In this first of five posts adapted from the ”Responding to Novel Security Vulnerabilities” guidance paper by Randy Shoup, Dr. Tapabrata Pal, Michael Nygard, Chris Hill, and Dominica DeGrandis, we look at dealing with ongoing threats.

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What are you waiting for? Head to Vegas #DOES22 I am looking forward to seeing and listening to my #DevOps heroes cc - Gene Kim Better angels playing mystic 9th chords of memory Mik Kersten Jonathan Smart Scott Prugh Jason A Cox Dr. Tapabrata Pal Mirco Hering nathenharvey Steven Spear Randy Shoup many more...

Every few years, I give a 2-day workshop for engineering leaders that I call 'Scaling Organizations and Technology': culture, organization, architecture, development practices, etc.

There are still some slots available on October 27-28 at QCon SF ...

qconsf.com/training/oct20…

Agile Dogma ignores outcomes in favor of slogans and rituals, with often counterproductive results. Being agile means seeing the whole system and understanding *why* we do things. Great 🧵 from a former colleague and one of the best practitioners I know.

/cc Daniel Terhorst-North

And another highly interesting talk by Randy Shoup about architectures and what architectures are appropriate!

Please think twice *why* you really consider microservices, is it only because it seems like everyone else is doing as well?

#amaberlin

Engineering is... Randy Shoup at #amaberlin

That’s important:
“Ideally, 80% of project work should be within a team boundary.”
- Randy Shoup #amaberlin

In his opening keynote, Randy Shoup explains how Kohavi, Tang and Xu found that 2/3rds of features add no value.

“Building the wrong think is the biggest waste in software” —Mary and Tom Poppendieck.

#amaberlin

a) who cares if you 'are doing agile?'
b) sometimes it's nice to be done before a weekend
c) the real problem is not 'are you doing agile?' it's artificial deadlines. Those are terrible. Don't agree to them.
d) Sometimes there are real deadlines.

A Framework for Product Design Beyond the Happy Path:

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If your product design and user experience doesn't include customer support, you either over-designed or under-designed. Big Tech underdesigns. A Lot. Any problem not in the app goes to oblivion.

Occam’s Crypto Corollary: “For every posited blockchain use case, there is a solution that doesn’t use blockchain that is both simpler and less expensive.”

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Join us there to learn about the latest tech trends, connect with tech experts & grow your skills! 🤩

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Can architecture and agility really work together?

In his keynote on Sep. 6, Randy Shoup will dispel the myth of conflict between the two.
You will also learn proven and effective approaches to implement rapid flow of change.

agile-meets-architecture.com/sessions/agili…

'Lead with Speed'. Courtney Kissler (Courtney Kissler) is one of my very favorite engineering leaders -- so inspiring and insightful. Whether it's 1:1 or in a talk, I learn something every time.

Excellent interview by Charles Humble, and well worth a listen.

Build an Inclusive Organization and Win the War on Talent by Conor Delanbanque

youtube.com/watch?v=OP8K_0…

In 1986 the American Physical Society booked 4000 hotel rooms in the MGM Grand Hotel and cost the casinos so much money that the APS was asked to never come back by the entire city of Las Vegas. The physicists didn't discover some genius gambling strategy, they just didn't play.

Randy Shoup Marc Johnson 'Tell me how you measure me and I will tell you how I will behave. If you measure me in an illogical way… do not complain about illogical behavior…' -- Eli Goldratt

If you add up discovery, extraction, refining, transportation, cleanup, etc., fossil fuels consume ~60% of US energy usage overall. The reality is nuts.