As part of my involvement at LeadDev NYC I had the opportunity a short video message that would be part of a montage played for folks between the live talks. I decided to speak…
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Four Questions Friday: The Law of Unintended Consequences
Between now and the end of Passover, I’m sharing excerpts from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. It blends wisdom and themes from Passover with common questions (and…
Building with our heads and hearts, not (only) our hands
Recently I was given the chance to record a short video message, which would be played for folks attending LeadDev New York City. The event organizers offered me a variety of speaking…
Four Questions Friday: An ounce of prevention
Between now and the end of Passover, I’m sharing excerpts from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. It blends wisdom and themes from Passover with common questions (and…
Throwback Thursday: Colored Perceptions
Let me just get this out there: I would drop everything to go work at Crayola. Along with Pixar, it’s one of the companies that has a culture, product, and vision that…
Simple JSON metrics with Flex
(this post originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) After completing the 3-part series on collecting pi-hole metrics with New Relic flex last month, I realized I hadn’t ever posted the original…
Four Questions Friday: Monitoring != Alerting
Between now and the end of Passover, I’m sharing excerpts from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. It blends wisdom and themes from Passover with common questions (and…
Throwback Thursday: Showing Your Scars
This post – or at least the idea behind it – is a perennial favorite of mine. The repeatedly observable behavior where, after someone on the team has stuck their foot in…
Simple Script Metrics with Flex
(this post originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) After completing the 3-part series on collecting pi-hole metrics with New Relic flex last month, I realized I hadn’t ever posted the original…
Four Questions Friday: The Prozac Moment
Between now and the end of Passover, I’m sharing excerpts from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. It blends wisdom and themes from Passover with common questions (and…