Category Archives: Editorial

Rough Consensus

Posted on November 23, 2020 by way0utwest

The IETF has a document, RFC 7282, also called ” On Consensus and Humming in the IETF”, in which they describe how the body makes decisions. This is their philosophy: We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough … Continue reading →

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Building for Scale

Posted on November 20, 2020 by way0utwest

This year’s pandemic has moved a lot of business to the digital world. We see that with increased ecommerce from many companies, including lots of local business, like restaurants, that have embraced online ordering, pickup, and delivery. In many cases, … Continue reading →

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Scaling Serverless Azure

Posted on November 19, 2020 by way0utwest

I enjoy reading articles and blogs about how people solve technical issues. TheTrainline blog has had some good posts over the years, and the Netflix tech blog always gets me to think, even thought I don’t use many of their … Continue reading →

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Collecting Toxic Waste

Posted on November 18, 2020 by way0utwest

I was listening to someone talk about software development recently and they used this phrase: “are you collecting toxic waste?”. In this case, they were discussing technical debt, but I found the analogy to be good. I’ve often thought that … Continue reading →

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