ICYMI, the AWS Lambda team is seeking leaders like you:
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/991173/software-development-manager-aws-lambda
Race conditions are the giving that keep on gifts
Handy visualization for relatively shallow hierarchies
https://bl.ocks.org/kerryrodden/7090426
“[W]ho urged, in a compelling talk at the Yow! conference, that more thinking about applications be moved up to the whiteboard phase of software creation.” (via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/shUsUG
“Looking back from 2020, Go has succeeded in both ways: it is widely used both inside and outside Google, and its approaches to network concurrency and software engineering have had a noticeable effect on other languages and their tools.” https://pocket.co/shUstt
“In general, when you’re scaling up and across more teams, you need to be ok with not being everywhere directly all the time.”
Scaling yourself as an engineering manager(via @Pocket) #longreads https://sallylait.com/blog/2020/08/24/scaling-yourself/
Thinking of you @perrito666 https://twitter.com/Do206/status/1301550989464367105
Replying to @KevinGoldsmith
TIL this is even possible.
Time to break out the special GIF vault.
Replying to @joshroppo
“Support Fuzz functions in Go test files, making fuzzing a first class option for Go developers through unified, end-to-end support.”
https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/master/design/draft-fuzzing.md
Replying to @benkershner
Have you had an opportunity to meet Benjamin & Moore and Purdy?
Replying to @benkershner
Congrats the new place.
1. The Network is Reliable
Replying to @mweagle
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing
“A hallmark of many of the successful orgs I speak with is a fractal structure whereby senior leaders and middle management mirror the composition and expectations/skills/incentives of the front-line teams.”(via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xhUVd5
“There is not sufficient communication between the various layers of software.” (via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xhUVhW
“In the late 1990s, there were efforts to formalize standards for transaction coordination across trust boundaries. Fortunately, these standards died a horrible death.” (via @Pocket) #longreads https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3415014
“Yet principles determine whether you thrive or fade away.” (via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xhUVqx
The appearance of 3" spiders in the house is a sign that fall is coming.
Replying to @RobotTaylor
Terrifying on two fronts.
RT @rakyll: Have you had a burnout specifically due to oncall? If yes, can you explain how it happened and whether there are any actions ta…
TIL an opossum lives under the deck. Leisurely saunters by at 7pm to eat laurel berries.
Replying to @ben11kehoe and @edyesed
I have video.
Replying to @ben11kehoe and @edyesed
Have Deep Fakes reached this corner of the internet yet?
Replying to @edyesed and @ben11kehoe
Warning respected. Its mouth already looks like it’s 1/3 of it’s body.
Yep. https://overcast.fm/+EODMytv4U
Replying to @ben11kehoe and @edyesed
Can you help me understand how opossums and Tom Waits came together? 🤷♂️
Replying to @edyesed and @ben11kehoe
😎 “errtodo: check for TODOs in error handling code” (via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xhZs5D
Replying to @mweagle
Related: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/osdi14/osdi14-paper-yuan.pdf
Replying to @KevinGoldsmith
Slaps header of chart: “This waterfall can fit so much agility.”
How I operated as a Staff engineer at Heroku(via @Pocket) #longreads https://amyunger.com/blog/2020/09/10/staff-engineer-at-heroku.html
Please unroll @threadreaderapp https://twitter.com/anjuan/status/1305254360717438980
RT @its_txbrown: Just bought 4 books on the go programming language.
Writing An Interpreter in Go Writing a Compiler In Go Go Web Program…
“It isn’t just a glorified grep, though. It occupies a space somewhere in between grep and a SAST tool...” (via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xhZAuN
Bright and much needed highlight for 2020.
Rock on @Nandi_Bushell https://twitter.com/JanetJackson/status/1296582954035093511
This article has at least as much to do with configuration management, tool sprawl, and software development in general as it does with performance testing. https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08425
Replying to @mweagle
“Many challenges are human rather than technical...”
Replying to @mweagle
“As a result, we decided to ban command line options completely, and force all options into configuration files.”
Replying to @mpchlets
Same. It is a bit of work to get there, but pays off IME.
“Modules’ extraordinary bias toward consumer stability may be ideal for the software ecosystem within Google, but it’s inapproriate for software ecosystems in general.”
Semantic Import Versioning is unsound(via @Pocket) #longreads https://peter.bourgon.org/blog/2020/09/14/siv-is-unsound.html
“Getting people in the door is easy. Keeping them there is the problem, and that problem is a direct result of the toxic cultures and environments that have been allowed to exist in the name of ‘innovation.’...”
Seen and Valued (via @Pocket) https://verticesduke.wixsite.com/dukevertices/post/seen-and-valued-nicki-washington-on-the-position-and-power-of-identity-in-computer-science
“As these tools have surfaced, companies have come to realize that training and deploying AI is only the first step- they must then monitor and manage their deployed models to ensure risk-free and reliable business outcomes.” Explainable Monitoring: https://pocket.co/xhEMnd
“Today, any team can take control of their ability to deliver production-ready software at an accelerating tempo by understanding and adopting a few simple metrics. Let’s dive in.“
A primer on engineering delivery metrics(via @Pocket) #longreads https://leaddev.com/primer-engineering-delivery-metrics
“I’ve found that the processes below let us focus much more cleanly on the scientific value of the code because we don’t worry as much about whether the code is correct, and moreover our processes support rapid iteration of software and workflows...” http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/2020-software-and-workflow-dev-practices.html
Replying to @kstewart
You’ll only know once you have one.
Perspective https://twitter.com/galaxyoftech/status/1306209477226569729
Vanity metrics are more than immaterial. They are actively harmful.
Replying to @ben11kehoe
RT @systemalias: @mweagle At the very least, they’re a distraction, and waste time/attention that would otherwise be spent on the important…
Replying to @ben11kehoe
brb...creating the dashboard dashboard.
“Verifying complex, human-originated configuration and then distributing it to the edges of deeply layered compute infrastructures at scale is very far from a solved problem.” (via @Pocket) https://medium.com/@rbranson/sharing-sqlite-databases-across-containers-is-surprisingly-brilliant-bacb8d753054
Replying to @techandautism
Yep. There are so many things wrong with the message. Huge double yuck.
“While it’s not possible to build a perfect system, here are five good tools and techniques that can focus attention on the biggest risks and minimize impact on successful operations.” (via @Pocket) #longreads https://pocket.co/xhEwH3
“Unfortunately, there are some problems with adopting this approach. First of all, it’s very slow. It took nature millions of years. We don’t have that much time.”
future-of-computing.pdf(via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xhEwBk
Movies I don’t want to watch:
50 Shades of Gray Failures
Replying to @mweagle
Slow Times at Distributed Ridgemont High
Looking for book/long-form recommendations on software architecture and my references are, umm, a bit dated at this point.
What have you read recently that you liked?
Replying to @edyesed
I saw my shadow today. #smallWin
Replying to @mweagle
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Loop
“Training deep learning models with serverless runtimes is challenging and provides several opportunities. We have investigated both large and small models.”
Exploring Serverless Computing for Neural Network Training - IEEE Conference Publication https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8457817
AWS Well Arch. Framework, Enterprise Integration Patterns, Release It, Code Complete, Designing-Data Intensive Applications, Building Evolutionary Architectures...
Yes, no, others? https://twitter.com/mweagle/status/1306750551011385344
Replying to @endsofthreads
Oh, that’s a good one. Thx.
RT @baratunde: WHY DOES ANY DEMOCRAT THINK MITCH MCCONNELL CARES THAT DEMOCRATS THINK HE IS A HYPOCRITE??? THIS FOOL DOES NOT CARE. NORMS D…
RT @colinmadland: Turns out @zoom_us has a crappy face-detection algorithm that erases black faces...and determines that a nice pale globe…
Replying to @jbminn
May be helpful: https://arslan.io/2019/01/07/using-the-ipad-pro-as-my-development-machine/
RT @edyesed: Today’s my first day in the security team as a Security Engineer.
Any tips on what I should be reading up on as I learn to sh…
RT @mweagle: Should I get a Stratocaster?
Took too long, but it’s coming (Epiphone, actually). https://twitter.com/mweagle/status/1084240193110994944
Replying to @rory_jacob
Nice! Reading reviews about “beginner guitars” created a fair amount of confusion for me. For the amp, I ordered a Fender Frontman 10.
Disclaimer:
Replying to @bobuva and @justinsandercoe
Cool - thanks Bob. I will need some structure to get better at this. Will TAL.
How long have you been playing?
RT @jessiedotjs: Men are constantly like “Unlike women I look at things logically instead of emotionally” and then tell you about how they…
Replying to @jboursiquot
Too well
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1308895507914395650
RT @ava: God bless Breonna’s family and all who knew and loved her. Her tragic death compounded by the violence of silence and inaction by…
Howdy: my #awslambda team at @awscloud is hiring:
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1277201/software-development-engineer
DM me. 👋
“How does serverless link with Newman’s speciality, microservices?“
Microservices guru says think serverless, not Kubernetes: You don’t want to manage ‘a towering edifice of stuff’ • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/22/microservices_talk_gotopia/
“They may have different ways to describe their approach, but the outcome is the same: they start to turn the management flywheel.” (via @Pocket) https://medium.com/@skamille/the-management-flywheel-c076f398969b
“Still, in which domains is Rust mature enough to use?” (via @Pocket) #longreads https://gendignoux.com/blog/2020/06/16/rust-5-years-full-stack.html
“Golang, since its early days, has a flag that most developers are not aware of, called GOGC.”
Optimizing a Golang service to reduce over 40% CPU | by Eliezer Yaacov | Coralogix Engineering | Medium https://medium.com/coralogix-engineering/optimizing-a-golang-service-to-reduce-over-40-cpu-366b67c67ef9
“To gain the maximum speed, you need your autonomous teams to be able to make as many decisions as possible themselves.”
Why Digital Organizations Are Principles-Based(via @Pocket) https://pocket.co/xht6dT
ICYMI, alternate time window #serverless people. ⬇️ https://twitter.com/mweagle/status/1309286245277732864
Voicemail and NLP seem like they should go together. I’d like to auto delete every voicemail about how either my USPS shipment is in distress or that my Apple account has been hacked. Also, my Mandarin is quite non-existent, so that’s another opportunity.
Recommended book if you like DevOps, premortems, why I&D is crucially important, cognitive biases, power imbalances, and teamwork.
https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B07B8SQ7ZC&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006
Replying to @PavelPscheidl and @ypoirier
FWIW, Rob has spoken about the origins of go. Agree about the perf hit relative to C.
https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article
Replying to @MinaMarkham
Agree - there’s a need for more in this area. Related ICYMI:
https://amyunger.com/blog/2020/09/10/staff-engineer-at-heroku.html
Donglescence: when hardware becomes obsolete due to incompatible connections.
USB-C 👀
Replying to @Jowanza
You bet. Looking forward to your thoughts. In a similar spirit (although not as self-consciously “new view of safety” kind of way), is https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 .
Replying to @RobotTaylor
Have you tried centralizing it and then redistributing it?
Replying to @KevinGoldsmith
I have a 12 port USB hub. I’m calling it The Kraken.
Replying to @jrhunt
Yes.
This isn’t a tech problem. https://twitter.com/tlakomy/status/1310467434520940544
We interrupt this doom scrolling to present a stress relieving video feed. 🐻
https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
Replying to @techandautism
Yep. 👇 https://twitter.com/chipro/status/1310952120431063041
Replying to @rakyll
Congrats and thank you for all you’ve shared during that time. 🙏🎉
Why is there not a mic cut switch?
Replying to @mkguliford
13/10 would vote for.
I think that “debate” is perhaps misleading.
Replying to @davecheney
I do not like this game.
Worst episode ever
Does James Cameron know about Forest Cities?
Replying to @edyesed
Strong agree.
Who is clapping.
Replying to @_abhayshah
It wasn’t close either.
RT @onceuponA: I can’t believe I was ever told that women are too emotional to be president
Mood
“But I’m no longer convinced OT - and all the work I’ve done on it - will still be around.” (via @Pocket) #longreads https://pocket.co/xhtuzD
RT @bryanl: As of next week, I will no longer be a Sr Staff Engineer at VMware. I had a good run, but now it’s over. Instead, I’m going to…