My thoughts on tech.
11 January 2021
My reflection on the recent AWS outage (November 2020). Rather than focus on the technical aspects, and how technical dependencies can be managed, I will deep dive into social aspects; namely the mental models, and how they play in a sociotechnical system under stress. I will share my experiences in how to escape from the reliability trap
As a parent, I have the gift to see my daughter grow. I'm learning every single day, and I've some learnings that apply to organisations, allowing people and teams to be autonomous
23 October 2020
My experiences of applying some Design Thinking techniques to my Context Mapping workshops
21 October 2020
Chaos Engineering is perceived as a technical practice. However, it can be leveraged as a management practice to create a safe environment for individuals and teams. It is one of the practices that an organisation can leverage to be anti-fragile.
Team Topologies is the work of Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, and I use it as part of my job. From a sociotechnical perspective, a team-first approach is paramount for any organisation and helps to decrease the accidental complexity. As such, I'm often asked 'How can we operate in DevOps?' or 'How can I have a reliable service to deliver value to my customer?'.
25 June 2020
One of my interests is in socio-technical systems. However, when I discuss it, namely with IT folks, the word “system” implies that it is an IT system. Well, I believe that it is more than that, and I will try to convey my ideas in this blog post.