Thoughts on "Poor Charlie's Almanac"
Charlie Munger’s speeches and wisdom are collected in Poor Charlie’s Almanac, a book that has changed how I think about decisions and life.
Advice
Summarize YouTube videos with Fabric
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Date driven development
Developing software with a critcal date comes with its own set of challenges.
Scrum, sprints, and outcomes
Although Scrum is a popular agile methodology, it often becomes a theater of activity that distracts teams from what customers actually need. 📅
Vibe-free coding with AI
Yes, I do write code with help from an LLM, but I wouldn’t call it vibe coding. Let’s dig into how (and why) I do it. 🤖
My meeting hacks
Instead of dreading a long stretch of meetings, find some ways to make them less painful.
Rub some AI on it
If you have a problem, be sure to add artificial intelligence (AI) to it. Then you have two problems.
On diversity
Diverse teams lead to great outcomes, but how we measure diversity remains a challenge. Enforcing it is even more challenging. 🌎
Car buying guide
If you love to nerd out on just about anything, give it a try the next time you buy a car.
Open source contributions: Just do it
Want to make a change in an open source project? Take the Nike approach and Just Do It. 👟
Engineering through layoffs
Layoffs create traumatic times for many. Find ways to break through the frustration and pain. For those that stay, your ability to influence the business can grow. 🪴
Red flags
Every job has its ups and downs, but when is it the right time to double down or the right time to leave? Make a list of red flags that help you decide. 🚩
Amateur Guide to Running
Running gets me outside and gives me a challenge where I can compete against myself. Here are my tips for becoming an amateur runner. 🎽
Strong impacts require soft skills
Success at work depends on more than your technical ability. Improve your soft skills to increase your impact. 💪
How I write blog posts
This feels very meta, but I thought it would be a good idea to share my blog post writing process anyway. 📝
Raise the bar with an SBAR
Efficiently communicate a problem and your recommendation in record time with an SBAR. 📝
Persuasion engineering
Improve your persuasive skills to get your team on board with solutions to tough problems. 🤔
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Preventing critical services from deploying on the same OpenStack host
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Talk recap: The friendship of OpenStack and Ansible
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Troubleshooting OpenStack network connectivity
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Lessons learned: Five years of colocation
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Fight cynicism with curiosity
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Nobody is using your software project. Now what?
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Talking to college students about information security
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Impostor syndrome talk: FAQs and follow-ups
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Fedora Flock 2015: Keynote slides
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Book Review: Linux Kernel Development
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Adventures with GRE and IPSec on Mikrotik routers
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Review: Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd generation and Linux
After a boatload of challenges with what I thought would be my favorite Linux laptop, the Dell XPS 13 9343, I decided to take the plunge on a new Lenovo X1 Carbon (3rd gen). My late-2013 MacBook Pro Retina (MacbookPro11,1) had plenty of quirks when running Linux and I was eager to find a better platform. ...
Helpful, low-FUD information security sites, mailing lists, and blogs
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Evade the Breach
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DevOps and enterprise inertia
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Annoying security requests highlight company silos
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Be an inspiration, not an impostor
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Information security nuggets from DevOps Weekly #150
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One year in information security
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Need an edge at work? Learn accounting and finance.
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Handling terminal color escape sequences in less
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Changing your ssh server’s port from the default: Is it worth it?
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Reprint: Stop Disabling SELinux!
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Seriously, stop disabling SELinux
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Survive the Google Reader exodus with Tiny Tiny RSS
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Controlling sensitive company data means losing some control of it
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What my toddler taught me about information security
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Monitoring and protecting your reputation online
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Great guide for using traceroute and understanding its results
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What installing a ceiling fan can teach you about administering servers
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Lessons learned in the ambulance pay dividends in the datacenter
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Getting a Technical Job at Rackspace
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