Everything worked in staging.
Everything passed tests.
Nothing worked in production.

Root cause: time.
Specifically, everyone assumed they were talking about the same one.

Distributed systems fail in many creative ways.
Timezones remain the most reliable of them.

#Production #DevOps #IncidentResponse #EngineeringHumor #TechReality #ByernNotes

Every system works perfectly until it meets DNS, timezones, certificates, or humans.
Usually at the same time.
In production.
On a Friday.

Experience is just pattern recognition with better alerts.

#Production #DevOps #SiteReliability #EngineeringHumor #IncidentResponse #OnCall #TechReality #ByernNotes

God they're funny sometimes

We talked about it one day.

Humor as a semantic vector shift.

If the statement is made where A -> B and C -> D, and the semantic vectors A -> C and B -> D are equivalent, then the result is generally pretty fucking funny

That Jerry guy made a career on it before he went a little too typical Jerry

Also, thank God for her NuLogic remix of Birdys Wings

That song is my my 3am kitchen dancing fool jam

For the rest of our lives

#notalljerrys #dancingfool #engineeringhumor #engineering #justbootgoofin

511: “Forty Trillion Divides.”

Elecia( @logicalelegance ) & Chris( @stoneymonster ) reflect on the journey, celebrate the tenth bit, and the Embedded community.

🎧 Listen: embedded.fm/episodes/511
📖 Transcript: embedded.fm/transcripts/511

Here, they answer a listener question about software design documents:

#babble #podcasting #engineering #writing #advice #embedded #tech #vim

#EmbeddedSystems #PodcastLife #TechTalk #EngineeringHumor #EmbeddedFM

3D Printing a Filter Wheel Because I Make Bad Decisions

I could have just bought a telescope filter wheel like a normal person… but instead, I decided to 3D print one out of plastic. Spoiler: it actually works (kind of). Come watch me make questionable life choices in the name of astronomy, science, and pure stubbornness.

#3DPrinting #Astronomy #DIYTelescope #Space #Maker #Engineering #Science #Technology #Innovation #STEM #DIY #Experiment #Nerd #EngineeringFail #Telescope #EngineeringHumor

https://youtu.be/XXgZkYIflMA