Jeff Smith

Husband. Father. Director of OPS at @basisglobaltech Author of Operations Anti-Patterns with DevOps Solutions. Married to @stefonee.

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@docmidnight I detect no lies. I also feel that people don’t realize how difficult judging QBs is. This could be awesome. But statistically speaking, it’s not great math.

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

Baldur’s Gate 3 has done something amazing. They’ve made me feel safe in the narrative branching. I feel like I’ll end up somewhere satisfying no matter what I choose or do. I’m just going with it now, letting the game unfold and see where it takes me. This is awesome. #BG3

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

On a bit of social overload. First DevOpsDays, now FanExpo Chicago. Ran into my pal @eris404 and got a great shot with the kids!

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

This talk came up in our Software Supply Chain open space during #devopsdaysChi Wanted to tweet for those that might be looking for it. “Malicious Compliance” - https://t.co/9CI65HYoQG /cc @IanColdwater #devopsdays

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

“Custom solutions come with higher costs. We put more value on things we’ve built.” - @HannahFoxwell

It’s why newly hired engineers always want to blow up the custom things you’ve built. Because they don’t have that bias. #devopsdays #devopsdaysChi

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

I feel this. @blackgirlbytes #devopsdays #devopsdaysChi

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

Influencing without authority is one of the best soft skills you can develop. It allows you to push the organization and team forward, while remaining incredibly close to systems and code. Great call out by Ana Lebron. #devopsdays #devopsdaysChi

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

Our sponsor @newrelic is giving away LED Dice sets for D&D. Monitoring and roleplaying games. My love languages combined. #devopsdays #devopsdaysChi

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

Despite both groups having to go through a CAB process, the team using Continuous Integration and automated testing moved through the process much faster. CAB process doesn’t prevent you from moving quickly. A process that builds confidence is key. @glasnt @swansama #devopsdays

[Sasha Czarkowski 🇺🇦 @DivineOps]

✨✨✨ First talk of the day - @glasnt @swansama talking about State of DevOps ✨✨✨

#devopsdays #chicago @devopsdaysChi @mattstratton @DarkAndNerdy

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

I’m having some serious PTSD listening to @swansama and @glasnt talking about the Log4J journey. #devopsdays

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@ChiPubSchools What are you supposed to do if your kid’s Aspen login isn’t working? There’s no option to reset the password, the student portal doesn’t have details about it and there’s no support contact info. (That I could find. Possible I missed it)

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@DivvyBikes Thanks. Do you guys have any preventive actions on this? Maybe send operations teams to hot spot locations. Wrigley Field during a Cardinals series is some low hanging fruit. 😀

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@DivvyBikes is there no contingency plan for full docking stations? I’m at Wrigley field and there’s 3 completely full stations. Am I supposed to miss first pitch and walk 2 miles back to the stadium? (Ironically I live 1.5 miles away from Wrigley)

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@DivvyBikes There are literally at least 4 bikes that are not e-bikes that can’t dock. One group of people had to rent an e-bike so they could dock the non-e-bike and then end the e-bike ride in place. I tried it but can’t because I have an active ride.

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@DivvyBikes What would you do if the bike was stolen? Would I be charged until the thief docked the bike?

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@dashaun So I've been doing a lot of API scripting for the Atlassian suite and Slack and way too much dash boarding in PowerBI. BUT, PowerBI is amazing and I love it and I'm going to be shoving more things into it. But that'a whole different conversation. What have you been up to?

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

@dashaun Human Performance Monitoring is getting a fair, but "objective" view of performance across the teams and individuals. I put objective in quotes because data always has a story about it. But if you use it as directional data, it can still be useful.

[Jeff Smith @DarkAndNerdy]

Man. @BestBuy has been making it SO difficult for me to give them money. Been trying to buy Atmos speakers and have them installed for weeks. I had to cancel the order cause if they're screwing the purchase part up, I shouldn't let them drill holes in my ceiling.