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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 • 
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July 2023

Operational Reviews
My journey building people-driven infrastructure
Jul 5, 2023 • 
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June 2023

Preventing Incidents, Part 2: Everything Else
Normalization of deviance and other things you should think about
Jun 15, 2023 • 
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Preventing Incidents, Part 1: Testing
A reflection on incidents in 2023, so far.
Jun 1, 2023 • 
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May 2023

Story Time
The time I became the IT help desk for Amazon's Beijing office
May 25, 2023 • 
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A Tale of Three Grinches
An essay that no one asked for.
May 18, 2023 • 
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