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Random thoughts on technology, teams, and leadership. Content from defunct blogs and companies will be added from time to time. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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May 23, 2025

‘This Is Just How We Do Things Now’: The Quiet Collapse of Standards

Most cultural disasters don’t start with a bang. They start with a whisper. A company has a policy: all code must be reviewed before deployment. Anyone who works in tech knows this drill. Despite the grumbling about “slow processes,” it’s a good policy that helps reduce bugs, improve quality, and share knowledge. But one day, a team is under pressure to ship. They’re running late, and (as far as they are concerned) the code is solid. Read more

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2025

  • May 23, 2025 - ‘This Is Just How We Do Things Now’: The Quiet Collapse of Standards
  • May 13, 2025 - Find a New Band
  • Feb 21, 2025 - The Fence We Keep Ignoring
  • 2024

  • Dec 23, 2024 - The Parable of the Slow-Boiled Frog
  • Aug 13, 2024 - Managing Kubernetes Contexts with kubectx
  • Apr 18, 2024 - Mirroring Github to Gitlab…Without Premium
  • Apr 15, 2024 - Of NGINX and Pianos
  • Feb 7, 2024 - Cleaner Dockerfiles with HEREDOC
  • Jan 22, 2024 - Adding Trivy to Harbor
  • Jan 7, 2024 - Setting up Harbor as a Local Docker Registry
  • 2023

  • Sep 10, 2023 - Installing the Official NGINX OSS via Ansible Playbook
  • Aug 7, 2023 - Installing the Official NGINX OSS Package via Script
  • Aug 1, 2023 - Breaking Down Silos
  • Jul 14, 2023 - Proxmox LXC and Terraform
  • Jul 13, 2023 - Setting Up Devboxen With Ansible
  • Jul 5, 2023 - Proxmox VMs and Terraform
  • Jun 25, 2023 - Building Proxmox Templates via Script
  • Jun 22, 2023 - Convergent and Divergent Thinking
  • Jun 14, 2023 - Systems and the Cobra Effect
  • Jun 13, 2023 - Umpires
  • Jun 12, 2023 - Situational Awareness
  • Jun 9, 2023 - Back Online