Purim is over, Passover is on the horizon, which makes this the perfect time to grab a copy of “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked“. The book blends wisdom and…
Job listings for week ending 3/10
Week two of our new adventure. I’ve made some updates including click-able links and visible separators. Once again, if you run into any issues, please let me know (leon(at)adatosystems(dot)com). If you’re not…
Throwback Thursday: Walking Away
I was digging through some old posts, and found this one from 2014. I was shocked to realize it’s been almost 10 years since I completely shut down my Facebook account. It’s…
Mind the Gap
Recently I posted a tutorial on how I monitored my Raspberry-pi based “pihole” server using New Relic and Flex. Like many tutorials, what I shared was the end-result, a clear and concise…
Job listings for week ending 3/3
Well folks, this is it. The inaugural voyage of the new email system (if you don’t count that little glitch on Tuesday. If you run into any issues, please let me know…
Your Pi-Hole is a rich source of data
While a lot of my inspiration for blog posts come from talking with New Relic users, it’s hard to share them as examples because they’re so specific and often confidential. So I…
Everything I needed to know about a career in tech, I learned from Tolkien (part 2)
(This post originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) “And you’re with me. And the journey’s finished. But after coming all that way I don’t want to give up yet. It’s not…
Everything I needed to know about a career in tech, I learned from Tolkien (part 1)
(This post originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no…
Everything I needed to know about a career in tech, I learned from “The Rings of Power” (part 4)
(This post originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) At last comes their answer through cold and through frost,That not all who wonder or wander are lost,No matter the sorrow, no matter…
Everything I needed to know about a career in tech, I learned from “The Rings of Power” (part 3)
(This post originally appeared on the New Relic Blog) Sing to me, sing to me, lands far away,Oh, rise up and guide me this wandering day.Please promise to find me this wandering…