Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪)

Whale biologist

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

If you're here, and you're like "Wait who is this @andrewhowdencom" what do they do

I make courses! You can find the next one introducing software developers to observability on Udemy. Check it out at https://t.co/0XfBpMZo0Q

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

@tobalotv @rakyll I'm trying to make the answer "yes" :D

* https://t.co/JhY8J4qehs

It's ... slow. So far that's north of a billion tokens of software development.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

A new article: "On communicating through writing":

* https://t.co/xkOs7IxXA5

In this one, I try to convey why I am so "document-driven", heavily leaning on writing up ideas (including technical documents, product decisions and so on) in a structured way.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

This seems like a substantial foreign policy shift toward conditional support (from the previous unconditional)

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

The reports from #Gaza are terrible. Civilians seeking shelter getting killed is unacceptable. The repeated attacks on #schools by the Israeli army must stop & be investigated quickly. 1/3

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

Nice work Spain,

Good game, well played England.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

Lovely people I am substantially reducing my personal and semi-professional (read: conference and community) for at least the next few months.

If I look like I'm ignoring things, don't worry, I'm ignoring things — but that's by design. Right now I need focus!

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

#SREConEMEA #CallForPapers ends soon! If you were planning on submitting a talk, you should do it now. Otherwise, you'll forget and you'll miss that opportunity 😥

It doesn't take too long. Checkout the website for details:

*https://t.co/i5XPY8Uq4r

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

For a lot of us, it's labor day. And what better day to celebrate than doing some FREE LABOUR!

Okay, that was terrible, But #SRECon is on soon, and a public holiday is a good opportunity to write up that #CallForPapers. If you can, get on it!

https://t.co/i5XPY8Uq4r

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

@rootameen Nicee! I'll probably there. Come say hi!

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

#SREConEMEA has its #CallForPapers currently open! You can access it here:

* https://t.co/i5XPY8Uq4r

I have both been and spoken at this conference, and it is the conference I think is perhaps most valuable to go to.

If you have thoughts on software operations write them up!

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

@pauljwarner Uhhm nah I reckon it was all right. It definitely moved through material; it wasn't the same point rehashed 10 chapters

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

Another book bites the dust! This one "Quit" by Anne Duke. It felt almost like a reply to Duckworths "Grit" book at times 😅 but it points out excellent examples of the sunk cost problem, escalation of commitment and strategies to address that (such as kill or exit criteria)

[thaddeus e. grugq @thegrugq]

Briefly, I want to address the issue of who is to blame. Easy — the people behind the attack. Lasse, the maintainer of xz, was the target of a patient intelligence campaign that invested more resources into subverting him than anyone invested into his project.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

Not today, Satan!

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

@thienlan @voidmaze It was great! I am taking to a bunch more people from around the world lately and it is a hella useful mental model

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

Another book bites the dust! This one a recommendation from @voidmaze. A super useful book for my new, vastly more diverse workplace but a book I am leaning on quickly even for intersections with colleagues, teams and vendors — for a bunch of professional relationships.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

On a large enough training set (e.g. LLMs), are AIs just a super expensive regression to the mean

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

@Noahpinion I am still bemused at the anchoring of politics in a direction (left and right). In lieu of a discussion of the issues (or even sound bytes), it's degraded into Red vs Blue tribalism.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

@mattyglesias Tbh for me it is not a question of "can I", it is a question of "is it the best for me". So far, the US brings substantial risks to my stability, and the work culture limits my benefiting from a lot of its natural splendor.

There are other places with better tradeoffs.

[Andrew Howden (in 🐻@🇩🇪) @andrewhowdencom]

Let's see what new adventures life will bring.