Jason Eckert

I love how some people think those little cheese knives are for serving cheese, when they're actually for defending your cheese. Trust no one.

Every triangle is a love triangle when you love triangles.

The fire alarm went off? I'm good, I think I'll just stay inside...

Window shopping for a computer - then vs now:

Fun fact: Light bulbs were such a good idea, that they became the symbol for a good idea

I have decided from now on to avoid saying "WTF?"

Instead, I'm going to say "By what ungodly sequence of events hath this calamity transpired?"

My vacuum cleaner stopped working yesterday.

So, today I put an Azure sticker on it that I got a while back from a tech conference, and boom - it started sucking again.

Reminder: tomorrow is April Fools’ Day. As always, don’t believe anything you read.

Unfortunately, thanks to the US, that policy has been extended indefinitely.

I miss when software came in boxes thick enough to stop a small-calibre round.

This is what peak nerd urbanism looks like...

Field trips are wasted on kids.

Imagine getting a whole day off work AND learning how a grist mill works.

Reactions when you get from people when you say their OS is trash:

- macOS users: “You just don’t appreciate design.”

- Linux users: “You just don’t understand it.”

- Windows users: "Hmmm.... "trash" is almost a compliment."

"Ask Jeeves" debuted 30 years ago this month, in case anyone needs to feel old today.

Agile would work much better if people stopped involving deadlines and other stakeholders

The top Linux admins in your company:

One ring to hold them
One ring to fold them
One ring to walk away
And one ring to run

Pro tip: Instead of using "Agenda TBD", you could use "Agenda TBGLBA" (to be generated later by AI).

That way, you can say that your meetings are "fully aligned with our organizational AI directives."

The modern version of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy":

https://triosdevelopers.com/jason.eckert/stuff/no_it_did_not.mp4

Don't anthropomorphize AI.
It hates that.

How to dress for spring in Ontario:

Well, there goes my productivity this week...

https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/