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Marc Smith shared thisBe a part of a movement that enables ministries to continue to share the Gospel... Are you a techie? Are you a Christian? Are you looking for something new? If you sit in the middle of that Venn diagram, we have some pretty cool roles open on the Samaritan Ark team. Product Owner, Product Tech Lead, Senior Product Developer, Senior Cloud Engineer, DevOps... *image was shamelessly created by me using AI. :)
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Marc Smith posted thisGot the book Laws of Software Engineering by Dr Milan Milanović. 100% worth the read. Great compilation of software laws, easy to read and understand. 10/10
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Marc Smith posted thisWe are certainly living in a fascinating time to be in IT. My team was talking to me today about the increasing cost of hardware... here are the things they shared: The 2026 hardware crisis, by the numbers: ~50% — Server DRAM price increase over the past year (TrendForce) 60%+ — Forecasted additional server DRAM price jump in Q1 2026 (TrendForce) 40–50% — Enterprise SSD price increase in late 2025 (NovoServe) 20+ weeks — Current lead times for standard DRAM, up from 8–10 (Clarifai) 36–52 weeks — Data-center GPU lead times (Clarifai) 30–40% — NVIDIA's planned cut to consumer GPU production, H1 2026 (PC Gamer) 15% — Server price increases announced by Dell, Lenovo, HPE (The Register) Late 2027 — Earliest expected date for meaningful supply relief (Counterpoint Research) If your organization is still planning to buy its way through this shortage, it might be time to explore a different approach. If this resonates... let's chat about the Samaritan Ark and how we can serve your ministry.
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Marc Smith posted thisWhat do K-Pop Demon Hunters and the Samaritan Ark have in common? Nothing! Except that: "We're goin' up, up, up, it's our moment You know together we're glowin' Gonna be, gonna be golden" ... groans aside. We're excited to partner with more ministries. Would love to see you at #NRB2026.
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Marc Smith shared thisThings are shaking and moving here in the Samaritan Ark. It's super fun to go from 0 to 1 partners, 1 to 3 partners, and 3 to many partners. We're able to do this through our awesome staff. Shout outs to Chad Rainey, Michael Blow, Lori Meyers, Benjamin Oliff, and Hal Lesesne for leading the charge. We're excited for our newest Samaritan Ark adds in the areas of product ownership, tech leadership, product testing with Chris Truax, Kelly Mayer, Roshanda King. If you want to join in the efforts. Check out these positions: https://lnkd.in/gMH3Xvb9
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Marc Smith posted thisSamaritan Ark will be at #NRB2026 next week WITH A BOOTH. So fun. If you are at the conference, stop by. We can talk all things nerd. Lucky Herzberger and Austyn Riley will also be there if you don't want to nerd and want to have a normal conversation.
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Marc Smith posted thisSamaritanArk.Cloud is now live! Thanks to Mike Jacobs for stewarding it through the process. Walt Stringer's team built it. Supported by our Comms department. Proud of the team and excited to share the technology we're building.
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Marc Smith posted thisDoes anyone in my network live in or near Aurora, Illinois? I have some questions about the tech job market, available skilled workers, and the housing market. Thanks!
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