From 8f618d6c8a73b8b7c45734b23e7dde99b2e88803 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: murriel
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:37:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] README.md
---
README.md | 37 ++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4727492..7685745 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,46 +2,25 @@ Murriel's Personal Website
=========================
## Notes
-This generally needs to be updated.
+A mostly out-of-date wasteland of forgotten drafts and projects, but under revision.
-## Description
-Still a work in progress. this was a bit of a learning project for me. While I've done bits of coding here and there, most of my life has been in the system administration and operations world.
+I attempted a few transitions to another static site generator (like [Ghost](https://ghost.org/)) but abandoned the effort and at the end of it keeping the theme and structure here was sufficient. Why refactor a non-monetized low volume site just to create toil?
-I had been very casually dabbling in various other languages through as it seemed like a good idea to beef up my coding skills. While wandering in the quagmire of coding languages, frameworks and backends, I dropped into Ruby's gravitational field and found myself hooked.
-
-I found GitHub pages to be a very convenient place for hosting, and then I learned about Jekyll and grew very interested in the idea of static site generators.
-
-From a non-technical perspective, there are several other reasons that I was attracted to Ruby (and further, Rails):
-- Community
-- RailsGirls
-- Cool logo
-- Jekyll has been fun and for the most part, rather friendly
-
-From a technical perspective:
-- Ruby knowledge will be applicable to Puppet/Chef
-- Rails while heavy is quick and easy to get running, good for prototyping
-
-I don't have enough of the foundations and fundamentals of down to speak to any of the other technical reasons that ruby may excel over but hope to discover this somewhere through this journey.
+Currently though, the most recent work here springs from the desire to maintain hands-on skills while my role transitions from more technical systems to human systems.
## Colophon
Jekyll theme based on [Grayscale bootstrap theme ](http://ironsummitmedia.github.io/startbootstrap-grayscale/)
[Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/) for the iconography
-Lovingly created with [Atom](http://www.atom.io)
-
-Reference sites I used while learning:
-...[google](http://www.google.com)
-and other resources I used to be added here soon once I can dig back through bookmarks and notes :)
-
-## Fonts
+Written with VS Codium and occassional syntax assists from Gemini.
## Front Page Images
-_photos by me unless otherwise noted_
+_photos by me or @devoopes
0 self portrait. gleaming lights of the souls by yayoi kusama, københavn, denmark.
-1 pacific ocean, waiting for a wave. photo by @seanleftbelow
-2 server motherboard. photo by @seanleftbelow, contrast added later
+1 pacific ocean, waiting for a wave.
+2 server motherboard.
3 keyboard decomposition. iPhone photo
-4 night of innovation with Girls in Tech LA at red bull HQ. photo by @seanleftbelow
+4 night of innovation with Girls in Tech LA at red bull HQ.
From ddd3df26572f3bde6fce01aa14f699743e2d9a0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Murriel
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 06:31:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] general updates to main page
---
.ruby-version | 1 +
Gemfile | 3 +
Gemfile.lock | 291 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
_includes/about.html | 6 +-
_includes/css/grayscale.css | 7 +
_includes/plan.md | 98 ++++++++++++
_includes/speaking.html | 71 +++++++--
7 files changed, 461 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 .ruby-version
create mode 100644 Gemfile
create mode 100644 Gemfile.lock
create mode 100644 _includes/plan.md
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef538c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.1.2
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0ba5aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c01cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+GEM
+ remote: https://rubygems.org/
+ specs:
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+ base64
+ benchmark (>= 0.3)
+ bigdecimal
+ concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
+ connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
+ drb
+ i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+ logger (>= 1.4.2)
+ minitest (>= 5.1)
+ securerandom (>= 0.3)
+ tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
+ addressable (2.8.7)
+ public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
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+ bigdecimal (3.2.3)
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+ coffee-script-source
+ execjs
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+ faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.5)
+ json
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+ ffi (1.17.2-arm64-darwin)
+ ffi (1.17.2-x86_64-darwin)
+ forwardable-extended (2.6.0)
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+ github-pages (232)
+ github-pages-health-check (= 1.18.2)
+ jekyll (= 3.10.0)
+ jekyll-avatar (= 0.8.0)
+ jekyll-coffeescript (= 1.2.2)
+ jekyll-commonmark-ghpages (= 0.5.1)
+ jekyll-default-layout (= 0.1.5)
+ jekyll-feed (= 0.17.0)
+ jekyll-gist (= 1.5.0)
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+ jekyll-include-cache (= 0.2.1)
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+ jekyll-readme-index (= 0.3.0)
+ jekyll-redirect-from (= 0.16.0)
+ jekyll-relative-links (= 0.6.1)
+ jekyll-remote-theme (= 0.4.3)
+ jekyll-sass-converter (= 1.5.2)
+ jekyll-seo-tag (= 2.8.0)
+ jekyll-sitemap (= 1.4.0)
+ jekyll-swiss (= 1.0.0)
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+ rouge (= 3.30.0)
+ terminal-table (~> 1.4)
+ webrick (~> 1.8)
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+ addressable (~> 2.3)
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+ octokit (>= 4, < 8)
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+ uri (1.0.3)
+ webrick (1.9.1)
+
+PLATFORMS
+ arm64-darwin
+ ruby
+ x86_64-darwin
+ x86_64-linux
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+ github-pages
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+ 2.6.9
diff --git a/_includes/about.html b/_includes/about.html
index 6ab7155..4863d9f 100755
--- a/_includes/about.html
+++ b/_includes/about.html
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Murriel
[ mjʊəriəl | myo̵or′ē əl]
Proper Noun
- 1. (Bio) Idealist, optimist, lapsed writer, surfer, beach bum, tinkerer, maker, conference junkie. Loves print magazines and good music, slightly obsessed with notebooks.
-
2. (Tech) DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer. Background spans infrastructure, application development, systems, networks, databases, VR. Happenstance coder, former entrepreneur, technology enthusiast. Believes in work-life integration, balance is a mystery. Open Source, Open data, cloud engineering, right to privacy, information security.
-
3. (Community) Perennial volunteer, occasional community organizer. Passionate about the Los Angeles tech community and encouraging girls to pursue interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, [Arts] and Math (STEAM).
+ 1. (Bio) Idealist, optimist, lapsed writer, surfer, beach bum, tinkerer, maker, conference junkie, former entrepreneur. Loves print magazines and good music, slightly obsessed with notebooks.
+
2. (Tech) Platform Engineering | DevOps | Developer Experience. Living somewhere between Cloud Native and Code, Open Source x Open Data x Info Sec x Hardware.
+
3. (Community) Perennial volunteer, occasional community organizer. Passionate about the Los Angeles tech community, technology for social good, and encouraging girls to pursue interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, [Arts] and Math (STEAM).
diff --git a/_includes/css/grayscale.css b/_includes/css/grayscale.css
index 5b193e6..8f17977 100755
--- a/_includes/css/grayscale.css
+++ b/_includes/css/grayscale.css
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ ul, li {
list-style-type: none;
}
+/* added for year headings in lists - GCA */
+.list-heading h4 {
+ margin: 25px 0 25px;
+ color: #EAB0D5; /* light pink */
+}
+
+
@media(min-width:767px) {
p {
margin: 0 0 35px;
diff --git a/_includes/plan.md b/_includes/plan.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b26e849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/plan.md
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Plan for Local Development Setup of Jekyll Website
+
+This document outlines the steps to set up and run the Jekyll-based website in a local development environment. We will use `rbenv` to manage the Ruby version.
+
+## 1. Prerequisites
+
+Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed on your system:
+
+- **Homebrew** (for macOS users): A package manager for macOS. If not installed, you can get it from brew.sh. For Linux, use your distribution's package manager (e.g., `apt`, `yum`).
+- **Git**: For version control.
+- **A Code Editor**: Such as Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, or Atom.
+
+## 2. Install `rbenv` and Ruby
+
+`rbenv` allows you to manage multiple Ruby versions on your machine.
+
+1. **Install `rbenv` and `ruby-build`:**
+ - On macOS with Homebrew:
+ ```bash
+ brew install rbenv ruby-build
+ ```
+ - For other systems, please follow the official `rbenv` installation guide.
+
+2. **Initialize `rbenv`:**
+ Add the following line to your shell's configuration file (e.g., `~/.zshrc`, `~/.bash_profile`, or `~/.bashrc`):
+ ```bash
+ eval "$(rbenv init -)"
+ ```
+ Then, restart your terminal for the changes to take effect.
+
+3. **Install Ruby:**
+ GitHub Pages, which this site is compatible with, currently recommends Ruby 3.1.x. Let's install a recent stable version.
+
+ ```bash
+ rbenv install 3.1.4
+ ```
+
+4. **Set the Local Ruby Version:**
+ Navigate to your project's root directory (`/home/user/murriel.github.io`) and set the Ruby version for this project:
+
+ ```bash
+ cd /home/user/murriel.github.io
+ rbenv local 3.1.4
+ ```
+ This will create a `.ruby-version` file in your project directory.
+
+## 3. Install Project Dependencies
+
+We will use `Bundler` to manage the Ruby gems (dependencies) for the project.
+
+1. **Create a `Gemfile`:**
+ A `Gemfile` is missing from the project. Create a new file named `Gemfile` in the root of your project (`/home/user/murriel.github.io/Gemfile`) with the following content. The `github-pages` gem conveniently includes Jekyll and all other dependencies used by GitHub Pages.
+
+ ```ruby
+ source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+ gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
+ ```
+
+2. **Install Bundler:**
+ Bundler is a gem that manages other gems.
+
+ ```bash
+ gem install bundler
+ ```
+
+3. **Install Gems:**
+ Now, use Bundler to install all the gems specified in your `Gemfile`.
+
+ ```bash
+ bundle install
+ ```
+
+## 4. Run the Local Jekyll Server
+
+With all the dependencies installed, you can now serve the website locally.
+
+1. **Start the Server:**
+ Run the following command from your project's root directory:
+
+ ```bash
+ bundle exec jekyll serve
+ ```
+
+2. **View Your Site:**
+ Jekyll will build your site and start a local web server. You can view your website by opening your web browser and navigating to:
+
+ **http://127.0.0.1:4000/**
+
+ The server will automatically watch for changes to your files and regenerate the site when you save them.
+
+## 5. Troubleshooting
+
+- **macOS Command Line Tools**: If you encounter errors during gem installation on macOS, you might need to install the Xcode command-line tools:
+ ```bash
+ xcode-select --install
+ ```
+- **Google Maps API Key**: The file `_includes/js.html` contains a Google Maps API key. Please be aware that this key is exposed. For a production site, it's highly recommended to restrict the API key to your domain to prevent unauthorized use.
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diff --git a/_includes/speaking.html b/_includes/speaking.html
index 199e951..2bda4d4 100644
--- a/_includes/speaking.html
+++ b/_includes/speaking.html
@@ -6,19 +6,64 @@ Speaking
Previous Talks
-
- - Speaker, Pasadena Python: Lightning Talk - Python in the time of Corona 2020
- - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: DevOps Secrets Management 2020
- - Speaker, Women's Voices in Tech Meetup: DevOps from the Ground Up 2019
- - Speaker, KubeCon StackRox Booth 2019: Cloud Native Security Discussion
- - Panelist, Girls Build LA + LAUSD/USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet High School: Tech Careers Panel 2019
- - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: Self-Care for Systems at Any Scale 2019
- - DevChat Speaker, AWS LA Summit: Elasticsearch for Beginners 2018
- - Panel Moderator, Silicon Beach Fest: Changing the Ecosystem 2015
Women in Tech, Actionable Advice for Change
- - Panel Moderator, Wonder Women Tech: Tech Careers Panel 2015
- - USC Fireside Chat with Lina Chen of Nix Hydra Games 2014
- - Panelist, Silicon Beach Fest 2012: Women Developers
- - STEM in LA Mixer 2012: Guest Speaker - STEM for Everyone
+
+2025
+- August: 0x0g
+- March: Los Cerritos College, Career Panelist
+- March: Women@ SoCal Lightning Talk Summit: Vibe Coding [Murriel] Women@SoCal Lightning Talk Summit 2025
+- March: SoCal Linux Expo | Cloud Native Track: Kubernetes Deployments (Talk repeat + Live Demo, repeated at Portland Java Users Group)
+2024
+- November: GDG DevFest 2024 - Greater LA Area | Hands-On Lab with Gemini Code Assist
+- November: [External] Speaker for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 - Bring Joy to your Kubernetes Deployments
+- October: Women in Startups: Social Impact Summit - Event Organizer
+- September: PLV Wonderlust | Introduction to Wearable Electronics
+- LA Serverless: Speaker - Cloud Run and DevOps
+- August: Customer Tech Talk: Blackline - Accelerate Software Delivery & Cloud Migration with Platform Engineering
+- recording [Blackline] Platform Engineering Tech Talk
+- NEXT/Tech Summit Recap Session: Open Cloud
+- Qualcomm Internal Cloud Series: Running Containers on Google Cloud
+- March: [External] DevOps Days LA Organizer, Open Spaces Roundtable Facilitator
+DEI Events
+- March: Lead: Golden Coast DEI Women in AI Panel (Moderator and organizer)
+- April: Participant: STEM Careers Panel for Cerritos College MESA Students
+- June: Participant: Office tour and mentorship: USC Summer Data Science Program for High School Seniors
+- October: Speaker: FGN Araw Mo To Career Summit
+2023
+- Customer: Google Cloud Digital Learning for Cisco: CloudOn Air Webinar
+- 4/18 Transform SF: DORA MASTER DECK: Transform: SF 4/18
+- DevOpsDays LA: Moderator for open spaces lunch (community event)
+- Presenter: CNCF Webinar - building a cloud native CI/CD pipeline
+- Speaker: AI Day LA with Ben Royce, Nelly Wilson
+- Speaker: SysDig LIve Labs Securing Google Cloud and Containers
+- KubeCon booth lightning talk: SysDig booth
+- International Women's Day
+2022
+- SFSC Tech Summit and NEXT Recap Session: AppMod [Confirmed] Next 2022 and Tech Summit Summary (Infra) (2022-11-17 15:06 GMT-8) NEXT2022: AppMod
+- NA AppMod Community Meeting: 11.08.22 - Boingo Hackathon (15min lightning)
+- Toastmaster ACTS Club #416 Women in Technology: Guest Panelist 10.18.22
+- OpenSource@Google Internal Summit [go/OSGS2022]
+- Murriel McCabe OpenSource@Google Summit - Presentation
+- CoreLogic: Project Scientist: Career Day + STEM Hands On Workshops at El Sol Elementary Academy Project Scientist 2022
+- International Women’s Day GDG Sweden IWD - DevOps Progress Not Perfection 2022
+- International Women's Day 2022 - GDG West Sweden - Murriel McCabe, Sara Aghaeian, Moksha Mechanda
+ 2020
+ - Speaker, Pasadena Python: Lightning Talk - Python in the time of Corona
+ - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: DevOps Secrets Management
+ 2019
+ - Speaker, Women's Voices in Tech Meetup: DevOps from the Ground Up
+ - Speaker, KubeCon StackRox Booth: Cloud Native Security Discussion
+ - Panelist, Girls Build LA + LAUSD/USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet High School: Tech Careers Panel
+ - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: Self-Care for Systems at Any Scale
+ 2018
+ - DevChat Speaker, AWS LA Summit: Elasticsearch for Beginners
+ 2015
+ - Panel Moderator, Silicon Beach Fest: Changing the Ecosystem
Women in Tech, Actionable Advice for Change
+ - Panel Moderator, Wonder Women Tech: Tech Careers Panel
+ 2014
+ - USC Fireside Chat with Lina Chen of Nix Hydra Games
+ 2012
+ - Panelist, Silicon Beach Fest: Women Developers
+ - STEM in LA Mixer: Guest Speaker - STEM for Everyone
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From 4b3de730823ee92f773ec0089b3c118c98318bc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Murriel
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 07:02:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] updated talks listing and cleaned up
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1. (Bio) Idealist, optimist, lapsed writer, surfer, beach bum, tinkerer, maker, conference junkie, former entrepreneur. Loves print magazines and good music, slightly obsessed with notebooks.
2. (Tech) Platform Engineering | DevOps | Developer Experience. Living somewhere between Cloud Native and Code, Open Source x Open Data x Info Sec x Hardware.
3. (Community) Perennial volunteer, occasional community organizer. Passionate about the Los Angeles tech community, technology for social good, and encouraging girls to pursue interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, [Arts] and Math (STEAM).
-
diff --git a/_includes/speaking.html b/_includes/speaking.html
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Previous Talks
-2025
-- August: 0x0g
-- March: Los Cerritos College, Career Panelist
-- March: Women@ SoCal Lightning Talk Summit: Vibe Coding [Murriel] Women@SoCal Lightning Talk Summit 2025
-- March: SoCal Linux Expo | Cloud Native Track: Kubernetes Deployments (Talk repeat + Live Demo, repeated at Portland Java Users Group)
-2024
-- November: GDG DevFest 2024 - Greater LA Area | Hands-On Lab with Gemini Code Assist
-- November: [External] Speaker for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 - Bring Joy to your Kubernetes Deployments
-- October: Women in Startups: Social Impact Summit - Event Organizer
-- September: PLV Wonderlust | Introduction to Wearable Electronics
-- LA Serverless: Speaker - Cloud Run and DevOps
-- August: Customer Tech Talk: Blackline - Accelerate Software Delivery & Cloud Migration with Platform Engineering
-- recording [Blackline] Platform Engineering Tech Talk
-- NEXT/Tech Summit Recap Session: Open Cloud
-- Qualcomm Internal Cloud Series: Running Containers on Google Cloud
-- March: [External] DevOps Days LA Organizer, Open Spaces Roundtable Facilitator
-DEI Events
-- March: Lead: Golden Coast DEI Women in AI Panel (Moderator and organizer)
-- April: Participant: STEM Careers Panel for Cerritos College MESA Students
-- June: Participant: Office tour and mentorship: USC Summer Data Science Program for High School Seniors
-- October: Speaker: FGN Araw Mo To Career Summit
-2023
-- Customer: Google Cloud Digital Learning for Cisco: CloudOn Air Webinar
-- 4/18 Transform SF: DORA MASTER DECK: Transform: SF 4/18
-- DevOpsDays LA: Moderator for open spaces lunch (community event)
-- Presenter: CNCF Webinar - building a cloud native CI/CD pipeline
-- Speaker: AI Day LA with Ben Royce, Nelly Wilson
-- Speaker: SysDig LIve Labs Securing Google Cloud and Containers
-- KubeCon booth lightning talk: SysDig booth
-- International Women's Day
-2022
-- SFSC Tech Summit and NEXT Recap Session: AppMod [Confirmed] Next 2022 and Tech Summit Summary (Infra) (2022-11-17 15:06 GMT-8) NEXT2022: AppMod
-- NA AppMod Community Meeting: 11.08.22 - Boingo Hackathon (15min lightning)
-- Toastmaster ACTS Club #416 Women in Technology: Guest Panelist 10.18.22
-- OpenSource@Google Internal Summit [go/OSGS2022]
-- Murriel McCabe OpenSource@Google Summit - Presentation
-- CoreLogic: Project Scientist: Career Day + STEM Hands On Workshops at El Sol Elementary Academy Project Scientist 2022
-- International Women’s Day GDG Sweden IWD - DevOps Progress Not Perfection 2022
-- International Women's Day 2022 - GDG West Sweden - Murriel McCabe, Sara Aghaeian, Moksha Mechanda
+ 2025
+ - Google 0x0g: DevSecOps and AI Generated Code
+ - Los Cerritos College, Career Panelist
+ - Women@Google SoCal Lightning Talk Summit: Vibe Coding
+ - SoCal Linux Expo | Cloud Native Track: Kubernetes Deployments (KubeCon Talk 2x + Live Demo, repeated at Portland Java Users Group)
+ 2024
+ - Google Developer Groups Greater LA DevFest: Hands-On Lab with Gemini Code Assist
+ - KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Salt Lake: Bring Joy to your Kubernetes Deployments with Elizabeth Ponce
+ - Women in Startups: Social Impact Summit: Event Organizer
+ - PLV Wonderlust | Introduction to Wearable Electronics
+ - Google Cloud LA Serverless: Cloud Run and DevOps
+ - Accelerate Software Delivery & Cloud Migration with Platform Engineering: Google x Blackline Tech Talk
+ - Running Containers on Google Cloud: Google x Qualcomm Cloud Series
+ - DevOps Days LA Organizer, Open Spaces Roundtable Facilitator
+ - Google Cloud: Women in AI Panel (Moderator and Organizer)
+ - STEM Careers Panel for Cerritos College MESA Students, Speaker
+ - Filipino Googlers Network: Araw Mo 'To Career Summit Future of Software Development
+ 2023
+ - Google Cloud On Air Webinar: Cisco
+ - Google Cloud Transform SF: DevOps and DORA
+ - DevOpsDays LA: Open Spaces Moderator
+ - CNCF Webinar - Building a cloud native CI/CD pipeline with Jay Smith
+ - Google Cloud AI Day LA: Speaker, with Ben Royce & Nelly Wilson
+ - SysDig Live & Labs: Securing Google Cloud and Containers
+ - KubeCon Chicago: SysDig Booth Lightning talk - Cloud Native Security
+ 2022
+ - Toastmaster ACTS Club #416 Women in Technology: Guest Panelist
+ - OpenSource@Google Internal Summit: Speaker
+ - International Women’s Day, Google Developer Groups Sweden: DevOps, Progress Not Perfection
2020
- - Speaker, Pasadena Python: Lightning Talk - Python in the time of Corona
- - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: DevOps Secrets Management
+ - Pasadena Python: Lightning Talk - Python in the time of Corona
+ - Southern California Linux Expo: DevOps Secrets Management
2019
- - Speaker, Women's Voices in Tech Meetup: DevOps from the Ground Up
- - Speaker, KubeCon StackRox Booth: Cloud Native Security Discussion
- - Panelist, Girls Build LA + LAUSD/USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet High School: Tech Careers Panel
- - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: Self-Care for Systems at Any Scale
+ - Speaker, Women's Voices in Tech Meetup: DevOps from the Ground Up
+ - Speaker, KubeCon StackRox Booth: Cloud Native Security Discussion
+ - Panelist, Girls Build LA + LAUSD/USC Media Arts & Engineering Magnet High School: Tech Careers Panel
+ - Speaker, Southern California Linux Expo: Self-Care for Systems at Any Scale
2018
- - DevChat Speaker, AWS LA Summit: Elasticsearch for Beginners
+ - DevChat Speaker, AWS LA Summit: Elasticsearch for Beginners
2015
- - Panel Moderator, Silicon Beach Fest: Changing the Ecosystem
Women in Tech, Actionable Advice for Change
- - Panel Moderator, Wonder Women Tech: Tech Careers Panel
+ - Panel Moderator, Silicon Beach Fest: Changing the Ecosystem
Women in Tech, Actionable Advice for Change
+ - Panel Moderator, Wonder Women Tech: Tech Careers Panel
2014
- - USC Fireside Chat with Lina Chen of Nix Hydra Games
+ - USC Fireside Chat with Lina Chen of Nix Hydra Games
2012
- - Panelist, Silicon Beach Fest: Women Developers
- - STEM in LA Mixer: Guest Speaker - STEM for Everyone
+ - Panelist, Silicon Beach Fest: Women Developers
+ - STEM in LA Mixer: Guest Speaker - STEM for Everyone
From 26f116d0627a060ca03ed5e77b1954bbbeddbb9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Murriel
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 07:03:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] minor update to about
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[ mjʊəriəl | myo̵or′ē əl]
Proper Noun
1. (Bio) Idealist, optimist, lapsed writer, surfer, beach bum, tinkerer, maker, conference junkie, former entrepreneur. Loves print magazines and good music, slightly obsessed with notebooks.
-
2. (Tech) Platform Engineering | DevOps | Developer Experience. Living somewhere between Cloud Native and Code, Open Source x Open Data x Info Sec x Hardware.
+
2. (Tech) Platform Engineering | DevOps | Developer Experience. Living somewhere between Cloud Native and Code, Open Source x Open Data x Information Security x Hardware.
3. (Community) Perennial volunteer, occasional community organizer. Passionate about the Los Angeles tech community, technology for social good, and encouraging girls to pursue interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, [Arts] and Math (STEAM).