Someone please talk me into or out of buying a fancy “machined” metal pen… ✍️

In hindsight, it’s somewhat unfortunate that I got my clerical vestments when I was in the best shape of my life, a few years before Covidtide came…

And the quest continues for a fun fire and s’mores night with the kiddos that doesn’t devolve into tears and mayhem… 🪵🔥🍫😭

Software developers: What policies, guidelines, etc., if any, does your company have around the use of generative AI in your development work?

HEY! Who are the best, most even-keeled thinkers commenting on generative AI today? Like, who could write about AI at length for, say, The Economist? I’m having a hard time finding people like this in all the noise of AI cheerleaders and doomsayers.

I’m much more worried about FOX News coming for my relatives than LGBTQ people coming for my kids.

invite me to bluesky you cowards

I’ve got an Okta / SCIM question: What’s the difference between (1) “assigning” a Group to an Okta SCIM application and (2) “pushing” a Group to an Okta SCIM application? Somebody make it make sense, please

Death sucks.

If the Church speaks out in the public square, it should be for the primary benefit of others—even her enemies!—and not (or only incidentally) out of self-interest.

Jesus welcomed sinners, and was jailed and executed by the state. And yet we’ve got these “Christian” clowns out here arguing that the state should jail and execute those that the clowns deem sinners.

I don’t know, you guys. Maybe they just really don’t like LGBTQ people…

It’s pizza and movie night, y’all 🍕🎬

Currently reading: After Evangelicalism by David P Gushee 📚

What’s the best, most honest work of “apologetics” that you’ve read?

OK, who owns therev.dev domain?

So, ChatGPT-4 was having a HARD TIME helping me write a Python script to place correctly-encoded events onto a Kinesis Stream for testing purposes. I’ve got an Avro event schema in AWS Glue Schema Registry and would like to put test events onto a specific Kinesis Stream. Can I do this in Python?

Thinking about resurrecting 8020 Tools. “Timeless Tools for a Better Life.” Taking an 80/20 “Pareto” approach to becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise. What should my publishing mechanism be? I’ve used Squarespace and WordPress in the past. Interested in trying something new.

I resonate with Thomas’s desire for tangible proof of the risen Christ. Thomas saw and felt the wounds “which neither heal nor fester” (to borrow a phrase from Robert Jenson). If you’ve doubted Christ’s presence and power, like me and Thomas, what’s made the difference for you?

Curious to know what my fellow micro.bloggers think about ChatGPT!