AI taught me someting about TLS I didn't know today: I can validate a certificate on an ALB and pass a Host header override at the same time, avoiding having to issue SSL certs for each domain on the ALB.

Exploring a furniture restoration business as a side quest today. It’s the one business I can run that AI can’t pretend to do.

And by the lack of defense on here I assume most of you feel the same way. Shame.

The Supreme Court of the United States was very clear: in the eyes of the law, I am not a woman.

@Skoop you okay?

The person I referenced who made an attempt is doing well and out of the hospital.

Remember: feeling suicidal is often temporary. But the decisions are permanent. All you have to do in a crisis is nothing to have that crisis pass.

Help is available.

Dealing with a family member who attempted suicide is not what I had in mind this week.

I'm looking for a new role!

I have extensive experience with PHP (all frameworks), WordPress, infrastructure, Terraform, Ansible, DevOps, SRE, and more.

Please reach out if you have something that might be a good fit. And please boost for reach. #getfedihired

Apparently you can now get a religious exemption from AI at your job.

I suspect the PHP community just got a lot more religious…

https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6

The joy of running an infrastructure service: deploying fixes at 8:40 am on a Saturday.

I literally have my credit card out to use the Amtrak website and I can't because logging in results in a "Content Modified" page because someone screwed up the coding.

I hate technology.

Missing Jacob something fierce this morning.

New post: The complexity of mental health https://www.sarah-savage.com/the-complexity-of-mental-health/

Challenging myself to wear dresses and skirts for four weeks (unless impractical) to see how it affects my feeling of femininity.

Plessy vs Ferguson didn’t work in America and it won’t work in Britain against trans people. Those who don’t learn from history repeat it.

If you have automation that causes people’s hearts to stop due to misdirected messaging, stop that.

Please excuse me while I locate the nearest defibrillator…

A couple more weeks here in treatment, before I head home for outpatient work.

Shorter than expected.

Progress in treatment is recognizing treatment won’t be over when I leave, and yet I am making progress towards a very specific goal. Couple more weeks of work here.

PTSD sucks and treatment is hard. That’s it. That’s the post.

New post: Why I’m stepping into treatment May 1 https://www.sarah-savage.com/why-im-stepping-into-treatment-may-1/