2025-01-14
Why we rehearse canary math on paper first
Before any automation, cohorts sketch failure budgets with colored pencils—here is what that changes about muscle memory.
Field notes
Longer reads on canary math, synthetic logs, and Terraform refactors—each tied to cohort exercises, not generic blogging.
2024-11-02
Patch cables tell stories if you label them honestly
A photo essay from our lab bench on how sloppy labels create phantom incidents during retrospectives.
2024-09-21
Warm handoffs for APAC-friendly office hours
Scheduling mentor coverage across Seoul, Singapore, and Sydney without burning out release mentors.
2025-02-03
Synthetic logs that do not gaslight on-call engineers
Designing chaos drills where the telemetry is challenging yet truthful enough for retrospectives.
2024-12-09
Teaching Terraform refactors as jazz, not demolition
Why we score module extractions like improvisation sessions rather than pass/fail exams.