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Can someone give me some context? Who is rachelbythebay? I gather she is probably someone well known for her writing on software, tech culture, etc in the HN co

by eachro 10y ago

Can someone give me some context? Who is rachelbythebay? I gather she is probably someone well known for her writing on software, tech culture, etc in the HN community, but I am not that immersed in the community(hence my ignorance). Thanks!

arjie 10y ago
If you think someone is a bit of a local celebrity on HN, you can click the domain name on a story like this and see what their blog was submitted for. Usually useful information.
- hudibras 10y ago
  Oh, wow, I never knew this. Thanks for the tip!
- hrayr 10y ago
  I fat finger downvoted you. Here's my verbal upvote. This was news to me, thanks.
  - tgb 10y ago
    These days there's an "unvote" text link added next to their name, or "undown" for the case of a downvote.
    - tunap 10y ago
      In addition, on my mobile, when I accidentally or intentionally hit the downvote, it doesn't take the first couple of times. This has saved me numerous unintentional downvotes. Thanks, HN!
prontoClod 10y ago
https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692 https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692 https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organizer/rachel-kroll-facebook https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg
lvh 10y ago
She's Rachel Kroll, a veteran sysadmin now at Facebook.
- chris_wot 10y ago
  And frankly, she is amazing and the last time I read her blog it was to discover to my amazement that Apple was using shims for stuff like git... which led me to write about it a bit more here; http://randomtechnicalstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/os-x-and-xcode-doing-it-apple-way.html?m=1 http://randomtechnicalstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/os-x-and... Basically, I wish I could do what she does. I don't go anywhere near her level of complexity, but due to a variety of reasons I seem to lately be diagnosing and discovering insane things in Windows 7, in particular Windows Update and SxS assemblies.
downer72 10y ago
https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organizer/rachel-kroll-facebook https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692 https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692
vinnymac 10y ago
'Rachelbythebay' is Rachel Kroll. She is currently an engineer at Facebook.
x0x0 10y ago
She has lots of fascinating debugging stories; I spent a Saturday years ago reading most of her blog. It was well worth it.
jaegerx 10y ago
I had the pleasure of working with her at Rackspace before she moved to Google. Easily the smartest Linux tech I've ever met.

by eachro 10y ago

arjie 10y ago

If you think someone is a bit of a local celebrity on HN, you can click the domain name on a story like this and see what their blog was submitted for. Usually useful information.

hudibras 10y ago
Oh, wow, I never knew this. Thanks for the tip!
hrayr 10y ago
I fat finger downvoted you. Here's my verbal upvote. This was news to me, thanks.
- tgb 10y ago
  These days there's an "unvote" text link added next to their name, or "undown" for the case of a downvote.
  - tunap 10y ago
    In addition, on my mobile, when I accidentally or intentionally hit the downvote, it doesn't take the first couple of times. This has saved me numerous unintentional downvotes. Thanks, HN!

prontoClod 10y ago

https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692 https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692 https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organizer/rachel-kroll-facebook https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg

lvh 10y ago

She's Rachel Kroll, a veteran sysadmin now at Facebook.

chris_wot 10y ago
And frankly, she is amazing and the last time I read her blog it was to discover to my amazement that Apple was using shims for stuff like git... which led me to write about it a bit more here; http://randomtechnicalstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/os-x-and-xcode-doing-it-apple-way.html?m=1 http://randomtechnicalstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/os-x-and... Basically, I wish I could do what she does. I don't go anywhere near her level of complexity, but due to a variety of reasons I seem to lately be diagnosing and discovering insane things in Windows 7, in particular Windows Update and SxS assemblies.

downer72 10y ago

https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organizer/rachel-kroll-facebook https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon16/speaker-or-organi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4RwlOdppg https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692 https://medium.com/wogrammer/rachel-kroll-7944eeb8c692

vinnymac 10y ago

'Rachelbythebay' is Rachel Kroll. She is currently an engineer at Facebook.

x0x0 10y ago

She has lots of fascinating debugging stories; I spent a Saturday years ago reading most of her blog. It was well worth it.

jaegerx 10y ago

I had the pleasure of working with her at Rackspace before she moved to Google. Easily the smartest Linux tech I've ever met.