Co-Founder @ @CircuitLab
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2009
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My first Kubernetes controller: hairpin-proxy:v0.1.0 github.com/compumike/hairpin… solves a kubernetes/nginx-ingress/cert-manager problem reported on GitHub issues for years. It's fun to dive one or two layers deeper and figure out how the magic works so I can fix it. More importantly,
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"For a good conversation about ideas both sides should share a single motive — finding the truth. I'd like to believe this is the only motive anyone has when discussing ideas but it's not the case." harj.posthaven.com/conversat…
Feedback systems pop quiz! What happens when you combine:
(1) a process with open-loop exponential growth behavior
(2) a feedback signal with lots of delay and noise
(3) a not-very-smart controller that's targeting R=1?
Answer: oscillations and (unfortunately lethal) overshoot.
A month ago, I published my analysis of the pandemic as a feedback control system xitter.gq/compumike/status/12660…. (I didn't model shorter-term oscillations because I was focused on long-term strategy outcomes.)
The bad news is that strategically, the US does seem to be targeting R=1.
"Surprising COVID-19 Strategy: Reduce Economic Damage and Deaths Simultaneously" youtube.com/watch?v=NuNrkG18… I analyze pandemic as a feedback system and show the policy frontier is concave down. Counterintuitive! There is no tradeoff between saving lives & reducing economic damage.
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@gandibar You can help your customers with the CA root expiration incident status.gandi.net/incidents/0… by distributing an updated GandiStandardSSLCA2.pem file that replaces the 2nd cert with AAA. I created one explained here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id… Happy to provide the file.
"Surprising COVID-19 Strategy: Reduce Economic Damage and Deaths Simultaneously" youtube.com/watch?v=NuNrkG18… I analyze pandemic as a feedback system and show the policy frontier is concave down. Counterintuitive! There is no tradeoff between saving lives & reducing economic damage.
"You scored between the 100th and 120th percentile" -- looks like I broke @triple_byte's cool new software engineer skills report! Please don't fix, I'm happy to be in that bracket :)
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.@ProductHunt, Pantelligent is on Product Hunt today. Can I have commenting access please? producthunt.com/posts/pantel…
Robotic xylophone by @NerdKits featured on Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/05/kit-built-robotic-xy.html
Wifi at 32000ft thx to @GogoInflight (free w/ code HPUSAIRWAYS). PPTP VPN works too! Should I "apt-get upgrade" the server from here?
Fortune cookie in SF after Startup School: "You will do well to expand your business." #SUS2010 http://plixi.com/p/51308978
