Dispatches

writing

Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.

192 essays and counting

Looking back at 2000-2009, a decade that took us from dial-up connections to cloud computing, and changed everything

After months of studying, late nights, and lab rebuilds, I passed the RHCE exam and learned more than just Linux

Deep in Red Hat territory, preparing for the RHCE certification and discovering what system administration really means