today we are swimming in a sea of AI-generated, SEO-gamified, and/or generally terri-bad filler content to sate the non-stop content machine. Lately I have been leafing through content from years back, even before "my time", like SysAdvent which ran from 2008-2021. Enjoy 25 of my favorite past posts...
*some of these items won't fit in a stocking 🤷 There is no shortage of techie gift guides out there but most are aimed...
Today is a milestone day (at least according to the HR portal) as it is my 1 year work-a-versary with Chronosphere. As this is my ~personal~ blog I don't tend to talk about my workplace so much since I have many many other channels for doing so but wanted to take stock of...
Listening is a skill we're losing in this world of rapid-fire instantaneously gratifying TikToks/Reels/Shorts/Instant Messages/et al. so I read Kate Murphy's latest book to figure out why and how to better listen....
Monitorama has a very special place in my heart. It is where I decided to take my career further down the o11y rabbit hole, where I've cheered on friends speaking onstage, and where I will speak one day! I wanted to take some time to reflect on what has made this conf so special...
I bought Resilient Management (and a solid chunk of A Book Apart's catalog) during my radical sabbatical when I was seriously contemplating Engineering Management (EM) as a job path. Hence me reading the book - which resulted in me gently closing the EM door for now......