Matt Callanan

Principal Software Engineer at Expedia. FinOps, ML/AI, DevOps. Conference speaker.

[YOW! Conferences @yow_conf]

Join @mcallana at #YOW23 & discover the journey of Expedia Group as an early advisor to the #FinOps Foundation and survey current approaches to #Kubernetes optimisation.

There’s something for everyone in this talk!

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Yikes! TIL Amazon’s AWS billing engine is possibly the largest non-government software project in the world.

https://t.co/o1mD8h4xsY

@mattray
@horovits

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@yow_conf @daveathomas @Suncorp It was a great night! Thanks to @daveathomas and Yow team and Suncorp for putting on a good event for the Brisbane tech community! See you at Yow conference in December

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"When we treat the beginning as something sacred, we give it more power than it deserves. The beginning can start in the middle, or even at the end." https://t.co/TRfbIX6zAS via @orenellenbogen

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To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language: Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers -- ScienceDaily https://t.co/NnEfmYLN7w

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How hard should I push myself? Some great advice in this article: “if you want to live a life where you’re pushing yourself, it’s best to develop a variety of coping strategies to help you manage [stress]” https://t.co/Y4RPWOHlXA

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No rules, no problem: DeepMind’s MuZero masters games while learning how to play them | TechCrunch https://t.co/wmSv17RrWD

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Some great predictions here on the future of remote working

[Chris Herd @chris_herd]

I've spoken to 1,500+ people about remote work in the last 9 months

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge before 2030

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍

[Matt Callanan @mcallana]

Ah, this is great!:

[Leon Overweel @layon_overwhale]

@jackclarkSF This is my setup right now (from Europe): watch four US video streams, listen to the audio from one of them and switch with hotkeys https://t.co/ArHbd0Epto

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Becoming more focused and productive is about what you do less of:
1. Work in sprints, not marathons.
2. Eliminate distractions instead of coping with them.
3. Stop using fear as a motivator.
4. Do the work that really matters. https://t.co/gZEfu0Vtcf

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"2007 study in the HBR: the average person enjoys only two hours of peak mental focus every day & five hours of relatively high mental focus. At all other times, it will probably be relatively poor” The Science of Intelligent Achievement - Isaiah Hankel, PhD on Blinkist

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"Cemeteries are the most valuable land on the planet, as they are filled with unquantifiable amounts of unrealized potential and ideas. Be sure to 'die empty'" - "The Accidental Creative" by Todd Henry on Blinkist

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"our behavior in front of computer or smartphone screen can be detrimental to our health. E.g. when gazing into a computer screen, we unconsciously hold our breath, which contributes to stress-related diseases." in Manage Your Day-To-Day by 99U and Jocelyn K. Glei on Blinkist

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"150yrs research ... when we work beyond 60hrs/wk, tasks take 2x as long... e.g. for a task a person with a 30-hr week takes 1hr to finish, someone who has surpassed 60hrs in their workweek would need 2hrs to finish" - The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey on Blinkist

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“The Five Levels of Remote Work — and why you’re probably at Level 2” by @SteveGlaveski
https://t.co/2ko0Q0fHzM

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“How to Avoid Burnout in a Remote Team” https://t.co/o9qnAfRH1m

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“The pros and cons of working across time zones: What to expect when you work in a distributed company” https://t.co/VVEvd2XPVv

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“How to collaborate across time zones” https://t.co/ocLn6fM8Ac

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How to build a breakthrough https://t.co/vyD1P6nr1A

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“Code is like food. It can be fast, good, or cheap. Pick any two. A bad programmer ... tries to get the team to do all 3 things at once”
“21 Bad Mistakes in My 21-Year Programming Career” by @rsrajan1
https://t.co/7nzMsdeRdd