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john spurling

@synec@messydesk.social
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Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop.

JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems.

Mostly here for puns and empathy.

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Joined November 02, 2022
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jul 04, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social
@mattblaze@federate.social Rhapsody in Blue Angels
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jun 28, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

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Replying to @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social There Is No Escape
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jun 19, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @dan@discuss.systems
@dan@discuss.systems DDeLicious
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · May 12, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

RE: @Daojoan@mastodon.social

Perhaps the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies in simply becoming an imposter.

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · May 10, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @vitaut@mastodon.social
@vitaut@mastodon.social Ask Jeeves
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · May 09, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @tek@freeradical.zone
@tek@freeradical.zone cc @igb@mastodon.hccp.org https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2026/news20260423
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · May 08, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @a2_4am@mastodon.social
@a2_4am@mastodon.social r-off the wall
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · May 04, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @fzer0@nerdculture.de
@fzer0 it's a banger
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 27, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

Meow.

Intended status: Informational

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html

www.ietf.org

Meow

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 24, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @ChuckMcManis@chaos.social
@ChuckMcManis@chaos.social @mattblaze@federate.social You should open a soap bar bar with a non-Greek speaking bar-bartender.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 24, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @adastra1930@mastodon.social
@adastra1930 Your mom is cool!
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 22, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

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Virginia is for lovers of democracy

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 22, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

@lzg@mastodon.social sfomg

mastodon.social

lenazun (@lzg@mastodon.social) - Mastodon

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 20, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io no grain, no pain
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 15, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

RE: @infinimatt@hci.social

embrace ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) or get left behind

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 14, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

RE: @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems

existence of NetBSD implies the existence of SpearBSD

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 13, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

Gratulálok, Magyarország!

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 03, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @stuartmarks@mastodon.social
@stuartmarks@mastodon.social @Daojoan@mastodon.social The void is definitely better in the app.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Apr 01, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @karlauerbach@sfba.social
@karlauerbach @andypiper @eff they should've had a cann-do attitude from the start
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 19, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @bloor@bloor.tw
@bloor It's always Dennis the Menace.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 13, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @igb@mastodon.hccp.org
@igb "Swimming Across?" "Only the Paranoid Survive?"
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 13, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @igb@mastodon.hccp.org
@igb Pacific State Machine
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 12, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @oysta@mastodon.oysta.au
@oysta Prerequisite technologies: Ken Thompson, @robpike, and diners.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 04, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @evacide@hachyderm.io
@evacide@hachyderm.io The thing I really want to know about the Meta Ray Bans is: "Will It Blend?" It would be delightful to get the video from the glasses as they're lowered into the Blendtec and see it abruptly cut off as the mechanized whirring starts.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jan 25, 2026
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems 🔥
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Dec 15, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social
@mattblaze@federate.social "Nothin' beats rockin' the block." -Schoolly D (paraphrased), "Gucci Again," 1989
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Aug 15, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @RickiTarr@beige.party
@RickiTarr@beige.party "I said what I said."
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Aug 12, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

The #GitHub CEO is "stepping down" and won't be replaced, and GitHub is becoming part of MSFT's AI division.

So AI took someone's job, and it was a CEO's.

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jul 15, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @gregkh@social.kernel.org
@gregkh Insecrutable
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jul 07, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @icm@mastodon.sdf.org
@icm@mastodon.sdf.org 👋
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 12, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de
@fishidwardrobe @TheTomas Genau.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Mar 12, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social

UNIX includes a command to deal with your cat walking on your keyboard. When your cat is coming, you just type "cat" and press enter, and your cat's input won't mess anything up.

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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Feb 21, 2025
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social
@ZachWeinersmith Nooooooooooooooooooo
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Dec 27, 2024
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

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Replying to @kevin@mastodon.km6g.us
@kevin@mastodon.km6g.us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAA_battery
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Nov 26, 2023
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @evacide@hachyderm.io
@evacide 🎵 O Holey Knit 🎵
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jul 14, 2023
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @rstevens@mastodon.social
@rstevens Makes sense; Foucault's pendulum runs on gravity.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jul 01, 2023
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @rodhilton@mastodon.social
@rodhilton@mastodon.social Them: Let's move Twitter's infrastructure to the cloud. Me: Why? We already have our own infrastructure, and we'll be beholden to the cloud provider. Them: Okay, let's move to *two* cloud providers. Plus, we'll keep some of our own infrastructure. Me: Uh, won't that be really expensive and potentially tank the company? Them: Yes, but it will be hilarious later when the company gets scrapped and the new owner has to scramble to get off of the cloud.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Jun 29, 2023
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange
@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange (P)I hole-heartedly agree.
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john spurling @synec@messydesk.social · Feb 04, 2023
john spurling
@synec@messydesk.social

Purveyor of organic, handcrafted slop. JVM and software performance shenanigans. Formerly: Twitter, Avid, Azul Systems, Danger, Sun Microsystems. Mostly here for puns and empathy.

messydesk.social
Replying to @chasnah@tech.lgbt
@chasnah@tech.lgbt IC what you did there
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