writing
Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.
192 essays and counting
From No Phone to Nokia 6230
Growing up in an era without mobile phones and the day my uncle brought home a Nokia 6230 with a camera
AWS re:Invent 2013: Announcements That Matter
Following AWS re:Invent remotely and picking out the announcements that will actually change how we work
What Microservices Actually Mean
Everyone is talking about microservices but most explanations miss the point entirely
Chef vs Ansible: Which Tool?
A hands-on comparison of Chef and Ansible from someone who actually needs to pick one for production infrastructure
Security Automation: Days to Hours Provisioning
How we cut server provisioning from five days to under four hours using automation and VMware templates
NSA PRISM: The Internet's Innocence Dies
Edward Snowden just revealed that the US government has been surveilling internet communications on a massive scale
Starting as Lead Systems Engineer
New role managing a Linux NOC team and learning what leadership actually means
Docker Changes Everything About Deployment
Docker 0.1 just dropped and containers are suddenly accessible to everyone, not just kernel wizards