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Matt Asay
@mjasay
VP, Developer Relations, @Oracle AI Database. Formerly @MongoDB (x2), @AWScloud, @Adobe. Arsenal apologist. Weekly columnist for InfoWorld. Daily skier.
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    Matt Asay
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    Aug 12, 2019
    I've long admired @awscloud but never thought I'd work for them. Until today, when I started. My Day 1. 😇 I feel really fortunate to work here and with such good people. I'm also grateful for so many of you who have shaped my perspectives and will continue to do so.
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Dec 18, 2014
    Today's Dilbert on marketing vs. engineering is awesome: dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/…
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Oct 18, 2022
    My wife and I have been watching #crashlandingonyou after several friends and family recommended it. I *love* that show. Never been a kdrama person but this is just lovely stuff.
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Aug 27, 2021
    For the past few years, I've been fortunate to work at AWS. Today, however, is my last day there. Very bittersweet for me. Amazon is a demanding, great place, filled with talented, driven people. I will deeply miss both the company and its people.
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Oct 16, 2020
    Replying to @tim_nolet and @awscloud
    Tim, I run the open source strategy and marketing team at AWS. I hadn't been aware of this but am looking into it. (Regardless of anything we may have done, thank you for what you clearly have done with your project)
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Oct 14, 2015
    A new spin on the mythical man month, courtesy of Dilbert
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    May 12, 2020
    Replying to @juliaferraioli
    Yes, it really is different. I've WFH for 15+ years and these past 2 months have been more wearing than all 15 years combined. I tend to be much more productive WFH but it's been harder during the lockdown
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Oct 13, 2021
    Sorry I missed that 7:00 am call. I was busy.
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Nov 20, 2021
    Been a decent Saturday so far....
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Sep 1, 2021
    It's said you can't go back home again. Well, Monday I rejoined @MongoDB after 7 years away & it's 💯. The company has only gotten better in my absence (bc of my absence? 🤔😬), and is filled with ppl I love, building the data platform I love. Feels 🥰 to be home
    GIF
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Nov 18, 2020
    At AWS we use @rustlang to build services for reasons you'd expect (safety, performance, etc). And bc we (& therefore our customers) depend on Rust, we're committed to ensuring its success by participating in the Rust community, which includes building a deep bench of Rust talent
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    Colm MacCárthaigh
    @colmmacc
    Nov 11, 2020
    Since we're building up a team to work on Rust I now get to do more Rust-based phone screens and coding interviews. It's noticeable that rust developers code is very consistent and idiomatic. Much more so than either C, C++, or Java. More like Python or Go in that way.
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Dec 15, 2020
    To my friends and colleagues with whom I rescheduled this morning, I'm sorry for any inconvenience. My daughter said she wanted to ski. And so we did. 🥰
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Sep 5, 2020
    Maybe you: "Kubernetes will give me app portability between clouds!" Gartner: "This likelihood is actually very low. Once deployed in a provider, apps tend to stay there" (There are great reasons to use K8s. Portability probably isn't one of them) blogs.gartner.com/marco-meinardi…
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    Matt Asay
    @mjasay
    Oct 16, 2020
    Replying to @mjasay @tim_nolet and @awscloud
    I'm grateful for your help in this. AWS uses a lot of open source, & we contribute a lot. But open source is ultimately abt community & I personally feel we could've done better here. I'll check w/ you on how we can better support the great work you're doing w/ headless-recorder