Ken Mugrage

Tech Principal - Office of the CTO @Thoughtworks - More interested in strategic use of technology than hype - Still think DevOps is about human interactions

[Ken Mugrage @kmugrage]

Generally speaking, when I post advice about something in technology, it's when I believe that someone doing the opposite is perfectly reasonable. Your world is different than mine.

Advice that everyone will agree with isn't advice, it's an observation.

[Ken Mugrage @kmugrage]

@quantumfiber So I guess that's a yes that it is down?

Any ETA for issues south of Seattle?

[Thoughtworks @thoughtworks]

The radar is filled with pieces of importance to every individual. Here are some key themes from this volume of #TWTechRadar.

What themes do you wish to see in the next edition?

Catch the podcast where @kmugrage and Neal Ford discuss the key themes: https://t.co/P5YBQcYl99

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What does it mean to be a technology leader?

On the latest episode of the Technology Podcast, new CTO for the Americas @squeot speaks all things tech leadership (and more) with @kmugrage: https://t.co/6NQrUqaCKE

#TechLeadership #Tech #Podcast

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Coming to #devopsdays #seattle tomorrow?

A few of us will be giving traditional talks, but the best part is the attendee driven conversations. Suggest a topic, share with and learn from peers!

https://t.co/Pix28IsgtS

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@ChrisShort @phrawzty @botchagalupe @lnxchk @nathenharvey @DevOpsDaysSEA Oh no! Hope it gets worked out quickly!

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Pretty excited about speaking at #devopsdays Seattle next week. Looking forward to seeing old friends like @ChrisShort, @phrawzty, @botchagalupe, @lnxchk, @nathenharvey who are also speaking there, as well as meeting new ones!

Join us @DevOpsDaysSEA ! https://t.co/LO1E5AGPVO

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@jbaruch @DivineOps Perfect gif detected.

The pop tarts might be why I resemble him! 😂

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@MikeRosTX @editingemily Yes!! Bought a Chevelle that had one of those, replaced it with a tape deck and one of those cheesy adapters that let you insert a fake tape that was connected to a portable CD player's headphone jack. Stylin!

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@editingemily I was super proud of my pager that could send and receive actual text messages.

I did not know at the time that it was a sign of impending doom.

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@AaronErickson Feels a bit like a level of abstraction... the debt won't be gone, it will be moved to whatever is generating the code and disguised as model drift.

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Happy to say I'm returning to public speaking after a covid / role change created hiatus. First stop, #devopsdays Seattle on 14/15 May.

Looking forward to actual in person interactions with actual humans! @DevOpsDaysSEA https://t.co/gdOCk4mXsl

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@mattstratton @nathenharvey @littleidea @DivineOps @editingemily @Dixie3Flatline @carriemott6 @jpaulreed @allspaw @bridgetkromhout @trevorghess @kevinreedy @wiredferret @gitbisect @yvov That’s incredibly flattering Matty, and right back at ya.

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@damovisa I'm down to one.

Yes, it's a 49" curved that I use two inputs on to fool the computer into thinking it's two so I can share on video chats, but it's still one ;)

One the down side, working on my laptop when not in my office feels like working on a smartphone.

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There are plenty of recordings of my voice online, so I get to call of my less technical friends and family and let them know I won't be calling them asking for money.

I'm not normally an advocate of more laws. But maybe voice cloning services should be liable for damages

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Not that I needed proof that #GenAI is used for fraud. Just had a CC compromised.

3 subscriptions to @ChatGPTapp
1 subscription to @wellsaidlabs for generating fake voices
1 subscription to @elevenlabs for cloning voices
1 subsciption to @bypass_GPT to hide their work

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Why is it important that we don’t ignore complexity in software or see it as something that can be fixed?

This #TWInsights blog explores how we can manage complexity. Read on: https://t.co/QevjE1tPTy

@kmugrage @techreview

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If the stores would rather lose the sale than the data, you know there is something very wrong.

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How bad do companies want your personal data? Went into a @dsw_us store in Vegas and declined to give them a phone number or email. The person at the register called her manager and said, with me standing there, “there’s a stubborn guy refusing to give me contact info.

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@aspleenic

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Since I rarely tweet and did just a fairly negative thread, something positive (except to @aspleenic who may never speak to me again).

Ikea meatballs are pretty damn good.