Sounding

connective labor in SRE

fresh thoughts after ImprovCon

where i dream in shapes

metamorphosis my universe

Metered LLMs cannot engage in learning like Open Source communities can

How I led SRECon23 Americas in song

John Cage from poetry to databases

I was thinking today about the way

Susanne Kaiser on building adaptive networks

Rebecca Kuang’s epic about AI that isn’t about AI

dividing sides can lead to ruin

Am I SRE?

A short review of John Schmitt’s Mastering Tactics

a story of failure

The resilience is the humans!

Platforms for success in reliability

Physical triggers for mental acuity

Can the mere presence of a document lead to learning?

Five resources for Learning how to SRE

Performance tuning neurodivergent memory traits.

We can use the place we disagree as a fulcrum for change.

Contrasting vocal improvisation in the music of John Cage and Pauline Oliveros.

Adopting the curious mindset

Matt Davis is a musician that finds himself in the cyclone of managing socio-technical systems in a fast-paced digital world.

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Juxtaposing the faces of Blameless Culture

As part of my job as SRE Advocate, I am responsible for our “Continuous Improvement” and “Applied Resilience Engineering” programs.

Sets # The Collective # A three-hour live DJ set for The Collective weekly event (held at Matador Cantina and then Front Street / Back Alley, Fullerton CA).

We have been working on Service Level Objectives (SLO) at my work.

Room Music # An Oaken Table with Oaken Chairs

Sometime the 1990’s, a music term surfaced to describe a burgeoning style of electronic music.

After I completed my undergraduate music degree at Virginia Tech, I stayed in Blacksburg for another year because I had no idea what to do with my life.

Excellence in All the Arts # When I took the SAT in high school, I didn’t study.

Cross-cutting cleavages of terminology between art and science show up daily my work in socio-technical systems.

Part of the trepidation of being on-call is encountering unfamiliar emergency scenarios where we are surprised by suddenly not knowing how to do our jobs.

My unorganized list of resources that connect resilience and improvisation through theatre, music, sound, teamwork, and technology.

One Month Before SCaLE # A virus had just begun its spread.

Today I was able to re-orient myself quickly to a task through what I am now calling a Brain Pin.

Why Synth DIY?

Consider a jazz band you’ve heard or seen live, or really any type of music where improvisation plays an important role.

It’s 909 day so it’s time for a synth post!

Getting around cognitive biases (like “hindsight is 20/20” or a confirmation you expect) is akin to Listening Deeply.

Cicada, cricket, grasshopper, frog.

(a listening deeply gift from the urban inside)

I have a few Slacks (as in chats, not pants) with #music and #jams channels where I feel obligated to post music I find good.

Walking late one afternoon after a day deep in Cognitive Systems and Resilience Engineering workshops, chatting with one of the eminent researchers in the field, the conversation circled around common ground in joint activity and sociotechnical systems sh…

(on the occasion of our meeting and bridge crossing)

Plenty of people who work in technology are musicians.

My job in ops has always been to keep things running.

It’s dead simple.