I don't particularly like the k8s operator pattern. It's yet another level of indirection. At some point there are so many turtles down that you lose track of where you are and what you wanted to do in the first place.
Hertz saw they did not have the internal capabilities in tech and digital experience, so they went to a vendor.
But they also made that vendor the "product owner". Seems like a pretty critical misstep.
If you build ONE internal capability, product ownership is a good one.
"If you set a goal of perfection you will eventually turn your employees into liars."/@drensin
^this applies to so much more than site reliability engineering and software teams
#o11y getting started:
* describe the basic unit of work, and where it ingresses
* identify metadata to help isolate unexpected behavior ( probably not hostnames )
* experiment! ( use temporary data decoration )
* prune stale fields
@cyen#devopsdays
devd - "a small, self-contained, CLI-only HTTP server for developers" - is another oft-used tool that I couldn't do without. https://t.co/fxg2RIvPav.. thanks, @cortesi! 🤟
I've put together some thoughts and observations around a pervasive belief in our field that I believe causes a great deal of unnecessary pain, The Myth of the Sufficiently Smart Engineer. https://t.co/yGyFisB9Un
His obstruction of justice is just the tip of his loathsomeness. No voter in 2020 should be allowed to overlook the basic reality that Donald Trump is a morally despicable human being. Trump's moral squalor, not impeachment, will remove him from power|.
https://t.co/F51wJSCoSm
The week I got a thing in my mailbox to join a social network @Nextdoor. People in my neighborhood can alert each other about crime and stuff like that. Great idea! But today someone posted the most ridiculous thing ever (1/?)