Writing
Essays on observability, engineering leadership, and the occasional digression.
2026
Boring code is an organizational tell
Leadership · 6 min read
Apr 18
What happens if you give an AI agent a home instead of a session?
AI · 5 min read
Apr 11
COS Lite Machine Sizer
Canonical Observability Stack · 1 min read
Apr 09
Building a Dry-Run Mode for the OpenTelemetry Collector
Observability · 8 min read
Mar 17
How I built this page
Development · 2 min read
Feb 23
2022
Observability is becoming mission critical, but who watches the watchmen?
Observability · 6 min read
Sep 14
2021
Error Economics - How to avoid breaking the budget
Site-Reliability Engineering · 8 min read
Aug 27
2019
On shaming and blaming
Engineering Culture · 3 min read
Dec 21