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Embrace Chaos. Day 1 in Unfamiliar Code.

Embrace Chaos. Day 1 in Unfamiliar Code.

Note: This post was written before I was laid off by my employer but I still thought it was valuable to share. I plan on asking all of…
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Jon DanielMar 22
Life Changed in an Instant. I Was Laid Off.

Life Changed in an Instant. I Was Laid Off.

Wednesday March 16th was my last day at work.
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Jon DanielMar 21
Intro to DevOps for the Uninitiated

Intro to DevOps for the Uninitiated

Those of you who know me professionally probably know that I’m a fan of DevOps. I dislike process for the sake a process and hate having to…
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Jon DanielFeb 23
Maintenance, Operational Concerns, and Cost

Maintenance, Operational Concerns, and Cost

So much of our time as software developers is spent maintaining existing applications and services. I’ve always taken this as a given and…
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Jon DanielFeb 17

Ethical and Sustainable On-Call

The following are links to a talk I gave at DevOps Days Pittsburgh 2015 on building effective on-call processes. Amazingly enough I was…informed by a few people that their organizations were taking my suggestions seriously and attempting to implement them. :) I’d like to eventually give a 2.0 Version of this talk using some of the new information and experiences I’ve gathered since then. Perhaps these will be a future blog post. If you are interested in having me give a variation of this talk at your conference please let me know! Enjoy! Questions/Comments are welcome and encouraged.
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Jon DanielFeb 16
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