Ricky Smith<p>Ok. I guess it's time for a proper <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>I'm Ricky, I'm a 40-year-old <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/technologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technologist</span></a> and <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/softwareengineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwareengineer</span></a> turned <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/infrastructureengineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructureengineer</span></a> at <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Splunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Splunk</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/observability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observability</span></a> living in <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atlanta</span></a>, <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georgia</span></a>, <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a>.</p><p>Most notable languages include <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/csharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csharp</span></a>, <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/ruby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruby</span></a>, and <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/terraform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terraform</span></a>.</p><p>In my off time, I play a ton of <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a>, occasionally ride a <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a>, an <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/ebike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebike</span></a>, a <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/onewheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onewheel</span></a>, and I go to nearly all <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/atlantaunited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atlantaunited</span></a> home games.</p><p><a href="https://theatl.social/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a>: <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/o11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>o11y</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/atl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atl</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/atlutd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atlutd</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a></p>