Johan Siebens
@johansiebens.dev
Cloud Architect / DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering
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Give me the log files, a unix prompt, and complete silence 🕵
March 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Give me the log files, a unix prompt, and complete silence 🕵
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I just wrote a piece called "In Praise of 'Normal' Engineers". (partly paywalled)
When people talk about world-class engineering orgs, they usually have in mind orgs that are top-heavy with the most experienced and pedigured talent.
This gets it exactly backwards.
refactoring.fm/p/in-praise-...
When people talk about world-class engineering orgs, they usually have in mind orgs that are top-heavy with the most experienced and pedigured talent.
This gets it exactly backwards.
refactoring.fm/p/in-praise-...
In Praise of "Normal" Engineers 🛠️
A guest article by Charity Majors
refactoring.fm
February 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I just wrote a piece called "In Praise of 'Normal' Engineers". (partly paywalled)
When people talk about world-class engineering orgs, they usually have in mind orgs that are top-heavy with the most experienced and pedigured talent.
This gets it exactly backwards.
refactoring.fm/p/in-praise-...
When people talk about world-class engineering orgs, they usually have in mind orgs that are top-heavy with the most experienced and pedigured talent.
This gets it exactly backwards.
refactoring.fm/p/in-praise-...
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For the last year or so I have been noodling on the idea of a Best Simple System for Now.
What happens when you write exactly the code you need, at the level of quality you need, but solving the problem _for now_ rather than a generalised or hypothetical version of it?
dannorth.net/best-simple-...
What happens when you write exactly the code you need, at the level of quality you need, but solving the problem _for now_ rather than a generalised or hypothetical version of it?
dannorth.net/best-simple-...
Best Simple System for Now
You can have your cake and eat it, as long as you bake it carefully.
‘We can do this the quick way and pay later, or the thorough way and pay now.’ This seems to be a fundamental dichotomy in software...
dannorth.net
February 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For the last year or so I have been noodling on the idea of a Best Simple System for Now.
What happens when you write exactly the code you need, at the level of quality you need, but solving the problem _for now_ rather than a generalised or hypothetical version of it?
dannorth.net/best-simple-...
What happens when you write exactly the code you need, at the level of quality you need, but solving the problem _for now_ rather than a generalised or hypothetical version of it?
dannorth.net/best-simple-...
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From Socrates to Shangri-La, or how generative 'AI' might make us stupider
#science 🧪 #neuroscience #technology
#science 🧪 #neuroscience #technology
Take a Cognitive Load Off, or is 'AI' Making Us Stupider?
The myth of Socrates - brains & AI - the morality of Shangri-La
subtlesparks.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From Socrates to Shangri-La, or how generative 'AI' might make us stupider
#science 🧪 #neuroscience #technology
#science 🧪 #neuroscience #technology
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was asked a really interesting question in an interview yesterday: given a budget, which areas of security spending produce the greatest and worst (or negative) ROI?
my answer:
positive: SSO/OAuth, hardware keys
worst: DAST, DLP, honorable mention to poorly configured IDS’s
what’s your answer?
my answer:
positive: SSO/OAuth, hardware keys
worst: DAST, DLP, honorable mention to poorly configured IDS’s
what’s your answer?
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
was asked a really interesting question in an interview yesterday: given a budget, which areas of security spending produce the greatest and worst (or negative) ROI?
my answer:
positive: SSO/OAuth, hardware keys
worst: DAST, DLP, honorable mention to poorly configured IDS’s
what’s your answer?
my answer:
positive: SSO/OAuth, hardware keys
worst: DAST, DLP, honorable mention to poorly configured IDS’s
what’s your answer?
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One of my favorite things in the world is when software architects come up to me and tell me how much they enjoyed my piece about how "software architect" is such a bullshit role at most companies.
I love you guys.
charity.wtf/2023/03/09/a...
I love you guys.
charity.wtf/2023/03/09/a...
Architects, Anti-Patterns, and Organizational Fuckery
I recently wrote a twitter thread on the proper role of architects, or as I put it, tongue-in-cheek-ily, whether or not architect is a “bullshit role”. It got a LOT of reactions (2.5 we…
charity.wtf
December 7, 2024 at 10:12 PM
One of my favorite things in the world is when software architects come up to me and tell me how much they enjoyed my piece about how "software architect" is such a bullshit role at most companies.
I love you guys.
charity.wtf/2023/03/09/a...
I love you guys.
charity.wtf/2023/03/09/a...
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There's this evergreen joke on software development that goes something like this:
"We're done with 90% of the project. Which means we only have the other 90% left to go."
It's funny because it's true. It's also why experienced engineers are in-demand: they are the "finishers."
AI tools: not now.
"We're done with 90% of the project. Which means we only have the other 90% left to go."
It's funny because it's true. It's also why experienced engineers are in-demand: they are the "finishers."
AI tools: not now.
December 2, 2024 at 12:41 PM
There's this evergreen joke on software development that goes something like this:
"We're done with 90% of the project. Which means we only have the other 90% left to go."
It's funny because it's true. It's also why experienced engineers are in-demand: they are the "finishers."
AI tools: not now.
"We're done with 90% of the project. Which means we only have the other 90% left to go."
It's funny because it's true. It's also why experienced engineers are in-demand: they are the "finishers."
AI tools: not now.
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ok, uhhh i've got like 3 more hours in the sky club to kill. every like == 1 hot take about observability
November 22, 2024 at 5:25 AM
ok, uhhh i've got like 3 more hours in the sky club to kill. every like == 1 hot take about observability
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Also sharing what is probably my favorite blog post of all time today (authored by @apenwarr.bsky.social) because it's something I constantly find myself referring back to and is a great read for anyone who builds systems for a living.
apenwarr.ca/log/20201227
apenwarr.ca/log/20201227
Systems design explains the world: volume 1
"Systems design" is a branch of study that tries to find universal
architectural patterns that are valid across disciplines.
You might thin...
apenwarr.ca
November 14, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Also sharing what is probably my favorite blog post of all time today (authored by @apenwarr.bsky.social) because it's something I constantly find myself referring back to and is a great read for anyone who builds systems for a living.
apenwarr.ca/log/20201227
apenwarr.ca/log/20201227
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ICYMI: RN the SDLC is slower and less reliable with #PlatformEngineering and/or #AI.
In this year’s #DORA.
Read my convo with @nathenharvey.bsky.social
thenewstack.io/dora-2024-ai...
In this year’s #DORA.
Read my convo with @nathenharvey.bsky.social
thenewstack.io/dora-2024-ai...
DORA 2024: AI and Platform Engineering Fall Short
The 2024 DORA Report dives deep into AI, platform engineering and the developer experience to seriously mixed results.
thenewstack.io
November 3, 2024 at 9:37 PM
ICYMI: RN the SDLC is slower and less reliable with #PlatformEngineering and/or #AI.
In this year’s #DORA.
Read my convo with @nathenharvey.bsky.social
thenewstack.io/dora-2024-ai...
In this year’s #DORA.
Read my convo with @nathenharvey.bsky.social
thenewstack.io/dora-2024-ai...