Justin Castilla

@justincastilla.bsky.social

Senior Dev Advocate @ Elastic Pacific Northwest shaven Sasquatch Guitar+Bass VIntage Synthesizer Hound Soldering Enthusiast Woodworker Camper If you can't DIY it then its suspect and probably of poor character.

In "Memory Serves" S02E08 of Star Trek: Discovery they've ran an analysis of a space probe from 500 years in the future. A crew member states that the probe used multiple SQL injections. My sweet space siblings in Christ, why on God's green Galaxy are we still using SQL in the year of our Q 2758?!

At the MS Build conference they announced new Azure data centers that are epically huge and complex and amazing. They also boasted 100% renewable energy consumption and using eco-friendly building materials such as laminated timber product and bio-sourced micro-algal sandstone in the concrete...

Since I have the privilege and access, I might set up an Observability program with my house. I'll be the trace and the spans can be my daily comings and goings. Just requires a LOT of IoT devices and a little bit of code everywhere. This could be fun or creepy.

Having to admit to a non-US coworker that I took a day off for grief, recovery, and action from the Inauguration is a trip. This time around, I will not be aghast, but be combative. I will not wait out the four years. I will make it a hell for them.

Last night I was bored out of my skull (I'm recovering from a nasty cold) and I wanted to get out of the house so at 9pm I drove to Safeway and gathered the ingredients to make a McDonald's clone of a McSausage Biscuit breakfast sandwich. It was delicious. No Ragrets.