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Jeff Bailey

@jeffabailey

Data is my drug ๐Ÿ’Š

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Joined May 2008
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๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ. ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ. ๐Ÿ’Š ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ : jeffbailey.us vero.co/jeffabailey linkedin.com/in/jeffabailey instagram.com/jeffbaileyblog
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I had a fun conversation with Michele Brissoni and Alessandro Di Gioia about why fundamentals matter more than ever. It's packed with relevant topics for anyone navigating the avalanche of changes impacting software developers. youtu.be/alRdM8icZgc #AI #GenAI
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Imagine twenty software developers burning millions of tokens on the same feature on the same day. That's what's happening in large organizations without InnerSource. ๐Ÿ’ธ It's time to learn the fundamentals. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/3โ€ฆ
Fundamentals of InnerSource

Fundamentals of InnerSource

InnerSource fundamentals explain how open source practices work inside a company, from trusted committers and contribution guides to measuring reuse.

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AI has a tagline: ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’†! And that's THE problem. The answer is articulate & convincing. But is it ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ correct? Distrust, AND ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ. ๐„๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž. #AI
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Practice SQL in the browser: no Docker, autocomplete, AI, or "which Database version,". jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/2โ€ฆ #SQL #Databases #SoftwareEngineering
Learn SQL: Queries, Joins, Aggregates, and Query Plans

Learn SQL: Queries, Joins, Aggregates, and Query Plans

Learn SQL with sqlite3: filter, join, group, and rank rows, read a query in execution order, and use EXPLAIN to find out why a query is slow.

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If your golden path is more complicated than a Konami code you have a problem. Learn how to unlock you platform's power ups. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/1โ€ฆ #PlatformEngineering #DevOps #DeveloperExperience #SoftwareEngineering
Learn Platform Engineering: Golden Paths, Platform as a Product, and Team Topologies

Learn Platform Engineering: Golden Paths, Platform as a Product, and Team Topologies

Learn platform engineering fast: internal developer platforms, platform-as-a-product thinking, golden paths, AI coding agents, and why platforms fail.

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You're not doing Agile! If you've never heard this during your software development career, count yourself lucky. Learn if your team is doing agile with an interactive exercise and a lot of words about Agile. ๐Ÿ˜„ jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/1โ€ฆ
Learn Agile: Core Practices and Hard Truths for Agilists

Learn Agile: Core Practices and Hard Truths for Agilists

Learn agile: the manifesto values, Scrum and Kanban basics, retrospectives, and the trust-first habits that keep Scrum Masters and coaches useful.

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Practice creating a lambda function without an AWS account, an IAM role, or a surprise bill. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/1โ€ฆ #AWS #AWSLambda #Serverless #AWSCLI #FinOps #LearnToCode
Learn AWS Lambda: Handlers, Cold Starts, and the AWS CLI

Learn AWS Lambda: Handlers, Cold Starts, and the AWS CLI

Learn AWS Lambda: create, invoke, and delete a Python function with the AWS CLI, and understand cold starts, invocation types, concurrency, and cost.

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Learn about InnerSource then join the summit on November 12th to deep dive on the subject. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/3โ€ฆ Summit: bit.ly/isc-2026-21 #AI #SoftwareEngineering #InnerSource
What Is InnerSource?

What Is InnerSource?

InnerSource brings open source practices inside a company so teams can change each other's code. Learn its roles, trade-offs, and why AI raises the stakes.

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Practice creating a lambda function without an AWS account, an IAM role, or a surprise bill. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/1โ€ฆ #AWS #AWSLambda #Serverless #AWSCLI #FinOps #LearnToCode
Learn AWS Lambda: Handlers, Cold Starts, and the AWS CLI

Learn AWS Lambda: Handlers, Cold Starts, and the AWS CLI

Learn AWS Lambda: create, invoke, and delete a Python function with the AWS CLI, and understand cold starts, invocation types, concurrency, and cost.

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The hardest part of testing AI is deciding what โ€œworksโ€ means. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/10/0โ€ฆ #AI #Agent #ML #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
What Are AI Evals?

What Are AI Evals?

AI evals explained: how datasets, graders, and scores tell you whether a language model feature works, and why vibe checks and benchmarks fall short.

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Take us back to four buttons and a crosshatch controller! #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
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Some workplace problems survive because everyone is too polite to name them. What allows dysfunctional communication to thrive and how can you deal with it? jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/09/0โ€ฆ #OfficeWork #Communication #CaaS
Confusion as a Service - Deadly Cut 17

Confusion as a Service - Deadly Cut 17

Confusion as a Service (CaaS) starts with the co-worker who floods every channel until nothing means anything. Here is how back pressure gets your sanity back.

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If youโ€™re pining for a world where your agents listen to your instructions most than 60% of the timeโ€ฆ jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/08/2โ€ฆ #Ontology #Context #AI #Software #Data
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My last post explained Lima, now take the lightweight macOS Virtual Machine for a spin. ๐ŸŽ๏ธ jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/08/1โ€ฆ #VM #Software #Technology
How Do I Use Lima?

How Do I Use Lima?

Use Lima to run Linux on your Mac: install with Homebrew, start an Ubuntu VM, share files, and run your first container with nerdctl.

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Docker Desktop isnโ€™t Docker. And on a Mac, you donโ€™t need it. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/01/3โ€ฆ #VM #Lima #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
What Is Lima?

What Is Lima?

Lima explained: how it runs Linux VMs on your Mac, powers Colima and Rancher Desktop, and replaces Docker Desktop without the licensing bill.

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Is it true or is it false? That's the question. Sometimes the simplest knowledge we use daily is worth examining from both sides. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/07/2โ€ฆ #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
What Is Boolean Logic?

What Is Boolean Logic?

Boolean logic explained: true, false, AND, OR, NOT, and the mental patterns a human needs before true or false can mean anything.

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Ever wondered why preparing for a retry storm is important? Read about what it is then the GitHub outage postmortem and you'll be up to speed. czweb.link/1r9segj jeffbailey.us/blog/2025/12/1โ€ฆ #SoftwareDevelopment#SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering
Incident with GitHub.com

Incident with GitHub.com

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Come present at the InnerSource Commons and help organizations promote software reuse, improve cross-functional collaboration, and lower the cost of your AI bill! #InnerSource #CFP #Speaking #Speaker #AI #Software
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๐Ÿšจ InnerSource Summit 2026 is coming Nov 12! A 22-hour global virtual event spanning every timezone. ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŽค The CFP is now OPEN! Share your stories on AI, ISPOs, metrics, & scaling adoption. โฐ Closes Aug 21 ๐Ÿ“ Submit here: bit.ly/SUM26CFP #InnerSource #InnerSourceSummit
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A support phone call too often ends in despair. Enjoy my fresh slice of schadenfreude. #Support #Call #Hell jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/07/2โ€ฆ dc
The Invalid Response Loop: Deadly Cut 16

The Invalid Response Loop: Deadly Cut 16

Invalid response loops in automated phone systems waste hours by design. A 27-minute FSA support call shows how Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menus fail people and how to fix them.

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Some teams spend more time choosing a database than choosing a spouse. Recognize which decisions actually deserve that level of effort. jeffbailey.us/blog/2026/07/1โ€ฆ #Software #SoftwareArchitecture #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of Architecture Decision Making

Fundamentals of Architecture Decision Making

Architecture decision making fundamentals: how to spot decisions that matter, weigh trade-offs, judge reversibility, and record choices with ADRs.

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