Bits and Being

Leaving Stripe: Parting Thoughts

Goodbye Bazel, Hello Brazil

Aug 5, 2024 • 

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August 2023

How we did it

My past life executing on crazy ideas for AWS Cryptography.

Aug 7, 2023 • 

Aleks

July 2023

Operational Reviews

My journey building people-driven infrastructure

Jul 5, 2023 • 

Aleks

June 2023

Preventing Incidents, Part 2: Everything Else

Normalization of deviance and other things you should think about

Jun 15, 2023 • 

Aleks

Preventing Incidents, Part 1: Testing

A reflection on incidents in 2023, so far.

Jun 1, 2023 • 

Aleks

May 2023

Story Time

The time I became the IT help desk for Amazon's Beijing office

May 25, 2023 • 

Aleks

A Tale of Three Grinches

An essay that no one asked for.

May 18, 2023 • 

Aleks