I’m at the point where opting out makes me so much more of a target that assimilation is more untraceable. And it’s not like tech companies haven’t tried to hoover up all that data anyways 🙃

🥺❤️ tfw you’re not Seattle anymore

Thank you, Andrew! I can’t wait to see what shenanigans I get up to next :)

Thank you! This is gonna be awesome and I’m very much looking forward to it. I’m gonna do some cool shit 🥰

I’d love this, tbh. Especially since I’m gonna start going pretty deep on Java soon

Does anyone have anything they could share regarding said glossary of building blocks? I’d love to know more about how various teams view these building blocks and how they compose them effectively to build distributed systems at scale. As well as what they think those components are 🙂

(Object storage and serverless feel too high level for what I’m thinking of. I’m more interested in things that would probably never make it as a product offering because they’re a bit too bare bones but are still invaluable. Log structured merge trees come to mind as a potential example here)

I’m aware of various “building blocks” that are used to build distributed systems in hyperscalers. eg, a distributed lock service, disaggregated write ahead log, and perhaps a few others, but I don’t think anyone has written down a glossary of these? Am I missing one? Or is this just cult knowledge?

Thank you!

tyty!!

I look forward to sharing more when I can! But for now, I’m enjoying the settling in process, reading copious amounts of documentation, and absorbing everything I can from my wonderful colleagues, including the lion 🦁

It feels almost too good to be true. Coming onto a team just to… Do my thing? Well, it turns out that’s the tagline of ING. No wonder it feels like a perfect fit!

I am truly honored to have gotten the chance to join forces with a splendid team in order to build out some truly exciting projects. Reliability, resilience, observability, developer advocacy, internal platforms, and more!

Even so. I remain carefully aware of how ignorant I am of psychology and the workings of human culture, group dynamics, and our social structures

It’s with that humility and reverence that I seek understanding. It turns out that, tragically, even the barest minimum far surpasses most “tech experts”

Is that not how it works? You’re definitely the innocent one, aren’t you…? 👀