Software Engineer @GitHub. Based in Stratford-upon-Avon. All views, thoughts and expressions on this Twitter account are my own. @[email protected] Stratford-Upon-Avon, EnglandJoined June 2009
As a tech lead or eng manager, you so frequently get request from above or from other teams to drop what you are doing and work on this thing they need, *now*.
During my 4 years at Uber after asking these questions, 9 out of 10 times it turned out it wasn't really urgent:
The recording is live! @leonadato on-stage giving his session titled:
"Alerts Don't Suck. YOUR Alerts Suck."
#DevOpsDays Birmingham UK!
youtu.be/vtE-TFblEgE
Here’s an open secret: most companies adopting an RFC-like processes don’t have a Chief Architect. Not Google, not Uber, not Amazon, not most tech companies.
The idea of RFCs and spreading transparency goes against hierarchical decision making which many architects are used to.
Signs of boredom:
Currently sitting here thinking about the London Underground... There must be houses built on top of the tube, right?!
Spoiler: According to Google Maps, there are!
I now have a ton of questions & want to know more!🤯
Have you ever thought about this?
3 weeks ago I bought a 5-6ft Magnolia tree. Initially the courier said they didn't have it even though they collected it from seller. After a bunch of emails, I was promised they'd found it & would deliver it yesterday. They didn't. They've managed to lose it again. IT'S A TREE!
So... Apparently, there is yet another new variant of Covid. I know how hard it is to name things (I'm a dev after all), but prepending "new" to "variant" for each variant of Covid-19 gets confusing really quickly... How will we refer to newer variants? "new new variant"? 🤷♂️
TIL that wired Bluetooth earphones are a thing...
Someone I know bought earphones that look virtually identical to Apple Lightning EarPods from Amazon. But to use it you have to: turn Bluetooth on, pair the earphones & physically plug them in. Otherwise, they won't work. 🤯
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