And we're off - first international trip for 12 months for me and 26 months for Tammy Curtis. Remembering how all this works still 🤔. See you soon Sydney!

Today's 🔥 take: The networking industry is 20 years behind software engineering on best practices for config management. Of code review, testing, and revision control router manufactures only some routers support a limited form of revision control and afaik none do the others.

Come and discuss this and other matters with Greig from Brewaucracy right here on October the 16th!

oops - August 16th!

Don't want to tempt fate with the network, but by the end of next week we should have BGP sessions that have seen three Prime Ministers and two monarchs.

Did not expect to see a little Ruru on our walk home in Newtown - so cute!

Guess where we've got to today.

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On-call in software teams has a bad reputation, but in the right environment it can be a powerful opportunity for growth. mattb.nz/w/2023/08/16/o… Do you agree? #sre #DevOps

The future has arrived - realised while on the plane to Sydney that I'd forgotten my Australia SIM card. Opened up the app, using inflight wifi and got a replacement eSIM activated and downloaded to my phone. Well done amaysim!