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I make courses! You can find the next one introducing software developers to observability on Udemy. Check it out at h4n.link/pito
ALT A description of the course "Practical introduction of Observability". It has a high rating (4.9) and is "Hot & New".
A new article: "On communicating through writing":
* x40.link/1O4BX
In this one, I try to convey why I am so "document-driven", heavily leaning on writing up ideas (including technical documents, product decisions and so on) in a structured way.
Lovely people I am substantially reducing my personal and semi-professional (read: conference and community) for at least the next few months.
If I look like I'm ignoring things, don't worry, I'm ignoring things — but that's by design. Right now I need focus!
#SREConEMEA #CallForPapers ends soon! If you were planning on submitting a talk, you should do it now. Otherwise, you'll forget and you'll miss that opportunity 😥
It doesn't take too long. Checkout the website for details:
*x40.link/1JcHS
For a lot of us, it's labor day. And what better day to celebrate than doing some FREE LABOUR!
Okay, that was terrible, But #SRECon is on soon, and a public holiday is a good opportunity to write up that #CallForPapers. If you can, get on it!
x40.link/1JcHS
#SREConEMEA has its #CallForPapers currently open! You can access it here:
* x40.link/1JcHS
I have both been and spoken at this conference, and it is the conference I think is perhaps most valuable to go to.
If you have thoughts on software operations write them up!
Another book bites the dust! This one "Quit" by Anne Duke. It felt almost like a reply to Duckworths "Grit" book at times 😅 but it points out excellent examples of the sunk cost problem, escalation of commitment and strategies to address that (such as kill or exit criteria)
ALT the book cover, with the sky in the background
Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) retweeted
Briefly, I want to address the issue of who is to blame. Easy — the people behind the attack. Lasse, the maintainer of xz, was the target of a patient intelligence campaign that invested more resources into subverting him than anyone invested into his project.
Not today, Satan!
ALT a screenshot of an SMS purporting to be from DHL. the link has the incorrect domain.
Another book bites the dust! This one a recommendation from @voidmaze. A super useful book for my new, vastly more diverse workplace but a book I am leaning on quickly even for intersections with colleagues, teams and vendors — for a bunch of professional relationships.
ALT the culture map — Erin Meyers
Without knowing too much about this impl, Otel getting profiling as a capability would be pretty freaking dope.
Aside from the notion that my ISP should not be moderating my content except as required by law, I *own* this domain and there's precisely fuck all here.
I was thinking about an address for the link shortener that makes QR codes. How on earth
been lookin at google / firebase auth and
just why. why google can't you just make an OpenID provider like everyone else. why does it have to be some custom implemented spec that i can never reuse any of the code i been using
I am somehow depressed with this while AI generated picture thing
It was nice looking at pictures of nice houses and beautiful landscapes. Now I don't know what's real or what can be aspired to and it's paralysing
I miss the real
Maybe you're a recruiter or hiring manager looking at my profile, and you're like, "phew, he can definitely video stuff, but can he actually code?" Well, judge for yourself!
* h4n.link/87J1
#OpenToWork