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Lance Ball

@lanceball

I write software, cook food, exercise, take pictures, grow things. Red Hat. he/him/his.

 Asheville, NC
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Joined January 2008
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If you left your almost-full journal and a copy of Aurelius’ “Meditations” on the Q train, DM me so I can send them back to you. I know I’d be heartbroken if I lost my diary.
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Beware of an ex-Senator who calls for a third party Presidential candidate next year as a so-called "threat to the status quo" when, in fact, that tactic might be the dream scenario of Donald Trump's strategists as Trump's possible best route to victory in 2024.
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Full House at Knative function talk. Catch it online!
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Rep. @TriciaCotham's party switch makes clear that she lacks a moral compass, any serious convictions, and a commitment to the truth. She lied to her constituents & is stealing their right to representation in Raleigh. HD 112 deserves better. She should #ResignNow. #CothamResign
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Congressman Vern Buchanan had over $2.3 million in PPP loans forgiven. nitter.gq/VernBuchanan/status/15…
Rep. Vern Buchanan (@VernBuchanan) profile pictureRep. Vern Buchanan
@VernBuchanan24 Aug 2022
As a blue-collar kid who worked his way through college, I know firsthand the sacrifices people make to receive an education. Biden’s reckless, unilateral student loan giveaway is unfair to the 87 percent of Americans without student loan debt and those who played by the rules.
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To avoid crowds, visit areas that are less crowded.
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On train from Poland to Ukraine. One for the history books. 10/10 @JoeBiden @POTUS @WhiteHouse photo credit @evanvucci
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Sorry I didn’t respond to your email. I read it at a stoplight taking my kids to school and remembered it 4 months later.
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Twitter is closing its doors to hobby bots like this one. They tell us a week before this happens. There's been a lot of measured, well-mannered commentary from other makers of Twitter bots. I thought I'd share my uncensored thoughts instead. Fuck this. 1/?
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Lance Ball retweeted
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Adam Jacob
@adamhjk27 Jan 2023
I want to dig in on why Red Hat is better at generating revenue from open source than anyone who has ever done it. This is a perfect example. Do you know how rare it is to generate $1B/ARR? Hashicorp is *half* that number. Let that sink in.
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Lance Ball retweeted
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Mike Shor@MikeShor21 Dec 2022
Which is the most ignored generation?
22%Gen Z
25%Millennials
8%Baby Boomers
44%Silent Generation
129,805 votes • Final results
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Breaking: NC State Bureau of Investigation says it has submitted former congressman and Donald Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ voter fraud case file to NC Attorney General @JoshStein_ for review #ncpol
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Functions as a Service (FaaS) does not need to be managed by a vendor. You can run your own FaaS with Knative Functions. No Dockerfile, no Kubernetes knowledge, no lock-in. youtu.be/VjI5WDOhAwk @DevopsToolkit @KnativeProject
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Survey says 91% of Red Hatters agree that @RedHat is a great company to work for, marking us a Certified #GreatPlacetoWork for 2022-2023 in 14 markets across the globe. Thank you to the Red Hatters around the world who made this possible. red.ht/3Lw6ZvS #LifeAtRedHat
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What if we look at „technical debt“ the other way round? Business gets the feature but has to pay back the consequences of time pressure by paying an „interest rate“, i.e. granting teams time to cleanup and refactor later on.
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The Knative Steering Committee is having elections this month, and we are looking for nominees; if you want to help set the direction of the project and the community, please self-nominate. The deadline is Nov. 8th, 2022. Very easy nomination form here github.com/knative/community…
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Lance Ball retweeted
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Dominik 🔮@TkDodo1 Nov 2022
Why does it sometimes feel that open source moves a lot faster than the "real work" even though (or maybe because of?): - there are no estimations - no sprints - no retros - no pressure - no "process" - barely a roadmap Things ship and work, and quality is good, too...
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Also, @lanceball 's combination of metacontroller and @KnativeProject functions at #knativecon was pretty interesting as a way to write controllers in 200 lines of code: youtu.be/JjY0debRGtI
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Getting ready for #KubeCon in #Detroit! #RedHat is here to talk #opensource #kubernetes #community @openshift. Grab some swag including books, hats, and more! @redhat @redhatopen @redhatevents – at Detroit, MI
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Come one, come all to ask us all about the @knative #Serverless @KubeCon_. Panel discussion with @e_k_anderson @salaboy @lanceball and yours truly :)
Red Hat Open (@redhatopen) profile pictureRed Hat Open@redhatopen25 Oct 2022
Knative: More Than Just Serverless Containers @lanceball @madhatter_ns @salaboy & @e_k_anderson sched.co/182N0 #kubecon Wednesday
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