James LimThe Art Of: Getting Remote Engineers to Report BlockersI manage multiple platform-ish teams, and I make it a point to show up in the office every day. I want to make sure that I am available to…Feb 3Feb 3
James LimMy Take On ValuesMost values are cringe. They are corporate-sounding and bland truisms that cannot be used to guide teams or set direction. We can do…Jan 28Jan 28
James LimStop Using MTTR for SoftwareWe need to measure our incidents. - me several times, usually after a bad outage.Dec 3, 2023Dec 3, 2023
James LimThe Innovative Potential of Whys and Why NotsWhy are we not using Cassandra?Aug 20, 20221Aug 20, 20221
James LimNetwork Security @ Modern TreasuryExcerpt from a journal entry at Modern Treasury.Mar 12, 2022Mar 12, 2022
James LimPractical Finance for Software Engineering: Part 3 - Understanding Efficiency(Read Part 2.)Sep 26, 2021Sep 26, 2021
James LimPractical Finance for Software Engineering | Part 2: Understanding Growth(Read Part 1.)Aug 28, 2021Aug 28, 2021
James LimPractical Finance for Software Engineering | Part 1: Understanding Variable Costs and Fixed CostsOr “Finance Wants You to Give a Forecast and What You Can Do About It.”Aug 21, 2021Aug 21, 2021
James LimWhat I Learned About Recruiting Security EngineersI have been building a security engineering team for the past 9 months. Here are a few things I learned.May 1, 20211May 1, 20211