Month: July 2024

  • Ask Me Almost Anything

    Ask Me Almost Anything

    I expect that everyone may break the build at some point, but not everyone can get the boss to swear at them.

  • How Sure Are You?

    How Sure Are You?

    It’s even better when the conflict is impossible: “So you detected the issue 3 hours before it started?”

  • In the Dark of the Night

    In the Dark of the Night

    Thankfully this particular scenario happened some time ago and it’s less common now for another team to gleefully ignore the severity classifications.

  • Social Grilling

    Social Grilling

    We are glad to have the opportunity to talk with other parents, but I definitely need a minute to psych myself up for it.

  • Parade Policy

    Parade Policy

    To be fair, the girl scouts also immediately forgot the “no throwing” candy policy, but they’re not…you know…baseball players.

  • Romantic Economy

    Romantic Economy

    Having received a first-class upgrade before, I sympathize with how tough this decision must have been.

  • The Bird

    The Bird

    The words left my mouth and it hit me: “wait, that did not sound right…”

  • Unblocking

    Unblocking

    If only they had pinged on that email thread about how blocked they were, we could have pointed to our original response so much sooner!

  • Stand In For Real

    Stand In For Real

    Just imagine how annoyed I am every time there’s an issue in that code.