## [Bar memories](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/bar-memories) _2026-07-28 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ Lesbian bars are not quite dead yet. As a matter of fact, they’re feeling much better.Getting the L out ... ## [Open Source Must Be Fun (Or It Will Die)](https://mikemcquaid.com/open-source-must-be-fun-or-it-will-die/) _2026-07-26 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Homebrew is thriving while other open source projects struggle. Its scarcest resource isn't money: it's maintainer motivation. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RMY1bETSdHAs) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [That DAR clusterfiasco](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/that-dar-clusterfiasco) _2026-07-21 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ You may have read about the Daughters of the American Revolution brouhaha over a proposal to limit membership to those who can prove the birth certificates that denote them as female reflect their sex as observed at birth. Specifically, ## [In Memory of Jason Rudolph](https://mikemcquaid.com/in-memory-of-jason-rudolph/) _2026-07-17 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Memories of my friend and former GitHub coworker Jason Rudolph, who died in May 2026. ## [Activities! Odd & Even Numbers! Numbers 1 through 100! Metrics! A Picnic! And Some Very Special News about The Young Mathematical Story Authors Competition! (YMSA)](https://stuartjmurphy.substack.com/p/activities-odd-and-even-numbers-numbers-629) _2026-07-15 · Stuart J. Murphy · Stuart’s Substack_ The Stuart J. ## [Step forward to step back ratio](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/step-forward-to-step-back-ratio) _2026-07-14 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ I don’t know what it is precisely, but I do know two things. One is that women took a giant step forward with the Supreme Court decision West Virginia v. ## [Wave that flag](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/wave-that-flag) _2026-07-07 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ I was well aware that the 250th anniversary was something over which to make a big deal, but my color scheme for both Pride and Independence Day was tie-dye. Tie-dye comes much closer to the original Rainbow Flag, as opposed to the bastardized, artificially woke-enhanced “rainbow” flag. ## [The rainbow disconnection](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/the-rainbow-disconnection) _2026-06-30 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ This was my first running off at the mouth: ## [Join the OSS Resistance with Mike McQuaid](https://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/join-the-oss-resistance-with-mike-mcquaid) _2026-06-26 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Mike McQuaid discusses OSS Resistance: doing small amounts of open source work on company time, the risks involved and why it may help sustainability. ## [Happy Contentment Month](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/happy-contentment-month-2d6) _2026-06-23 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ You know you’ve gone a good job with “Pride” when you don’t need it anymore, and can simply enjoy your gay life in America. Yes, there are still people with nasty attitudes about gay people, as there are still people with nasty attitudes about people of color, etc., which means nobody is completely safe. ## [Why is Windows 11 so disliked by programmers – and can Microsoft do anything to change things?](https://www.itpro.com/software/windows/why-is-windows-11-so-disliked-by-programmers-and-can-microsoft-do-anything-to-change-things) _2026-06-23 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ “Stop trying to overrule my preferences on how to use my computer.” ## [Make GitHub Actions Do More For You](https://mikemcquaid.com/make-github-actions-do-more-for-you/) _2026-06-22 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Merge-queue deploys, robust releases and chores you keep forgetting ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hPOWfkm7ROM4) _2026-06-21 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Homebrew tightens tap security, begins work on its interface](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/homebrew-6-0-0-released/) _2026-06-18 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ “It’s probably aimed a little more at newcomers than experienced Homebrew users.” ## [Happy Contentment Month](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/happy-contentment-month) _2026-06-16 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ You know you’ve gone a good job with “Pride” when you don’t need it anymore, and can simply enjoy your gay life in America. ## [Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.](https://brew.sh/2026/06/11/homebrew-6.0.0/) _2026-06-11 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Today, I'm proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. Since 5.1.0: secure tap trusting, faster JSON API, Linux sandboxing, better defaults, \`brew bundle\` improvements, improved performance, initial macOS Golden Gate support. ## [Ball of Confusion](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/ball-of-confusion) _2026-06-09 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ That’s what the world is today, hey hey. ## [Bird song and foghorns](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/bird-song-and-foghorns) _2026-06-05 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ I made more returns to the west side of San Francisco recently, and they came with that feeling of San Francisco being my natural habitat, even though I retreat to the sunnier and warmer East Bay when it’s time to go home. ## [Flood of AI ‘garbage’ is pushing open-source developers to the limit](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2527761-flood-of-ai-garbage-is-pushing-open-source-developers-to-the-limit/) _2026-06-05 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ “The skill right now is being able to skim and spot nonsense while investing as little of your own time as you possibly can.” ## [The impact of AI on open source software development](https://mikemcquaid.com/talks/the-impact-of-ai-on-open-source-software-development/) _2026-06-05 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Five experienced open source practitioners cut through the hype to ask what AI is actually doing to the communities, projects, and humans that keep open source alive. ## [No Giggling matter](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/no-giggling-matter) _2026-05-26 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ In which we channel the Southern sheriff from “Cool Hand Luke” ## [Activities! Mighty Maddie! Kites! Lemonade! Scrubba-dubbing! And a Very Special Letter!](https://stuartjmurphy.substack.com/p/activities-mighty-maddie-kites-lemonade) _2026-05-21 · Stuart J. Murphy · Stuart’s Substack_ The Stuart J. ## [Sh\_ts and Giggles](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/sh_ts-and-giggles) _2026-05-19 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ I spent a recent Saturday afternoon in the far northwestern corner of San Francisco. ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/APMH91CK47Zk) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [“It’s the duty of all Free Software developers to steal as much time…](https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/20260514131932/) _2026-05-14 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ "It's the duty of all Free Software developers to steal as much time as they can from their employers for software freedom." Jeremy Allison, co-creator of Samba and, at the time, a Google employee. 🫡 ## [Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking…](https://ossresistance.com) _2026-05-13 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on. No paperwork. No programme. No manager's blessing. Just maintain it on the clock. ## [An unfortunate classical allusion](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/an-unfortunate-classical-allusion) _2026-05-12 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ One of the things Gavin Newsom has done to drive California into the ground was extending Medical coverage to illegal immigrants. ## [Your regular reminder that shitting on OSS on social media is a…](https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/20260508123635/) _2026-05-08 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Your regular reminder that shitting on OSS on social media is a selfish thing to do. Good job sapping volunteer maintainers' motivation in exchange for your "internet points". Next time: try rolling up your sleeves and contribute a fix to the problem you've identified. ## [Activities! Leaping Lizards! Tallying! Frogs! & Good Job, Ajay!](https://stuartjmurphy.substack.com/p/activities-leaping-lizards-tallying) _2026-05-07 · Stuart J. Murphy · Stuart’s Substack_ The Stuart J. ## [Means of Control](https://kpwags.com/books/byron-tau-means-of-control/) _2026-05-06 · Keith Wagner - Book Notes_ I heard of this book from 404 media and it made me kind of want to smash all my technology and go move into the woods as a hermit. This book does a good job diving into all the various ways technology companies have started to slurp up all our data, originally for advertising and tracking purposes, but eventually making its way into various government databases as well. And all the data we… ## [Get your motor runnin’](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/get-your-motor-runnin) _2026-05-04 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ I hate when this happens … I hate it when I hear a song on the radio that sounds for all the world like a young woman singing romantically about another young woman, only it turns out to be a young man singing. ## [I wonder how much of people loving or hating meetings is down to how…](https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/20260504145430/) _2026-05-04 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ I wonder how much of people loving or hating meetings is down to how well they can type or multitask. ## [Holy Retrospective Week](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/holy-retrospective-week) _2026-04-28 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ Actually, it was more than a week, and, actually, it was more of a “Holy crap!” week when it started on Good Friday. ## [Activities! Carrots are the Best! No, Vacations are the Best! No, Dinosaurs are the Best! And Emma's Friendwich!](https://stuartjmurphy.substack.com/p/activities-carrots-are-the-best-no) _2026-04-22 · Stuart J. Murphy · Stuart’s Substack_ The Stuart J. ## [More musical interludes](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/more-musical-interludes) _2026-04-21 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ When I’d get exasperated by stupid human behavior, my late bestie would settle me down by saying, “Now, Bethie, don’t get so upset. ## [“I’m excited to work with you, the company seems great.](https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/20260421122042/) _2026-04-21 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ "I'm excited to work with you, the company seems great. I'm a little unwhelmed with the salary, though, is there any chance you can do better?" This sentence gets most who try a 0-10% new job pay increase with zero resentments. Paraphrase it and use it (even on me). ## [This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright](https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/) _2026-04-21 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ “The ethics fucking suck. Open source isn’t just source code you download once. It’s an ongoing relationship.” ## [Propaganda never sleeps](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/propaganda-never-sleeps) _2026-04-14 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ The efforts to make gender identity a stand-in for sex, and to place trans-identified males in spaces and positions that should really be for women, is a sprawling mess. ## [This was a good read and reflects my experiences.](https://christophermeiklejohn.com/ai/engineering/2026/04/01/software-engineering-is-becoming-civil-engineering.html) _2026-04-14 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ This was a good read and reflects my experiences. It also made me think the answer to "what do we do with juniors/students and AI" is "actually teach them software engineering best practices, not just CS fundamentals". ## [Sandboxes and Worktrees: My secure Agentic AI Setup](https://mikemcquaid.com/sandboxed-agent-worktrees-my-coding-and-ai-setup-in-2026/) _2026-04-14 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Stop babysitting one AI at a time. Sandboxing lets them run wild safely, Git worktrees let them run in parallel. Use more tokens, get more velocity. ## [Pearl clutching as an Olympic sport](https://bethelliott.substack.com/p/pearl-clutching-as-an-olympic-sport) _2026-04-07 · beth elliott · Getting the L out ... Notes from the lesbian diaspora_ In which we go after Olympic Spa v. Armstrong ## [Prompts Pranking Peers](https://mikemcquaid.com/prompts-pranking-peers/) _2026-04-07 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ Recreating office-style pranks in a remote AI-loving world ## [At work, you have two jobs: being good at your job, being pleasant to…](https://mikemcquaid.com/thoughts/20260402174600/) _2026-04-02 · Mike McQuaid · Mike McQuaid_ At work, you have two jobs: being good at your job, being pleasant to work with. You can sometimes get by for a while not doing them both but it's hard to survive doing neither. ## [Activities! Building Stuff! Shopping! The Best Amusement Park Ever! And a Parade!](https://stuartjmurphy.substack.com/p/activities-building-stuff-shopping) _2026-04-01 · Stuart J. Murphy · Stuart’s Substack_ The Stuart J.