Category: Tech

General topics around software engineering and tech

Thoughts on the role of Incident Commander

As with most of my blog posts, this should be considered a living document, the ideas offered here being malleable, as I would hope the document that it references be flexible to new ideas. Conversations surrounding this welcomed and encouraged as we all continue to learn. I recently came across Pagerduty’s documentation surrounding their philosophy on the Incident Commander (here… Read more →

While on sabbatical…

I’m incredibly fortunate to have had several weeks of paid leave at my job. It’s a perk of working at Etsy after 5 years, though I took it after 6 because it lined up better with plans to buy a house and coordinate with my wife’s summer breaks. I haven’t had more than 2 weeks away from work since 2004… Read more →