Andy McGuigan

Software. Music. Ideally both at the same time.

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

I've listed tickets for TREVOR HORN. The fair fan to fan marketplace https://t.co/ipkPIu8bUs via @seetickets #SeeFan2Fan

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

Quoted by @simonmcc in our coffee chat this morning "the tears of past failures are the solvent in our solution" (* we believe the source might be @bcantrill - more than happy to attribute, if true!)

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@qatarairways @bhx_official Done.

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@bhx_official @qatarairways a personal wheelchair is NOT “oversized baggage” and should always be available at the airplane door for disembarking. Why did this not happen just now for QR 33 ?

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@sophmorgTV @phmcguigan

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@bhx_official @qatarairways a personal wheelchair is NOT “oversized baggage” and should always be available at the airplane door for disembarking. Why did this not happen just now for QR 33 ?

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@LesMoir Who were the featured soloists? They were brilliant!!

[George Mack @george__mack]

The most useful razors and rules I've found:

1. Bragging Razor - If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half what they claim

If someone downplays their success or happiness, assume it’s double what they claim

2. High Agency Razor - If unsure who to work with, pick the person that has the best chances of breaking you out of a 3rd world prison.

3. The Early-Late Razor - If it's a talking point on Reddit, you might be early. If it's a talking point on LinkedIn, you're definitely late.

4. Luck Razor - If stuck with 2 equal options, pick the one that feels like it will produce the most luck later down the line.

I used this razor to go for drinks with a stranger rather than watch Netflix. In hindsight, it was the highest ROI decision I've ever made.

5. Buffett's Law - "The value of every business is 100% subject to government interest rates" - Warren Buffett

6. The 6-Figure Razor - If someone brags about "6 figures" -- assume it's closer to $100K than $900K.

7. Parent Rule - Break down the investments your parents made in you: Time, Love, Energy, and Money.

If they are still alive, aim to hit a positive ROI (or at least break even.)

8. Instagram Razor - When you see a photo of an influencer looking attractive on Instagram -- assume there are 99 worse variations of that photo you haven't seen.

They just picked the best one.

9. Narcissism Razor - If worried about people's opinions, remember they are too busy worrying about other people's opinions of them. 99% of the time you're an extra in someone else's movie

10. Everyday Razor - If you go from doing a task weekly to daily, you achieve 7 years of output in 1 year. If you apply a 1% compound interest each time, you achieve 54 years of output in 1 year.

11. Bezos Razor - If unsure what action to pick, let your 90-year-old self on death bed choose it.

12. Creativity Razor - If struggling to think creatively about a subject, transform it:

• Turn a thought into a written idea.
• A written idea into a drawing.
• A drawing into an equation.
• An equation into a conversation.

In the process of transforming it, you begin to spot new creative connections.

13. The Roman Empire Rule - Historians now recognize the Roman Empire fell in 476 - but it wasn't acknowledged by Roman society until many generations later.

If you wait for the media to inform you, you'll either be wrong or too late.

14. Physics Razor - If it doesn't deny the law of physics, then assume it's possible. Do not confuse society's current lack of knowledge -- with this knowledge being impossible to attain.

E.g. The smartphone seems impossible to someone from the 1800s -- but it was possible, they just had a lack of knowledge.

15. Skinner's Law - If procrastinating, you have 2 ways to solve it:

• Make the pain of inaction > Pain of action
• Make the pleasure of action > Pleasure of inaction

16. Network Razor - If you have 2 quality people that would benefit from an intro to one another, always do it.

Networks don't divide as you share them, they multiply.

17. Gell-Mann Razor - Assume every media article contains a % of false information.

Sandbox the article from your worldview until you've:

• Seen primary sources
• Spoken to 3 domain experts

18. Taleb's Surgeon - If presented with two equal candidates for a role, pick the one with the least amount of charisma.

The uncharismatic one has got there despite their lack of charisma. The charismatic one has got there with the aid of their charisma.

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

Already had two occurrences of https://t.co/G8KXVrCLIn this morning.

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@simonmcc @a_bangser All we need now is @AlasdairHodge on this thread to get the platform party started 🥳

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@hassankhosseini I first read this and wondered 'why is he booking a UK train ticket on American Airlines?' Eats shoots and leaves.

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

Can confirm.

[Chris Evans @evnsio]

A pretty accurate reflection of SRE if you ask me 👇

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

An absolutely underrated side-effect of any company that uses design docs / RFCs / ERDs / ADRs and circulates these:

It's a *lot* easier for engineering managers, tech leads, staff+ engs to keep up with what is happening.

Without such a culture: these people are often left out.

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@GergelyOrosz @simonmcc I take on-call one weekend in 4 and also cover the pager shift from Mon-Fri 6am-6pm UTC every other week. Yes, I do need to hire more engineers !

[Andy McGuigan @amcguign]

@GergelyOrosz I'm the EM of an SRE team. I write small Terraform PRs (no haters about HCL not being coding - it's still exercising the CI/CD pipeline!). I answer to enquiries to our team in various internal Slack channels. Often enjoy deep-dive tech arch chat with our Staff Eng @simonmcc

[Thiago Ghisi @thiagoghisi]

0) Talk to as many people as you can
1) Be in the right rooms
2) Learn the shadow org chart
3) Be humble & assume there were good reasons for previous technical decisions
4) Figure out how to level up the engineers around you
5) Understand what’s important
6) Solve some problems

[BITC NI @bitcni]

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[Senior Oops Engineer @ReinH]

so basically terraform is bad but everything else is also bad

[BITC NI @bitcni]

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[Code Club N.Ireland @CodeClubNI]

As your school recently introduced coding?
Are you restarting a coding club after a long break and looking for a refresher?

Then join me in person on October 12 at 6 pm @FarsetLabs for our "Establishing your own Code Club" workshop.

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[Luca @luca_cloud]

As such, it's important to apply the same principles and processes to platforms as you would to products.

* Conduct user research
* Create a product roadmap
* Solicit regular feedback
* Market your platform internally

And so on.