{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"The Critical Channel","home_page_url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/json","description":"`#critical`, `#incidents`, `#war-room`, `#sos`.\r\n\r\n  \r\nEvery startup creates one at some point: a channel in which, whenever the fecal matter strikes the atmospheric propulsor, an attempt at coordination takes place. It's one of those ubiquitous inevitabilities of working in the tech scene today.\r\n\r\n  \r\nOur very own Critical Channel, however, aims to highlight some different inevitabilities. From organisational culture in a high-growth situation, to personal mental health and work-life balance. From manipulating Conway's Law to evolve your out-of-control microservices architecture, to managing churn and offboarding.\r\n\r\n  \r\nAll hard problems, all anathema to an organisation if they crop up at the wrong time. But there's never been a `#critical` channel for this stuff.\r\n\r\n  \r\nWell, not until now.","_fireside":{"subtitle":"A podcast about engineering leadership, culture, architecture, and other very easy problems.","pubdate":"2023-01-09T10:00:00.000+01:00","explicit":false,"owner":"criticalchannel.io","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/b/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/cover.jpg?v=1"},"items":[{"id":"765be856-f2ed-47b8-98e8-5fc65c616e0c","title":"Episode 23: Blood Overflow","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/23","content_text":"The Problem: A dropout, a CS graduate, and an MBA walk into a bar...\n\nWhile this sounds like a setup for a supremely cringe joke, it gives us three different perspectives on a big question: are Computer Science degrees important for success in the tech industry? What about degrees in general? Can not having one - or having the wrong flavour of degree - limit your opportunities?","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e A dropout, a CS graduate, and an MBA walk into a bar...\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile this sounds like a setup for a supremely cringe joke, it gives us three different perspectives on a big question: are Computer Science degrees important for success in the tech industry? What about degrees in general? Can not having one - or having the wrong flavour of degree - limit your opportunities?\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2023-01-09T10:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/765be856-f2ed-47b8-98e8-5fc65c616e0c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35440535,"duration_in_seconds":2953}]},{"id":"109cbfd4-0c0c-4067-acfe-14a61fa6eb96","title":"Episode 22: Just Get Good","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/22","content_text":"The Problem: There are no silver bullets, but there is a cheat code.\n\nToday, let's talk about career progression, from the perspective of three engineering managers. What it means to advance when there are different tracks to explore, what it takes to get that next level, and what managers (i.e we) look for when recommending you for a promotion.Links:On the Proper Care and Feeding of MonkeysEpisode 16: It's a Spreadsheet, Bro — Our episode on authorityEpisode 7: Nothing Engineer — Our episode on job titles.Progression: Define and measure career growth for your teamUrban Sports Club's public career ladderJulia Evans | Get your work recognized: write a brag documentA Work Log Template for Software Engineers","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e There are no silver bullets, but there is a cheat code.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, let\u0026#39;s talk about career progression, from the perspective of three engineering managers. What it means to advance when there are different tracks to explore, what it takes to get that next level, and what managers (i.e we) look for when recommending you for a promotion.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"On the Proper Care and Feeding of Monkeys\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://hbr.org/1999/11/management-time-whos-got-the-monkey\"\u003eOn the Proper Care and Feeding of Monkeys\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Episode 16: It\u0026#39;s a Spreadsheet, Bro\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.criticalchannel.io/16\"\u003eEpisode 16: It\u0026#39;s a Spreadsheet, Bro\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; Our episode on authority\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Episode 7: Nothing Engineer\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.criticalchannel.io/7\"\u003eEpisode 7: Nothing Engineer\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; Our episode on job titles.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Progression: Define and measure career growth for your team\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://progression.co/\"\u003eProgression: Define and measure career growth for your team\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Urban Sports Club\u0026#39;s public career ladder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://urbansportsclub.progressionapp.com/teams/urban-sports-engineering/framework\"\u003eUrban Sports Club\u0026#39;s public career ladder\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Julia Evans | Get your work recognized: write a brag document\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/\"\u003eJulia Evans | Get your work recognized: write a brag document\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Work Log Template for Software Engineers\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/work-log-template-for-software-engineers/\"\u003eA Work Log Template for Software Engineers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-12-05T07:45:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/109cbfd4-0c0c-4067-acfe-14a61fa6eb96.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35819833,"duration_in_seconds":2984}]},{"id":"61efb098-c365-4ce7-a8ba-46523b0d8a55","title":"Episode 21: Pavlovian Response","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/21","content_text":"The Problem: The pain of receiving a letter (in German).\n\nWe often feel stressed, or hear others saying they feel stressed. But what is stress, really? And how could it ever possibly be a good thing? \n\nThis episode we give some tips on dealing with stress, look at what factors may cause it, and talk about how to recognise it in your direct reports and help them deal with it too.Links:43 Folders Series: Inbox Zero | 43 FoldersGetting Things Done® - David Allen's GTD® MethodologyDrive | Daniel H. PinkThe Pomodoro Technique — Why It Works \u0026amp; How To Do ItFrontiers | What is intrinsic motivation? A typology of computational approachesProject management triangle - Wikipedia","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e The pain of receiving a letter (in German).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe often feel stressed, or hear others saying they feel stressed. But what is stress, really? And how could it ever possibly be a good thing? \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode we give some tips on dealing with stress, look at what factors may cause it, and talk about how to recognise it in your direct reports and help them deal with it too.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"43 Folders Series: Inbox Zero | 43 Folders\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.43folders.com/43-folders-series-inbox-zero\"\u003e43 Folders Series: Inbox Zero | 43 Folders\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Getting Things Done® - David Allen\u0026#39;s GTD® Methodology\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://gettingthingsdone.com/\"\u003eGetting Things Done® - David Allen\u0026#39;s GTD® Methodology\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Drive | Daniel H. Pink\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/\"\u003eDrive | Daniel H. Pink\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Pomodoro Technique — Why It Works \u0026amp; How To Do It\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique\"\u003eThe Pomodoro Technique — Why It Works \u0026amp; How To Do It\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Frontiers | What is intrinsic motivation? A typology of computational approaches\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/neuro.12.006.2007/full\"\u003eFrontiers | What is intrinsic motivation? A typology of computational approaches\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Project management triangle - Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_triangle\"\u003eProject management triangle - Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-10-10T11:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/61efb098-c365-4ce7-a8ba-46523b0d8a55.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27964604,"duration_in_seconds":2330}]},{"id":"b1ebe505-e29d-47de-ab28-6877bfe5f805","title":"Episode 20: Crossing the Streams","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/20","content_text":"The Problem: Forever wading through the thick, viscous soup of power differentials.\n\nEvery company claims to want a strong feedback culture. But what does that even mean? What's so desirable about it, and what are you missing that's preventing you from getting there?Links:Radical CandorThe Culture MapDifficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Forever wading through the thick, viscous soup of power differentials.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery company claims to want a strong feedback culture. But what does that even mean? What\u0026#39;s so desirable about it, and what are you missing that\u0026#39;s preventing you from getting there?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Radical Candor\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.radicalcandor.com/\"\u003eRadical Candor\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Culture Map\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/\"\u003eThe Culture Map\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Conversations-Discuss-What-Matters/dp/0670883395\"\u003eDifficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Camille-Fournier/dp/1492050903\"\u003e97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-07-18T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/b1ebe505-e29d-47de-ab28-6877bfe5f805.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47257077,"duration_in_seconds":3938}]},{"id":"d6614a32-73d6-4d5a-9849-74a7e143ce04","title":"Episode 19: Building a Skyscraper","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/19","content_text":"The Problem: What is this product thing, anyway?\n\nSome battles are old as time itself. Godzilla vs. Kong. Man vs. Food. Tabs vs. Spaces.\n\nAnd Product vs. Tech, it seems as well. But why do we so often find a rift there? Surely we're working towards the same goals. Surely we must be able to collaborate and get along.\n\nThis ep, we explore some of the reasons tension can occur between these two disciplines - and why, actually, that's okay!Links:Inspired: How to create tech products customers love, by Marty CaganProduct shouldn't be left to product managersUbiquitous Language","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e What is this product thing, anyway?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome battles are old as time itself. Godzilla vs. Kong. Man vs. Food. Tabs vs. Spaces.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Product vs. Tech, it seems as well. But why do we so often find a rift there? Surely we\u0026#39;re working towards the same goals. Surely we must be able to collaborate and get along.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis ep, we explore some of the reasons tension can occur between these two disciplines - and why, actually, that\u0026#39;s okay!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Inspired: How to create tech products customers love, by Marty Cagan\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Marty-Cagan-ebook/dp/B077NRB36N\"\u003eInspired: How to create tech products customers love, by Marty Cagan\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Product shouldn\u0026#39;t be left to product managers\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://candost.blog/mektup/mektup-32/\"\u003eProduct shouldn\u0026#39;t be left to product managers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ubiquitous Language\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://martinfowler.com/bliki/UbiquitousLanguage.html#:~:text=Ubiquitous%20Language%20is%20the%20term,language%20between%20developers%20and%20users\"\u003eUbiquitous Language\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-06-03T15:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/d6614a32-73d6-4d5a-9849-74a7e143ce04.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37100982,"duration_in_seconds":3091}]},{"id":"b4566d06-3b46-41d3-b351-8426c2f814b4","title":"Episode 18: Caveman Make Big Company","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/18","content_text":"The Problem: Your security is our highest priority. Well, one of them. After our next funding round, the next seven sprints' worth of features, the company summer party, and restocking the vending machine.\n\nYou refresh the app for the hundredth time, but your bank balance still reads 0€. It has to be a bug, you think, reaching for your apartment keys, which... are no longer in your pocket. In fact, looking closer, the lock on the apartment appears to have changed since this morning. Odd.\n\nA horn startles you, and you turn to see a car that looks suspiciously like your own passing by. MacBooks emblazoned with your company's logo are piled high in the back seat, almost obscuring the view. You catch a glimpse of the driver, and gasp in recognition. And... is that your wife in the passenger seat? Oh dear.\n\nHe'd seemed such a nice young man, too. Stepping into the elevator with a large bag and a disarming grin - how could you ever be suspicious of a smile like that? Sure, the false nose and poorly matching facial hair were a bit strange, but you do get all sorts in startups these days; it's best not to discriminate.\n\nIf only you'd hashed your passwords.Links:Okta Hack - BBC NewsA Deep Dive into the Real Security Threats From the Twitch LeakGorillas LeakArtix Linux Migration Guide — To install the artix-keyring package, you need to temporarily lower pacman's security levels for the installation in your /etc/pacman.conf.Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster - O-Ring Concerns - WikipediaKevin Mitnick - WikipediaCatch Me If You Can - IMDbGitHub SecurityCould your printer be a security risk?\"I don't care about cookies\" browser extensionNeverSSL — This website is for when you try to open Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc on a wifi network, and nothing happens.Oxide.computer - Hardware for Running Infrastructure at Scale","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Your security is our highest priority. Well, one of them. After our next funding round, the next seven sprints\u0026#39; worth of features, the company summer party, and restocking the vending machine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou refresh the app for the hundredth time, but your bank balance still reads 0€. \u003cem\u003eIt has to be a bug\u003c/em\u003e, you think, reaching for your apartment keys, which... are no longer in your pocket. In fact, looking closer, the lock on the apartment appears to have changed since this morning. Odd.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA horn startles you, and you turn to see a car that looks suspiciously like your own passing by. MacBooks emblazoned with your company\u0026#39;s logo are piled high in the back seat, almost obscuring the view. You catch a glimpse of the driver, and gasp in recognition. And... is that your \u003cem\u003ewife\u003c/em\u003e in the passenger seat? Oh dear.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe\u0026#39;d seemed such a \u003cem\u003enice\u003c/em\u003e young man, too. Stepping into the elevator with a large bag and a disarming grin - how could you ever be suspicious of a smile like that? Sure, the false nose and poorly matching facial hair were a bit strange, but you do get all sorts in startups these days; it\u0026#39;s best not to discriminate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf only you\u0026#39;d hashed your passwords.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Okta Hack - BBC News\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60849687\"\u003eOkta Hack - BBC News\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Deep Dive into the Real Security Threats From the Twitch Leak\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://blog.gitguardian.com/security-threats-from-the-twitch-leak\"\u003eA Deep Dive into the Real Security Threats From the Twitch Leak\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Gorillas Leak\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://hackernoon.com/data-leak-of-dollar1b-tech-unicorn-gorillas-shows-how-far-venture-capital-has-fallen-8d2e35mg\"\u003eGorillas Leak\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Artix Linux Migration Guide\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Migration\"\u003eArtix Linux Migration Guide\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; To install the artix-keyring package, you need to temporarily lower pacman's security levels for the installation in your /etc/pacman.conf.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster - O-Ring Concerns - Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster#O-ring_concerns\"\u003eSpace Shuttle Challenger Disaster - O-Ring Concerns - Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kevin Mitnick - Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick\"\u003eKevin Mitnick - Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Catch Me If You Can - IMDb\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/\"\u003eCatch Me If You Can - IMDb\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"GitHub Security\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://github.com/features/security\"\u003eGitHub Security\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Could your printer be a security risk?\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.hackworth.co/could-your-printer-be-a-security-risk-because-it-saves-a-copy-of-your-data/\"\u003eCould your printer be a security risk?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"\u0026quot;I don\u0026#39;t care about cookies\u0026quot; browser extension\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu\"\u003e\u0026quot;I don\u0026#39;t care about cookies\u0026quot; browser extension\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"NeverSSL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://neverssl.com\"\u003eNeverSSL\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; This website is for when you try to open Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc on a wifi network, and nothing happens.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Oxide.computer - Hardware for Running Infrastructure at Scale\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://oxide.computer\"\u003eOxide.computer - Hardware for Running Infrastructure at Scale\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-04-25T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/b4566d06-3b46-41d3-b351-8426c2f814b4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46740480,"duration_in_seconds":3895}]},{"id":"2873f5d1-3ba2-4407-88a9-dc6fb5340b6a","title":"Episode 17: We are NOT calling it Kieranless.","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/17","content_text":"The Problem: Warnar's Hacky One-Liners. They're always the problem.\n\nTechnical Debt. Every company has it, some more than others. But why is that - are some companies better at tackling it, do they not create it at first, or a combination of the two? Is it simply inexperience, or was it taken out with intention but then never paid back?\n\nThis episode, we talk about strategies for making tech debt manageable, the dangers of leaving it unchecked, and how to have that conversation with product owners and stakeholders.\n\n💙🇺🇦💛Links:Distroless: Language focused docker images, minus the operating systemendoflife.dateTime to Market - WikipediaDependabotRector - Instant Upgrades and Automated RefactoringBeautiful Technical DebtThe Culture Map by Erin MeyerBuilding Microservices (2nd Edition) by Sam Newman","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Warnar\u0026#39;s Hacky One-Liners. They\u0026#39;re always the problem.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTechnical Debt. Every company has it, some more than others. But why is that - are some companies better at tackling it, do they not create it at first, or a combination of the two? Is it simply inexperience, or was it taken out with intention but then never paid back?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode, we talk about strategies for making tech debt manageable, the dangers of leaving it unchecked, and how to have \u003cem\u003ethat\u003c/em\u003e conversation with product owners and stakeholders.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e💙🇺🇦💛\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Distroless: Language focused docker images, minus the operating system\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless\"\u003eDistroless: Language focused docker images, minus the operating system\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"endoflife.date\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://endoflife.date/php\"\u003eendoflife.date\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Time to Market - Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_market\"\u003eTime to Market - Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Dependabot\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://github.blog/2021-04-29-goodbye-dependabot-preview-hello-dependabot/\"\u003eDependabot\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rector - Instant Upgrades and Automated Refactoring\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://github.com/rectorphp/rector\"\u003eRector - Instant Upgrades and Automated Refactoring\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Beautiful Technical Debt\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://abdullin.com/beautiful-tech-debt/\"\u003eBeautiful Technical Debt\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Culture Map by Erin Meyer\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/\"\u003eThe Culture Map by Erin Meyer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Building Microservices (2nd Edition) by Sam Newman\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/building-microservices-2nd/9781492034018/\"\u003eBuilding Microservices (2nd Edition) by Sam Newman\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-03-23T15:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/2873f5d1-3ba2-4407-88a9-dc6fb5340b6a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51146605,"duration_in_seconds":4262}]},{"id":"dbddd813-f3ec-4a41-9c92-ab3d46ab19cf","title":"Episode 16: It's a Spreadsheet, Bro","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"The Problem: The last 72% of your book may as well be blank pages.\n\nWe're coming into 2022 swinging for the fences! This episode we talk about the paradox of authority. Does your job title of Big Fancy Bossman actually enable you to get your way? What are the trade-offs of a directive management style? When should you shut up and let things be, even if you can see someone is about to make a massive mistake?\n\nPlus, a heck of a lot of book recommendations this episode - when the covers are pretty, the titles make you sound smart, and your Kindle has some storage space left, what do you have to lose?Links:The First 90 Days - Michael Watkins — \"Conventional wisdom says the higher you go the easier it is to get things done. Not necessarily, paradoxically. When you get promoted, positional authority often becomes less important for pushing agendas forwards. You may indeed gain increased scope to influence decisions that affect the business, but the way you need to engage can be quite different. Decision making becomes more political, less about authority and more about influence.\"/r/maliciouscomplianceThe SRE Book - Error BudgetsConsensus Protocol - WikipediaEmpowered - Marty CaganInspired - Marty Cagan","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e The last 72% of your book may as well be blank pages.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe\u0026#39;re coming into 2022 swinging for the fences! This episode we talk about the paradox of authority. Does your job title of Big Fancy Bossman \u003cem\u003eactually\u003c/em\u003e enable you to get your way? What are the trade-offs of a directive management style? When should you shut up and let things be, even if you can see someone is about to make a massive mistake?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus, a heck of a lot of book recommendations this episode - when the covers are pretty, the titles make you sound smart, and your Kindle has some storage space left, what do you have to lose?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The First 90 Days - Michael Watkins\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://hbr.org/books/watkins\"\u003eThe First 90 Days - Michael Watkins\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; \"Conventional wisdom says the higher you go the easier it is to get things done. Not necessarily, paradoxically. When you get promoted, positional authority often becomes less important for pushing agendas forwards. You may indeed gain increased scope to influence decisions that affect the business, but the way you need to engage can be quite different. Decision making becomes more political, less about authority and more about influence.\"\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"/r/maliciouscompliance\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/\"\u003e/r/maliciouscompliance\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The SRE Book - Error Budgets\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://sre.google/sre-book/embracing-risk/#forming-your-error-budget-vJs8iDio\"\u003eThe SRE Book - Error Budgets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Consensus Protocol - Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_(computer_science)\"\u003eConsensus Protocol - Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Empowered - Marty Cagan\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://svpg.com/empowered-ordinary-people-extraordinary-products/\"\u003eEmpowered - Marty Cagan\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Inspired - Marty Cagan\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://svpg.com/inspired-how-to-create-products-customers-love/\"\u003eInspired - Marty Cagan\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2022-01-31T12:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/dbddd813-f3ec-4a41-9c92-ab3d46ab19cf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45059657,"duration_in_seconds":3754}]},{"id":"00f7c088-0a96-41f9-a6ff-b69cdaa0bfdc","title":"Episode 15: Everybody Likes Their Lego","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/15","content_text":"The problem: We broke Warnar.\n\n\ncomplexity\n\n/kəmˈplɛksət̮i/ noun\n\nthe state of being formed of many parts; the state of being difficult to understand\n\n\nIt seems to be commonly-held in some circles that tools like Kubernetes bring with them a lot of complexity. \"We'll never need those - we're not Google-scale!\"\n\nWell, how true is that? What complexity do orchestration tools bring to the table, and where are the trade-offs? Is there actually complexity there, or just the perception of complexity? Can you achieve the same stuff with a couple of VMs and a load balancer?\n\nAnd most importantly: after this episode, will Warnar ever be the same man again?Links:Hacker News comment by FlyingSnake — The more I look into k8s ecosystem, the more I'm convinced that it's one of those things that suits FAANG etc, but the regular Joe developer has caught on the fad and wants to add it to his repertoire, even though it's an overkill.Hashicorp NomadApache MesosHelm - The package manager for KubernetesThe Operator pattern - KubernetesDistroless - language focused Docker images, minus the operating systemAWS Fargate - Serverless for containersGoogle Cloud Run","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe problem:\u003c/strong\u003e We broke Warnar.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ecomplexity\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e/kəmˈplɛksət̮i/ \u003cem\u003enoun\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethe state of being formed of many parts; the state of being difficult to understand\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems to be commonly-held in some circles that tools like Kubernetes bring with them a lot of complexity. \u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;We\u0026#39;ll never need those - we\u0026#39;re not Google-scale!\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWell, how true is that? What complexity do orchestration tools bring to the table, and where are the trade-offs? Is there actually complexity there, or just the perception of complexity? Can you achieve the same stuff with a couple of VMs and a load balancer?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd most importantly: after this episode, will Warnar ever be the same man again?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Hacker News comment by FlyingSnake\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26272700\"\u003eHacker News comment by FlyingSnake\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; The more I look into k8s ecosystem, the more I'm convinced that it's one of those things that suits FAANG etc, but the regular Joe developer has caught on the fad and wants to add it to his repertoire, even though it's an overkill.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Hashicorp Nomad\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.nomadproject.io/\"\u003eHashicorp Nomad\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Apache Mesos\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://mesos.apache.org/\"\u003eApache Mesos\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Helm - The package manager for Kubernetes\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://helm.sh/\"\u003eHelm - The package manager for Kubernetes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Operator pattern - Kubernetes\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/\"\u003eThe Operator pattern - Kubernetes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Distroless - language focused Docker images, minus the operating system\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless\"\u003eDistroless - language focused Docker images, minus the operating system\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"AWS Fargate - Serverless for containers\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/\"\u003eAWS Fargate - Serverless for containers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Google Cloud Run\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://cloud.google.com/run\"\u003eGoogle Cloud Run\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-12-04T12:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/00f7c088-0a96-41f9-a6ff-b69cdaa0bfdc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46015425,"duration_in_seconds":3834}]},{"id":"3bb7d1f8-f047-41c1-872a-c1a5fcd25da0","title":"Episode 14: Pedro, Roll a D10!","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"The Problem: Tempo is really good, you guys.\n\nLinks:What is observability? | Grafana LabsPingdom - Website Performance and Availability MonitoringOpenTelemetry - High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observabilityThe Istio Service MeshDomain Oriented Observability | Martin FowlerGrafana TempoGrafana LokiPrometheusPattern: Distributed Tracing | Microservices.ioJaeger TracingShift-left testing | Wikipedia","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Tempo is \u003cem\u003ereally good\u003c/em\u003e, you guys.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://i.imgur.com/yVtUMKb.png\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"What is observability? | Grafana Labs\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/fundamentals/intro-to-observability/\"\u003eWhat is observability? | Grafana Labs\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Pingdom - Website Performance and Availability Monitoring\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.pingdom.com\"\u003ePingdom - Website Performance and Availability Monitoring\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"OpenTelemetry - High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://opentelemetry.io\"\u003eOpenTelemetry - High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Istio Service Mesh\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://istio.io\"\u003eThe Istio Service Mesh\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Domain Oriented Observability | Martin Fowler\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://martinfowler.com/articles/domain-oriented-observability.html\"\u003eDomain Oriented Observability | Martin Fowler\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Grafana Tempo\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://grafana.com/oss/tempo/\"\u003eGrafana Tempo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Grafana Loki\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://grafana.com/oss/loki/\"\u003eGrafana Loki\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Prometheus\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://prometheus.io\"\u003ePrometheus\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Pattern: Distributed Tracing | Microservices.io\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://microservices.io/patterns/observability/distributed-tracing.html\"\u003ePattern: Distributed Tracing | Microservices.io\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jaeger Tracing\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.jaegertracing.io\"\u003eJaeger Tracing\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Shift-left testing | Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift-left_testing\"\u003eShift-left testing | Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-10-26T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/3bb7d1f8-f047-41c1-872a-c1a5fcd25da0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51750034,"duration_in_seconds":4312}]},{"id":"e1a992d9-6db4-4ec9-8532-62b4452be166","title":"Episode 13: Microservices: Because Yes.","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"The Problem: There were Legitimate Business Reasons, but we regret everything anyway.\n\nWith a title like this one, how can we not make it to the top of Hacker News?\n\nThis episode we discuss all the reasons you might not want to go down the Microservices route, and then tell you how to do it anyway. There's a lot of things to think about when you're on this journey, and we've gone ahead and made all the mistakes so you don't have to.\n\nPlus, listen to the end to hear our collective shame about one time we all really buggered things up by trying to Standardise All The Things. Ah, simpler times...Links:Samson Q2U Dynamic USB/XLR microphoneNative Instruments Komplete Audio 1 USB Audio InterfaceMartin Fowler: Microservice definitionWikipedia: Domain-Driven DesignMartin Fowler: Bounded ContextsDomain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (aka The Big Blue Book) by Eric EvansBuilding Microservices by Sam NewmanEvent StormingSam Newman: Demystifying Conway's LawAgile with Edele: Building an Interaction MapBuilding Evolutionary Architectures by Patrick Kua","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e There were Legitimate Business Reasons, but we regret everything anyway.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a title like this one, how can we not make it to the top of Hacker News?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode we discuss all the reasons you might \u003cem\u003enot\u003c/em\u003e want to go down the Microservices route, and then tell you how to do it anyway. There\u0026#39;s a lot of things to think about when you\u0026#39;re on this journey, and we\u0026#39;ve gone ahead and made all the mistakes so you don\u0026#39;t have to.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus, listen to the end to hear our collective shame about one time we all \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c/em\u003e buggered things up by trying to Standardise All The Things. Ah, simpler times...\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Samson Q2U Dynamic USB/XLR microphone\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.de/Samson-Dynamisches-XLR-Mikrofon-Zuhause-B%C3%BChnenaufnahmen/dp/B0876TR1ZS\"\u003eSamson Q2U Dynamic USB/XLR microphone\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Native Instruments Komplete Audio 1 USB Audio Interface\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.de/Komplete-192kHz-Interface-umfangreichem-Softwarepaket/dp/B07N6RD68M\"\u003eNative Instruments Komplete Audio 1 USB Audio Interface\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Martin Fowler: Microservice definition\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://martinfowler.com/articles/microservices.html\"\u003eMartin Fowler: Microservice definition\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Wikipedia: Domain-Driven Design\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design\"\u003eWikipedia: Domain-Driven Design\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Martin Fowler: Bounded Contexts\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://martinfowler.com/bliki/BoundedContext.html\"\u003eMartin Fowler: Bounded Contexts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (aka The Big Blue Book) by Eric Evans\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.de/Domain-Driven-Design-Tackling-Complexity-Software/dp/0321125215\"\u003eDomain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (aka The Big Blue Book) by Eric Evans\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Building Microservices by Sam Newman\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices/\"\u003eBuilding Microservices by Sam Newman\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Event Storming\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.eventstorming.com\"\u003eEvent Storming\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sam Newman: Demystifying Conway\u0026#39;s Law\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/demystifying-conways-law\"\u003eSam Newman: Demystifying Conway\u0026#39;s Law\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Agile with Edele: Building an Interaction Map\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.agilewithedele.com/blog/2017/12/creating-an-interaction-map-tutorial/\"\u003eAgile with Edele: Building an Interaction Map\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Building Evolutionary Architectures by Patrick Kua\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.patkua.com/media/books/building-evolutionary-architectures/\"\u003eBuilding Evolutionary Architectures by Patrick Kua\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-08-26T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/e1a992d9-6db4-4ec9-8532-62b4452be166.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44628009,"duration_in_seconds":3719}]},{"id":"0f8ce41f-b1e1-4410-9570-e14eac368889","title":"Episode 12: Gardening Leave","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"The problem: Turns out drunk babies aren't funny.\n\nIt's time for a break. We've focussed too hard, over the last dozen episodes, on bringing you top quality content related to engineering management, organisational culture, and whatever the third thing is that we say in every intro. Move over, titular easy problems - it's time for a podcast about parenting.\n\nIn this episode, we discuss side projects, whether companies should be able to lay a stake to the work you do in your free time, parenting, the peer pressure that comes alongside seeing others' side projects on social media, parenting, how and why you can be incentivised by your employer to work on side projects, parenting, creativity and how productisation can stifle your side projects, take a quick break from that to chat about parenting, before finishing up with a quick chat on trust and parenting.\n\nIncidentally, one of us just became a dad. Coincidence? ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Turns out drunk babies aren\u0026#39;t funny.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u0026#39;s time for a break. We\u0026#39;ve focussed too hard, over the last dozen episodes, on bringing you top quality content related to engineering management, organisational culture, and whatever the third thing is that we say in every intro. Move over, titular easy problems - it\u0026#39;s time for a podcast about parenting.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss side projects, whether companies should be able to lay a stake to the work you do in your free time, parenting, the peer pressure that comes alongside seeing others\u0026#39; side projects on social media, parenting, how and why you can be incentivised by your employer to work on side projects, parenting, creativity and how productisation can stifle your side projects, take a quick break from that to chat about parenting, before finishing up with a quick chat on trust and parenting.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncidentally, one of us just became a dad. Coincidence? \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-08-02T14:15:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/0f8ce41f-b1e1-4410-9570-e14eac368889.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47705025,"duration_in_seconds":3975}]},{"id":"dab2d192-d2fb-45e7-9f90-15e26ab1ae36","title":"Episode 11: FAAAAANG","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"The problem: FAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG.\n\nThe stars have been gone billions of years now. Black holes burnt out. All but one, where the last dregs of civilization fought over the last dregs of Hawking radiation, before that black hole too ran its course. Now there's only you, floating in the void.\n\nA chime. Unmistakeably early 21st century, even untold millennia later: a push notification. You reach for your phone, pushing the obvious questions away - how has this artefact survived the aeons, the implausibility of it still having power or network - and with hands numbed by entropy, clumsily thumb the sensor to unlock it and read the eleven fateful words of the end of time itself:\n\n\"I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn!\"\n\nThis week, whether it's your first or your fifteenth job in the tech industry, we try to give some advice in finding it. How do you know which companies are going to be good places to work? When hiring, what stands out to us in a CV, and what's an obvious red flag? And how much is a life of Microsoft™ SharePoint® worth to you?Links:Why senior engineers hate coding interviewsRouting the technical interview","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe problem:\u003c/strong\u003e FAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stars have been gone billions of years now. Black holes burnt out. All but one, where the last dregs of civilization fought over the last dregs of Hawking radiation, before that black hole too ran its course. Now there\u0026#39;s only you, floating in the void.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA chime. Unmistakeably early 21st century, even untold millennia later: a push notification. You reach for your phone, pushing the obvious questions away - how has this artefact survived the aeons, the implausibility of it still having power or network - and with hands numbed by entropy, clumsily thumb the sensor to unlock it and read the eleven fateful words of the end of time itself:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;I\u0026#39;d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn!\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis week, whether it\u0026#39;s your first or your fifteenth job in the tech industry, we try to give some advice in finding it. How do you know which companies are going to be good places to work? When hiring, what stands out to us in a CV, and what\u0026#39;s an obvious red flag? And how much is a life of Microsoft™ SharePoint® worth to you?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Why senior engineers hate coding interviews\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://medium.com/swlh/why-senior-engineers-hate-coding-interviews-d583d2855757\"\u003eWhy senior engineers hate coding interviews\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Routing the technical interview\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://lars.hupel.info/articles/routing-the-interview/\"\u003eRouting the technical interview\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-06-01T14:30:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/dab2d192-d2fb-45e7-9f90-15e26ab1ae36.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62414262,"duration_in_seconds":5201}]},{"id":"d804fe48-b6c3-4b37-9eb8-570eb7edd3e0","title":"Episode 10: Senior Headless Chicken (Incidents Part Two)","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"The Problem: It's never the API gateway (until it is).\n\nYour monitoring is on point, you have a symfony of alerts with appropriate priority levels, runbooks are written and up-to-date, and your services autoscale like an absolute mother hubbard.\n\nBut Johnny Stakeholder doesn't give a damn how sophisticated your stack is. Johnny Stakeholder is going to trigger an incident at 4am, with the only details being a blurry photo of an inscrutable 500 error. Yes, Johnny Stakeholder takes pictures of his screen with his phone. Johnny Stakeholder suggests you deal with it. Johnny Stakeholder is going on a cigarette break and when Johnny Stakeholder gets back he expects it to be fixed.\n\n\n\nIn this second half of our Incident Response two-parter: what should happen when the pager goes off? We dissect a typical incident (at least, from our experience). How do you organise an effective response? What steps should be taken to understand what the underlying issue is? And what if you're not able to fix it in a reasonable time?Links:Increment: What happens when the pager goes off?The role of the incident commanderPagerDuty: Incident Roles","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e It\u0026#39;s never the API gateway (until it is).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYour monitoring is on point, you have a symfony of alerts with appropriate priority levels, runbooks are written and up-to-date, and your services autoscale \u003cem\u003elike an absolute mother hubbard\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Johnny Stakeholder doesn\u0026#39;t give a damn how sophisticated your stack is. Johnny Stakeholder is going to trigger an incident at 4am, with the only details being a blurry photo of an inscrutable 500 error. Yes, Johnny Stakeholder takes pictures of his screen with his phone. Johnny Stakeholder suggests you deal with it. Johnny Stakeholder is going on a cigarette break and when Johnny Stakeholder gets back he expects it to be fixed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://i1.wp.com/i.imgflip.com/27qi59.gif?w=790\u0026ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this second half of our Incident Response two-parter: what should happen when the pager goes off? We dissect a typical incident (at least, from our experience). How do you organise an effective response? What steps should be taken to understand what the underlying issue is? And what if you\u0026#39;re not able to fix it in a reasonable time?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Increment: What happens when the pager goes off?\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://increment.com/on-call/when-the-pager-goes-off/\"\u003eIncrement: What happens when the pager goes off?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The role of the incident commander\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.atlassian.com/incident-management/incident-response/incident-commander\"\u003eThe role of the incident commander\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"PagerDuty: Incident Roles\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://response.pagerduty.com/before/different_roles/\"\u003ePagerDuty: Incident Roles\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-04-29T14:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/d804fe48-b6c3-4b37-9eb8-570eb7edd3e0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41078909,"duration_in_seconds":3423}]},{"id":"8cd8db29-ab78-4489-9c6e-a52da617a309","title":"Episode 9: The Bug Team (Incidents Part One)","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"The Problem: You may only know a single tcpdump command, but you're sure as hell going to use it.\n\nWe're trying something new this week - it's a two-parter! We decided to live up to our name and talk about critical incident response procedures.\n\nIn this first half, we talk about how to craft a sustainable on-call rotation, how to compensate your engineers for living with the stress of on-call, and how to convince management that you need an on-call rotation.\n\nPlus, Warnar definitely does not advocate for drink-driving. Don't do that.Links:MTBF, MTTR, MTTA, and MTTFCrafting Sustainable On-Call RotationsHow Monzo do on-callHow Monzo's on-call system evolvedGoogle SRE: Error Budgets and Maintenance WindowsFifth Gear: What's Worse, Drink Driving or Driving Tired?","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e You may only know a single tcpdump command, but you\u0026#39;re sure as hell going to use it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe\u0026#39;re trying something new this week - it\u0026#39;s a two-parter! We decided to live up to our name and talk about critical incident response procedures.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this first half, we talk about how to craft a sustainable on-call rotation, how to compensate your engineers for living with the stress of on-call, and how to convince management that you need an on-call rotation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus, Warnar definitely does \u003cem\u003enot\u003c/em\u003e advocate for drink-driving. Don\u0026#39;t do that.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"MTBF, MTTR, MTTA, and MTTF\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.atlassian.com/incident-management/kpis/common-metrics\"\u003eMTBF, MTTR, MTTA, and MTTF\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Crafting Sustainable On-Call Rotations\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://increment.com/on-call/crafting-sustainable-on-call-rotations/\"\u003eCrafting Sustainable On-Call Rotations\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"How Monzo do on-call\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://monzo.com/blog/2018/09/20/on-call\"\u003eHow Monzo do on-call\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"How Monzo\u0026#39;s on-call system evolved\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://monzo.com/blog/how-weve-evolved-on-call-at-monzo\"\u003eHow Monzo\u0026#39;s on-call system evolved\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Google SRE: Error Budgets and Maintenance Windows\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/sre-error-budgets-and-maintenance-windows\"\u003eGoogle SRE: Error Budgets and Maintenance Windows\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Fifth Gear: What\u0026#39;s Worse, Drink Driving or Driving Tired?\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvKBUDyGQ4A\"\u003eFifth Gear: What\u0026#39;s Worse, Drink Driving or Driving Tired?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-02-26T14:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/8cd8db29-ab78-4489-9c6e-a52da617a309.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46137991,"duration_in_seconds":3844}]},{"id":"f602d7c3-b304-4d82-ba75-f74fabaa33ed","title":"Episode 8: Just Call Superman","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"The Problem: You can't restart PHP if it's not installed.\n\nIf you're the kind of person who can't stand the clackety-clack of mechanical keyboards, then we're probably not the colleagues for you.\n\nclackety-clackety-clack\n\nAfter making clicky noises down the mic for the first half of the episode, we set our sights on hero culture. Why is it problematic, how do you know if you have it within your company, and what can you do to try and mitigate it?\n\nclackety-clackety-clack\n\nAre you the hero, and if so is it the one you deserve?\n\nclackety-clackety-clackLinks:Kieran's Primary Keyboard: Dygma Raise (Kailh Speed Bronzes) — I think I actually broke myself with this keyboard. It's too good, I just can't seem to go back to anything else!Kieran's Other Keyboard: Anne Pro 2 (Gateron Blues) — I actually don't recommend this if you're looking for a wireless daily driver - the battery life is awful. But if you're leaving it wired in it's pretty nice.Kieran's Other Other Keyboard: Ajazz AK33 (Zorro Blues) — I have two of these, as they can be picked up very cheap (about €30 if you don't need backlighting). They're a very good gateway drug!Warnar's Keyboard: Microsoft NEK 4000 — This thing has lasted Warnar almost a decade and is still going strong.Another \"Interesting\" Split Keyboard - Ergodox EZ — If you had a gun to my head and told me to buy a new keyboard, it would probably be this one.Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole — This is an incredibly entertaining insight into the mind of a terminal yak-shaver.Performance Analysis Methodology - Brendan Gregg — Patterns - and more importantly anti-patterns - for how to pick who to blame for all your team's problems.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e You can\u0026#39;t restart PHP if it\u0026#39;s not installed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you\u0026#39;re the kind of person who can\u0026#39;t stand the \u003cem\u003eclackety-clack\u003c/em\u003e of mechanical keyboards, then we\u0026#39;re probably not the colleagues for you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eclackety-clackety-clack\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter making clicky noises down the mic for the first half of the episode, we set our sights on hero culture. Why is it problematic, how do you know if you have it within your company, and what can you do to try and mitigate it?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eclackety-clackety-clack\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAre you the hero, and if so is it the one you deserve?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eclackety-clackety-clack\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kieran\u0026#39;s Primary Keyboard: Dygma Raise (Kailh Speed Bronzes)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://dygma.com/pages/raise\"\u003eKieran\u0026#39;s Primary Keyboard: Dygma Raise (Kailh Speed Bronzes)\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; I think I actually broke myself with this keyboard. It's too good, I just can't seem to go back to anything else!\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kieran\u0026#39;s Other Keyboard: Anne Pro 2 (Gateron Blues)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.annepro.net/products/anne-pro-2?variant=42732336\"\u003eKieran\u0026#39;s Other Keyboard: Anne Pro 2 (Gateron Blues)\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; I actually don't recommend this if you're looking for a wireless daily driver - the battery life is awful. But if you're leaving it wired in it's pretty nice.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kieran\u0026#39;s Other Other Keyboard: Ajazz AK33 (Zorro Blues)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.de/AK33-Schwarz-Mechanical-Tastatur-schwarz-Version/dp/B01NBUX9L7\"\u003eKieran\u0026#39;s Other Other Keyboard: Ajazz AK33 (Zorro Blues)\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; I have two of these, as they can be picked up very cheap (about €30 if you don't need backlighting). They're a very good gateway drug!\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Warnar\u0026#39;s Keyboard: Microsoft NEK 4000\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/natural-ergonomic-keyboard-4000/8xlw43x19hnt\"\u003eWarnar\u0026#39;s Keyboard: Microsoft NEK 4000\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; This thing has lasted Warnar almost a decade and is still going strong.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Another \u0026quot;Interesting\u0026quot; Split Keyboard - Ergodox EZ\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://ergodox-ez.com\"\u003eAnother \u0026quot;Interesting\u0026quot; Split Keyboard - Ergodox EZ\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; If you had a gun to my head and told me to buy a new keyboard, it would probably be this one.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://blog.scottlogic.com/2020/10/09/ergo-rabbit-hole.html\"\u003eDown the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; This is an incredibly entertaining insight into the mind of a terminal yak-shaver.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Performance Analysis Methodology - Brendan Gregg\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.brendangregg.com/methodology.html\"\u003ePerformance Analysis Methodology - Brendan Gregg\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; Patterns - and more importantly anti-patterns - for how to pick who to blame for all your team's problems.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-02-02T10:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/f602d7c3-b304-4d82-ba75-f74fabaa33ed.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39976751,"duration_in_seconds":3331}]},{"id":"2e153f5a-8d94-4d93-8566-4c4bf27701ce","title":"Episode 7: Nothing Engineer","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"The Problem: You may be a fancy pants Junior Senior SRE Engineer, but Google Sheets is probably Skynet.\n\nJob titles probably aren't important, except that they are. This episode, we wrap our heads around exactly why that is, both from your own point of view as well as your managers'.\n\nThen Kieran ruins it all by quoting the Agile Manifesto.\n\nAgain.Links:ObsidiannvALTCoda.ioItalo's blog post - Do Job Titles Matter?Kelsey Hightower on Twitter: \"Job titles are important; that's the problem.\"","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e You may be a fancy pants Junior Senior SRE Engineer, but Google Sheets is probably Skynet.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJob titles probably aren\u0026#39;t important, except that they are. This episode, we wrap our heads around exactly why that is, both from your own point of view as well as your managers\u0026#39;.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen Kieran ruins it all by quoting the Agile Manifesto.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgain.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Obsidian\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://obsidian.md\"\u003eObsidian\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"nvALT\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/\"\u003envALT\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Coda.io\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://coda.io/welcome\"\u003eCoda.io\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Italo\u0026#39;s blog post - Do Job Titles Matter?\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://italovietro.com/posts/do-job-titles-matter\"\u003eItalo\u0026#39;s blog post - Do Job Titles Matter?\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kelsey Hightower on Twitter: \u0026quot;Job titles are important; that\u0026#39;s the problem.\u0026quot;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/1327642471291965440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1327642471291965440%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_\u0026amp;ref_url=https://italovietro.com/posts/do-job-titles-matter\"\u003eKelsey Hightower on Twitter: \u0026quot;Job titles are important; that\u0026#39;s the problem.\u0026quot;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-01-11T09:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/2e153f5a-8d94-4d93-8566-4c4bf27701ce.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45031131,"duration_in_seconds":3752}]},{"id":"533aeb95-3c66-434a-ac0e-8f946b484faf","title":"Episode 6: Woken Up By Monkeys","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"The Problem: It's 3AM, your Hue lights are going berzerk, and a shark has eaten your Youtube.\n\nThis week, we get deep into knowledge silos. How do you know if you have - or are - one? Is information trapped in heads somewhere? Where's the duct-taped together part of your application that might explode at any moment? Do you even know it exists?\n\nIf all that sounds anxiety-inducing, we come to the rescue with some tips on how to identify, mitigate, and avoid knowledge silos, so that the next time that one critical person takes a holiday the entire organisation's wheels don't grind to a halt.Links:IFTTT - Send your lights into a color loop when the ISS passes overheadThe Global Internet Is Being Attacked by Sharks - SlateGremlin - Build Reliable SystemsLoom - Video Messaging for WorkEvent Storming","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e It\u0026#39;s 3AM, your Hue lights are going berzerk, and a shark has eaten your Youtube.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis week, we get deep into knowledge silos. How do you know if you have - or \u003cem\u003eare\u003c/em\u003e - one? Is information trapped in heads somewhere? Where\u0026#39;s the duct-taped together part of your application that might explode at any moment? Do you even know it exists?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf all that sounds anxiety-inducing, we come to the rescue with some tips on how to identify, mitigate, and avoid knowledge silos, so that the next time that one \u003cem\u003ecritical\u003c/em\u003e person takes a holiday the entire organisation\u0026#39;s wheels don\u0026#39;t grind to a halt.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"IFTTT - Send your lights into a color loop when the ISS passes overhead\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://ifttt.com/applets/K9newmth-send-your-lights-into-a-color-loop-when-the-iss-passes-overhead?term=ISS\"\u003eIFTTT - Send your lights into a color loop when the ISS passes overhead\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Global Internet Is Being Attacked by Sharks - Slate\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/shark-attacks-threaten-google-s-undersea-internet-cables-video.html\"\u003eThe Global Internet Is Being Attacked by Sharks - Slate\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Gremlin - Build Reliable Systems\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.gremlin.com\"\u003eGremlin - Build Reliable Systems\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Loom - Video Messaging for Work\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.loom.com\"\u003eLoom - Video Messaging for Work\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Event Storming\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.eventstorming.com\"\u003eEvent Storming\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-10-24T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/533aeb95-3c66-434a-ac0e-8f946b484faf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47616313,"duration_in_seconds":3968}]},{"id":"d204018f-5844-48d6-8e39-e2ae6477f666","title":"Episode 5: Schrödinger's Whitespace","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"The Problem: The right tool for the wrong job.\n\nTonight on the Critical Channel, we're joined by Warnar Boekkooi for the incredible Code Review Extravaganza! \n\nReady to be amazed? Come one, come all, for an evening of wonder and fantasy, exotic spectacle and death-defying stunts! Featuring Jira workflows! Quantum tabs! Raspberry Pis in a bin!\n\nPlus: for one night and one night only, a reading of the most amusing commit messages to ever be reviewed by our hosts. You won't want to miss this! \n\n(No clowns were harmed in the making of this podcast.)Links:Your Code as a Crime Scene: Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your ProgramsCodeCovWorking AgreementsA Structured RFC Process","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e The right tool for the wrong job.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTonight on the Critical Channel, we\u0026#39;re joined by Warnar Boekkooi for the incredible Code Review Extravaganza! \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReady to be amazed? Come one, come all, for an evening of wonder and fantasy, exotic spectacle and death-defying stunts! Featuring Jira workflows! Quantum tabs! Raspberry Pis in a bin!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus: for one night and one night only, a reading of the most amusing commit messages to ever be reviewed by our hosts. You won\u0026#39;t want to miss this! \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(No clowns were harmed in the making of this podcast.)\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Your Code as a Crime Scene: Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your Programs\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://pragprog.com/titles/atcrime/your-code-as-a-crime-scene/\"\u003eYour Code as a Crime Scene: Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your Programs\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"CodeCov\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://codecov.io\"\u003eCodeCov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Working Agreements\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.agilewithedele.com/blog/2017/2017-11-26-forming-a-working-agreement/\"\u003eWorking Agreements\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Structured RFC Process\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://philcalcado.com/2018/11/19/a_structured_rfc_process.html\"\u003eA Structured RFC Process\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-10-17T16:30:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/d204018f-5844-48d6-8e39-e2ae6477f666.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50677028,"duration_in_seconds":4223}]},{"id":"0d3454a0-c669-4ebe-92a7-6d7b3bbb34c3","title":"Episode 4: Tiny Migrations","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"The Problem: Co-ordinating huge migrations is painful. \n\nThis week on the Critical Channel: Ítalo wants a tiny house. Kieran wants a $13 AliExpress screwdriver set and free conference t-shirts. Max wants more migrations. Pedro is not completely convinced. Some people hate change. HOOOONK.\n\nIn the main topic of this episode, we go into disaster plans and rollback strategies for when you have huge migrations, before talking about managing \"cultural migrations\", where a change requires a shift in organisational thinking over time.Links:Living Big In A Tiny HouseiFixit KitLaunchDarkly","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Co-ordinating huge migrations is painful. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis week on the Critical Channel: Ítalo wants a tiny house. Kieran wants a $13 AliExpress screwdriver set and free conference t-shirts. Max wants more migrations. Pedro is not completely convinced. Some people hate change. HOOOONK.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the main topic of this episode, we go into disaster plans and rollback strategies for when you have huge migrations, before talking about managing \u0026quot;cultural migrations\u0026quot;, where a change requires a shift in organisational thinking over time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Living Big In A Tiny House\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/c/livingbig\"\u003eLiving Big In A Tiny House\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"iFixit Kit\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-307\"\u003eiFixit Kit\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"LaunchDarkly\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://launchdarkly.com/\"\u003eLaunchDarkly\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-10-09T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/0d3454a0-c669-4ebe-92a7-6d7b3bbb34c3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46190860,"duration_in_seconds":3790}]},{"id":"6b1754da-d932-4128-a1a1-efea7f2d1144","title":"Episode 3: Do Whatever You Like","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"The Problem: Instant gratification is the mind-killer.\n\nGetting burnt out is the worst. We get vulnerable, share our burnout war stories, as well as tips for how to recognise when you're approaching the point of no return, and how to protect yourself against it.\n\nAlso I start the episode by smashing my funnybone.\n\nDare I say it, this is a really good one.\n\nGrazie mille!Links:Talkit burnout tracker for Slack","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Instant gratification is the mind-killer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGetting burnt out is the worst. We get \u003cem\u003evulnerable\u003c/em\u003e, share our burnout war stories, as well as tips for how to recognise when you\u0026#39;re approaching the point of no return, and how to protect yourself against it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso I start the episode by smashing my funnybone.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDare I say it, this is a \u003cem\u003ereally good\u003c/em\u003e one.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrazie mille!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Talkit burnout tracker for Slack\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://yerbo.co/talkit/\"\u003eTalkit burnout tracker for Slack\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-09-25T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/6b1754da-d932-4128-a1a1-efea7f2d1144.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46974641,"duration_in_seconds":3914}]},{"id":"d7cbdd66-8a57-4c63-9367-815848f10e4d","title":"Episode 2: Works On My Pacemaker","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"The Problem: Podcasting is easy when you don't mean to do it.\n\nThis time, we decide it's a good idea to be kind, rewind, and introduce the idea of the show, getting incredibly meta and podcasting about podcasting, before discussing security, compliance, and just how much we should automate.\n\nLinks for this episode:\n\n\ncriticalchannel.io/2\nPodcast Method\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e Podcasting is easy when you don\u0026#39;t mean to do it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis time, we decide it\u0026#39;s a good idea to be kind, rewind, and introduce the idea of the show, getting incredibly meta and podcasting about podcasting, before discussing security, compliance, and just how much we should automate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLinks for this episode:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.criticalchannel.io/2\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ecriticalchannel.io/2\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://podcastmethod.fm/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePodcast Method\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-09-11T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/d7cbdd66-8a57-4c63-9367-815848f10e4d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25175352,"duration_in_seconds":3146}]},{"id":"41f97f27-6efa-46ae-a324-d6d62f5873f4","title":"Episode 1: The DevOps Cringe","url":"https://criticalchannel.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"The Problem: We have no idea how Formula 1 works (but it sure is fun to watch).\n\nWe hit the ground running in this inaugural epsiode, discussing where the boundary in terms of responsibilities lies between developers and operations. How much should developers own in terms of understanding and running the technologies they're using, and where should any handoffs occur? And, while we're at it, where does SRE fit into the jigsaw puzzle?\n\nLinks for this episode:\n\n\ncriticalchannel.io/1\nDevOps Topologies\nAccelerate State of DevOps 2019 (PDF)\nThe DevOps Handbook\nThe Phoenix Project\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Problem:\u003c/strong\u003e We have no idea how Formula 1 works (but it sure is fun to watch).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe hit the ground running in this inaugural epsiode, discussing where the boundary in terms of responsibilities lies between developers and operations. How much should developers own in terms of understanding and running the technologies they\u0026#39;re using, and where should any handoffs occur? And, while we\u0026#39;re at it, where does SRE fit into the jigsaw puzzle?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLinks for this episode:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.criticalchannel.io/1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ecriticalchannel.io/1\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://web.devopstopologies.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eDevOps Topologies\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/state-of-devops-2019.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAccelerate State of DevOps 2019 (PDF)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://itrevolution.com/book/the-devops-handbook/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe DevOps Handbook\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17255186-the-phoenix-project\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Phoenix Project\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-08-27T20:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b6982ef9-323a-4c41-9cb8-67b833a98235/41f97f27-6efa-46ae-a324-d6d62f5873f4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34775980,"duration_in_seconds":2897}]}]}