Sean Klein
@seanklein.bsky.social
PM @ Azure. Modern Incident Analysis / Resilience Engineering. I turn service disruptions into 20-page Word documents. Also beer, travel, dogs, oxford commas, and snark. Opinions my own but could be yours too for a reasonable price!
After conducting additional research on the the matter, I would like to broaden the scope of this claim to now include all Korean food.
Budae jjigae has healing properties that are not yet fully understood.
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
After conducting additional research on the the matter, I would like to broaden the scope of this claim to now include all Korean food.
Budae jjigae has healing properties that are not yet fully understood.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Budae jjigae has healing properties that are not yet fully understood.
My favorite thing about flu medicine is that it only works for about 2 hours but you have to wait 6 hours before you can take more or it will kill you.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
My favorite thing about flu medicine is that it only works for about 2 hours but you have to wait 6 hours before you can take more or it will kill you.
DNS is simple.
Your implementation of DNS is complex.
So is everybody else's.
Your implementation of DNS is complex.
So is everybody else's.
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
DNS is simple.
Your implementation of DNS is complex.
So is everybody else's.
Your implementation of DNS is complex.
So is everybody else's.
Evidently we've reached the "how can we use it to sell more shitters?" phase of the AI hype cycle.
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Evidently we've reached the "how can we use it to sell more shitters?" phase of the AI hype cycle.
Table-top exercise: US-East-1 is down.
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Table-top exercise: US-East-1 is down.
You really don't have to tell people that you are against Antifa.
First, there's already an existing word for that.
And second, we already know.
First, there's already an existing word for that.
And second, we already know.
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You really don't have to tell people that you are against Antifa.
First, there's already an existing word for that.
And second, we already know.
First, there's already an existing word for that.
And second, we already know.
I love how late summer in the Pacific Northwest has fully turned into "the sun is obscured by wildfire smoke and the air smells like an ashtray" season all within the past decade and we all just kind of rolled with it.
September 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love how late summer in the Pacific Northwest has fully turned into "the sun is obscured by wildfire smoke and the air smells like an ashtray" season all within the past decade and we all just kind of rolled with it.
"The data is clear..."
Oh awesome! Then I'm sure that the data - with all of its clarity - and the methodology in which you analyzed it to form your conclusion is included in your assessment, right? RIGHT?
Oh awesome! Then I'm sure that the data - with all of its clarity - and the methodology in which you analyzed it to form your conclusion is included in your assessment, right? RIGHT?
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"The data is clear..."
Oh awesome! Then I'm sure that the data - with all of its clarity - and the methodology in which you analyzed it to form your conclusion is included in your assessment, right? RIGHT?
Oh awesome! Then I'm sure that the data - with all of its clarity - and the methodology in which you analyzed it to form your conclusion is included in your assessment, right? RIGHT?
Protip: A thing is not preventable simply by virtue of it being predictable.
September 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Protip: A thing is not preventable simply by virtue of it being predictable.
Monday? Two weeks in a row? ...Seems a bit excessive.
August 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Monday? Two weeks in a row? ...Seems a bit excessive.
Reposted by Sean Klein
One of the ironies of incident response is sometimes the most effective incident commanders APPEAR as if they're the most uninformed responder at the company...
August 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
One of the ironies of incident response is sometimes the most effective incident commanders APPEAR as if they're the most uninformed responder at the company...
Reposted by Sean Klein
I'll write a book called "The AI Leader" and in it, I'll just talk about leading people with empathy.
"Trick" people into reading the thing that they actually need to learn.
"Trick" people into reading the thing that they actually need to learn.
August 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'll write a book called "The AI Leader" and in it, I'll just talk about leading people with empathy.
"Trick" people into reading the thing that they actually need to learn.
"Trick" people into reading the thing that they actually need to learn.
James Madison: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech--"
Gov't: "Can we still 'coerce' freedom of speech through severe financial penalties?"
Madison: "YUP!"
www.theverge.com/news/713587/...
Gov't: "Can we still 'coerce' freedom of speech through severe financial penalties?"
Madison: "YUP!"
www.theverge.com/news/713587/...
Paramount-Skydance merger approved after companies agree to government speech demands
No more DEI at CBS.
www.theverge.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
James Madison: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech--"
Gov't: "Can we still 'coerce' freedom of speech through severe financial penalties?"
Madison: "YUP!"
www.theverge.com/news/713587/...
Gov't: "Can we still 'coerce' freedom of speech through severe financial penalties?"
Madison: "YUP!"
www.theverge.com/news/713587/...
Ascension has rules people. He is now *King* of Darkness. Please update your contact lists.
July 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ascension has rules people. He is now *King* of Darkness. Please update your contact lists.
Reposted by Sean Klein
I miss having shared cultutal moments that aren't traumatic.
July 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I miss having shared cultutal moments that aren't traumatic.
Scott is the type of tech leader that has exceled *because* of his immutable empathy and humanity - not in spite of it. The world - and this moment - needs more Scotts.
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Scott is the type of tech leader that has exceled *because* of his immutable empathy and humanity - not in spite of it. The world - and this moment - needs more Scotts.
Happy CrowdStrike Eve for all those who celebrate.
July 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy CrowdStrike Eve for all those who celebrate.
I feel like the Discover feed here is a potentially valid research tool for simulating dementia because, while I recognize almost all of these words, I have absolutely no clue who any of you are or what the hell any of you are talking about and it leaves me frustrated and angry.
July 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I feel like the Discover feed here is a potentially valid research tool for simulating dementia because, while I recognize almost all of these words, I have absolutely no clue who any of you are or what the hell any of you are talking about and it leaves me frustrated and angry.
Two things that are almost certainly happening in your organization today in the name of operational efficiency are:
1. An increase in system complexity.
2. The shedding of expertise and acquired knowledge of how the system works.
What might be a highly predictable outcome of this?
1. An increase in system complexity.
2. The shedding of expertise and acquired knowledge of how the system works.
What might be a highly predictable outcome of this?
July 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Two things that are almost certainly happening in your organization today in the name of operational efficiency are:
1. An increase in system complexity.
2. The shedding of expertise and acquired knowledge of how the system works.
What might be a highly predictable outcome of this?
1. An increase in system complexity.
2. The shedding of expertise and acquired knowledge of how the system works.
What might be a highly predictable outcome of this?
3 inconvenient truths:
- Reliability is not the same as Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability do not improve your Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability very often *decrease* Resiliency.
- Reliability is not the same as Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability do not improve your Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability very often *decrease* Resiliency.
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
3 inconvenient truths:
- Reliability is not the same as Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability do not improve your Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability very often *decrease* Resiliency.
- Reliability is not the same as Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability do not improve your Resiliency.
- Improvements to your Reliability very often *decrease* Resiliency.
I resent the fact that the disarming language that AI customer support chatbots are trained to use sometimes actually works on me.
June 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I resent the fact that the disarming language that AI customer support chatbots are trained to use sometimes actually works on me.
Hugops to anyone with "SRE" or "DevOps" in their title at the moment.
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hugops to anyone with "SRE" or "DevOps" in their title at the moment.
Wait...is this just a clever ruse to get liberals to finally buy cybertrucks?
June 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Wait...is this just a clever ruse to get liberals to finally buy cybertrucks?
Reposted by Sean Klein
I’ve started referring myself as “community-taught” rather than “self-taught”.
The type of problems, advice, and engineers I have had access to by working remotely and by discussing in online communities vastly overshadows the type of access I would have had at most local, in-office places.
The type of problems, advice, and engineers I have had access to by working remotely and by discussing in online communities vastly overshadows the type of access I would have had at most local, in-office places.
May 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’ve started referring myself as “community-taught” rather than “self-taught”.
The type of problems, advice, and engineers I have had access to by working remotely and by discussing in online communities vastly overshadows the type of access I would have had at most local, in-office places.
The type of problems, advice, and engineers I have had access to by working remotely and by discussing in online communities vastly overshadows the type of access I would have had at most local, in-office places.