Recent Posts

A Decade of Fighting Spam

Posted on Mon 27 November 2023 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

A run down of what a decade of spam fighting looks like on the Stack Exchange network.


My thoughts on what remote work will look like in the coming decade

Posted on Tue 23 May 2023 in Side Activities • Tagged with job search, leadership

Return of office, hybrid work, fully remote job opportunities. Where do I think this is going?


The Launch of Viva Printworks

Posted on Sun 21 May 2023 in Side Activities • Tagged with meta, viva printworks

The start of a new project is always exciting. This project is a brand new business: Viva Printworks!


Automatically checking for broken links using Github Actions

Posted on Mon 13 February 2023 in Side Activities • Tagged with technical, Pelican, meta

This blog is over a decade old with over 100 posts. This post covers my recent work to find links that have broken so that I can fix them quickly.


Stack Overflow bans ChatGPT temporarily

Posted on Mon 05 December 2022 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation, chatgpt

Today Stack Overflow moderators banned ChatGPT on the site. This is my reflection on why we went this route.


Updating the design of the site

Posted on Thu 17 November 2022 in Side Activities • Tagged with technical, Pelican, meta

I've updated this site with a new theme and some under the hood improvements. This article covers those updates and what I hope to accomplish.


Stack Overflow still has issues and it's getting worse

Posted on Fri 29 March 2019 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange

A follow up from a post I made a year and a half ago. How's Stack Overflow doing (from the perspective of a long time community member and moderator)?


...and then there was a backup server

Posted on Mon 12 February 2018 in Side Activities • Tagged with technical

Technical discussion about the new backup server


Well, there goes my data...

Posted on Sat 27 January 2018 in Side Activities • Tagged with technical

Learn from my mistake and test your backups


Collecting Diamonds on Stack Exchange

Posted on Fri 18 August 2017 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

I've picked up a couple moderation diamonds recently. A reflection on the Stack Overflow election.