Matthew Isaacs

Systems software & automation, distributed systems, and the outdoors. If you're looking for the journalist @mathewi (Mathew Ingram) I am not him.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@TMobile @Tesla No disposable water bottles. Love our reusable stainless steel ones. In the before times we brought our own coffee cups too REDUCE is the first R for a reason! #TMobileTuesdays + #contest

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

👏👏 @SenDuckworth excellent speech. Wish it was carried on the main channels so more people could hear what you have to say.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@bridgetkromhout @joelaha I shared a very similar sentiment on another platform.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@SusanPotter @SenDuckworth @DickDurbin 💯

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

I see we’re in the bonus scene after the credits in the film “2020.”

[Accidental CISO @AccidentalCISO]

CTO: If we move our repo to a hosted service, what do we do if someone manages to get code into our product?

Me: So, like, they check it in, it passes code review, QA, change control approvals, and is deployed through our automation?

CTO: Yes!

Me: Send them a 10-99, I guess.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@Xfinity @comcast @comcastcares the projected 3 hour outage this evening was bad enough, but extending to 9am tomorrow?! #comcastoutage

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

Closing out day one of #devopsdaysChi #devopsdays

[Pete Cheslock @petecheslock]

Closing time. #devopsdaysChi

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

Talk takeaways. This tends to I advertently be what happens anyway, embrace it. @wiredferret #DevOpsDays #devopsdaysChi

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@wiredferret so much truth in this slide #devopsdays #devopsdaysChi

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@mattstratton and @DivineOps opening #devopsdays #devopsdaysChi !

[Paul Dix @pauldix]

In distributed systems, there is no true HA, only probabilities of failure and failure models. Just like life, in distributed systems, no one gets out alive.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@mattstratton This and soccer is why I picked up YouTubetv this spring :(. At least the kids can enjoy the Disney shows that are dropping from Netflix

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

I've seen it happen even with a CI server...but people add skips for known failing tests or ignore the results and push anyway. :(

Its really hard to find the source bug when you're dealing with a failed integration job with dozens (or hundreds) of components.

[Cory House @housecor]

The longer it takes before realizing the tests were broken in some previous merge, the harder it is to fix them.

This setup tends to happen on teams that are "too busy" to setup a CI server.

Yes, setting up CI takes some extra time up front. But it saves time in the long run.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@borisof007 @davegrundgeiger @aprilwensel The other thing to watch out for is "interviewing like I've been interviewed before". Just because a place did it to you doesn't mean its effective. I weigh one on one discussions and recommendations from a mutual peer network much higher than resumes or a coding test.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@borisof007 @davegrundgeiger @aprilwensel ICs on a team have valuable feedback. A candidate shouldn't just talk to a hiring manager. And if your team doesn't have time to do a phone screen, you don't have time to invest in hiring and on-boarding a new engineer.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@SusanPotter Lots of magic and lots of repetition. And not by my design.

[Matthew Isaacs @matthewi]

@SusanPotter Reminds me, I need to replace my Asbestos pants :(