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mtp

@b0rk The archaeologist or historian (usually moonlights as a forensic spelunker).

29 Aug 2023 at 19:20 | Wall-to-wall | Open on proud.social
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Julia Evans
KewlCat

@b0rk @matt I'm kinda "the spelunker".
« I have no idea why this broke
- let me grab my gear, I'll be back in five with an answer »

29 Aug 2023 at 23:08 | Open on mastodon.social
Gordon P. Hemsley
KewlCat

@GPHemsley @b0rk @matt Someone *pays* me to do it. Imagine that!

30 Aug 2023 at 14:49 | Open on mastodon.social
Rachel Rawlings

@KewlCat @GPHemsley @b0rk @matt

I do this a bunch for my team. There's nothing that can shake you out of ennui like a mystery!

31 Aug 2023 at 16:03 | Open on mastodon.social
RyeNCode

@KewlCat @b0rk @matt this is me... But following though why the first connection to SQL server is slow by 15s leads though the dotnet drive code, to the dotnet SSL code, to... Why can't our company make certs properly‽ Then having to draw pictures to explain why the CRL must either respond or not exist instead of just spin when trying to connect... Until a 15s timeout occures. Le sigh

30 Aug 2023 at 1:29 | Open on mstdn.ca
robryk

@matt @b0rk

Pedantic investigator ("let me see what this thing actually does and what edge cases it has") is related but am not sure if identical.

29 Aug 2023 at 23:11 | Open on qoto.org
Valentin Deleplace
Simon

@matt @b0rk a former colleague used to refer to himself as the “remembrancer” as he’d been there so long he was the only person who knew not only how things worked but why they’d been set up that way to start with

30 Aug 2023 at 10:40 | Open on infosec.exchange
Simon

@b0rk @matt needless to say he left and we were all a bit fscked

30 Aug 2023 at 10:44 | Open on infosec.exchange
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