Bits By Me
tech cloud geo learning
Here's the latest. View the Blog or Today I Learned… sections for more. I’ve also read great books that I recommend.
Today I Learned…
Whitelisting Pi-hole
— Working with Pi-hole and a bit of sed.
GitHub CLI — Using the GitHub CLI to make authenticated and authorized download from a private repo.
OSS donations, fonts — Starting some micro-donations to open source developers. And a font.
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TPM Journey at Github
leadership
tpm
speaker
Slides and recording of my presentation about how technical program management (TPM) came about at GitHub. All in context of Tuckman’s model of group development.
Slice by Slice
methods
How two German automotive engineers got inside my head. Or: how I learning to stop stressing out and to start solving problems.
Altitude, Brevity, Contrast, and Directness
writing
communication
How to write with a busy reader in mind by answering some questions. What altitude are they at? How can you be succinct? Are you highlighting the important bits? Are you being as direct as you can be?
Pay It Forward
advice
technology
career
I had a great chat with a college student about a career in tech. I thought I’d share some of the advice I gave them. It’s not going to change the world, but it might help someone.
Tracking program investments in SQLite
sqlite
cte
hierarchical
data
Using SQLite to work with hierarchical data and learning about CTEs and data loading along the way.
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