Hey, I'm Jimmy.

Aspiring gardener, verified dad, and the kind of person who builds things just to see if they'll work. I write about what I'm learning and occasionally make weird stuff on the internet.

Jimmy Piraino

Tech Debt Has a Shared Login

At a previous org, I discovered a team had been using a standalone email platform to send communications to customers. Not the approved MAP. Not something IT had vetted. A completely separate tool, a relic of a long ago acquisition, with a single shared login, manually imported lists, and years of accumulated segments that existed nowhere else.

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Things I've Been Asking the Internet Lately

  • "how many HubSpot workflows is too many" the answer is always "one more than you currently have"
  • "can a CSV file be haunted" asking for a coworker whose import keeps failing for no reason
  • "do mechanical keyboards actually help" CLACK CLACK CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK CLACKCLACK. no but they sound cool AF

Things I've Built