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“Well pick it back up”
Monitoring systems for failure is more art than science, with many systems firing off way too many false positives. Getting your arms around this is not easy, but we all need our “fall detection necklace”
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2022 in review
Now that we have started 2023, one can take a look at the year that was 2022. Personally it was a great year (no deaths/cancer in the family so that is new), with a number of stand out moments. The biggest one is that I married, Kelley, the lady of my dreams in the summer. We wedded in our own home, with the ceremony in the front, and the big…
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Compassionomics ~ book review
How a little compassion can transform a whole industry and lift the lives of millions in the process.
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People are leaking their RDS database backups
Researchers discovered incompetence when handling AWS RDS database backups, exposing them on the public network for anyone to take
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What makes a great product manager by James Hamilton
What makes a great product by AWS guru James Hamilton
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Adrift America in 100 Charts ~ book review
Prof G’s latest book details the state of the country through 100 charts, each one powerfully presented and creating a lot of stroky-chin moments.
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The touch of Music
Vinyl records are more than just scratchy reproductions of sounds
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The Cold Start Problem ~ book review
Andrew Chen charts the rise of the some of the larger Internet companies whose value only increases through an increased number of users – the network effect.
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Movies/TV of 2021
Reviewing the Top 8 movies and TV series that made it to the top of my list during 2021.
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Double finger Chromebook Tip
I was this years old, when I realized that pressing two fingers down on a Chromebook track pad, invokes the right-hand menu bar. I am a huge Chromebook fan. Use them daily, yet, this little trick slipped by me.
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