The 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 3, 2024Feb 3, 2024
My 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 28, 2024Jan 28, 2024
Stop Using MTTR for SoftwareWe need to measure our incidents. - me several times, usually after a bad outage.Dec 3, 2023Dec 3, 2023
The Innovative Potential of Whys and Why NotsWhy are we not using Cassandra?Aug 20, 20221Aug 20, 20221
Network Security @ Modern TreasuryExcerpt from a journal entry at Modern Treasury.Mar 12, 2022Mar 12, 2022
Practical Finance for Software Engineering: Part 3 - Understanding Efficiency(Read Part 2.)Sep 26, 2021Sep 26, 2021
Practical Finance for Software Engineering | Part 2: Understanding Growth(Read Part 1.)Aug 28, 2021Aug 28, 2021
Practical 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
What 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