(This post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) “A few years back, I was tuning an alert rule and accidentally triggered the alert, which created 772 tickets. Twice.” This (all too true)…
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Jobsearch: Sometimes it IS who you know
(and sometimes it’s not) My post about my 6 month job search generated some attention and conversation. The comments helped me clarify some of the more specific lessons I’ve learned recently; or that I…
Jobsearch: Should I start looking now?
My post about my 6 month job search generated some attention and conversation. The comments helped me clarify some of the more specific lessons I’ve learned recently; or that I knew but were reinforced…
Lessons From a Six Month Job Search
Now that I’m free to share the news that I’ve landed at Kentik – a visionary company filled by an amazing group of folks who believe that the value of their team goes far beyond what…
The Driving Force of Community at All Things Open 2023
(this post originally appeared on the Kentik blog) I recently attended my second All Things Open conference and wanted to share some of the observations, experiences, and lessons I learned along the…
Visibly Kentik
(This article originally appeared on Kentik’s blog) What’s the opposite of “Hello, I Must Be Going”? I ask because, here at Kentik, one of the requirements for a blog is to have…
Safe at Home, or Left Behind?
Layoffs have been in the air for a while now, and have even hit quite close to home for me, so I thought I would share a story of a different layoff…
Making the leap from old-school monitoring to modern o11y
(this originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) The term “old-school” has two decidedly different meanings. On the one hand, it can mean classically trendy, something that never went (or will go)…
How to overcome data silos in open source server monitoring
(This post originally appeared on the New Relic blog) When it comes to open source tools for server monitoring, there are an astonishing number of options. But the problem that server administrators…
As Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler
I’m a big fan of simplicity, especially when it comes to demos and examples. There’s nothing that sets my teeth on edge faster than a “demonstration” meant to show me a single…