Revolt of the Simple - Jan 2024 - Alex Alejandre
tl;dr: Recklessly adopting tools because big tech uses them is the biggest problem in tech.
Architecting Observability - May 2023 - Alex Alejandre
tl;dr: 10 construction workers stand and watch one man dig a hole, that’s the cloud today!
Walmart's Hybdrid Cloud - Feb 2023 - Alex Alejandre
Walmart Cloud Native Platform (WCNP) is an interesting case study (though proliferating buzzwords garner the odd chuckle).
SaaS Propaganda - Jan 2023 - Alex Alejandre
I play devil’s advocate, steelmanning SaaS' business use.
Antikubernetes Propaganda - Oct 2022 - Alex Alejandre
Once upon a time in a simpler world, there were but system admins.
Anticloud Propaganda - Jul 2022 - Alex Alejandre
tl;dr: What’s your cost per request (cpr)? How much does more monitoring and logging cost for what gain in uptime/reliability/visibility and more importantly, customer satisfaction?
Docker the Company's Death - Jul 2022 - Alex Alejandre
How to commercialize open source?