Geeky – The road to DevOps.

A response to concerns about AI tools and the preservation of craft, because writing blog posts about the future of a world with AI is very fashionable today.
The recent critique of AI tools and their impact on human expertise raises important questions about technological change and the preservation of craft. I, your humble narrator with hot takes, will take you through a brief history of inflection points...

A few days ago my friend Will Gallego wrote a fantastic piece on how the industry is less safe and less stable. From the cultures we’ve developed to the systems we maintain, everything has been shaken by multiple years and multiple rounds of layoffs...

One of the areas I often see senior engineers struggle with, is raising junior engineers to the next level.
Often this is because we don’t give them the space to explore, learn and understand how to approach problems for themselves.
We’re going to look at three different scenarios to illustrate how decisions are usually made, how they could be better, and how senior engineers should be helping others make decisions, rather than making decisions themselves....

Last week I purchased a Sony A7ii, which I absolutely love.
The camera is fantastic for some many reasons that are covered by many reviews. Unfortunately I was hit by small known issue with some of the camera builds: sometimes, after you take a picture, the shutter will get stuck, and stay closed....