Greg PoirierMentorship in BalletI take ballet classes several times a week. Though I grew up dancing, have a deep-rooted love for the art, and thrive on the emotional…Mar 18, 2019Mar 18, 2019
Greg PoirierinThe Sensu blog🎉 Announcing Sensu 2.0 Beta 🎉We’re excited to announce that Sensu 2.0 Beta is now publicly available for testing! Sensu 2.0 is easier to install and operate, requiring…May 8, 2018May 8, 2018
Greg PoirierEngineering with Stress and AnxietyWe have difficult jobs. The problems we solve as software engineers are challenging, demand rigor, and generally cause us unreasonable…Jan 19, 20181Jan 19, 20181
Greg PoirierinThe Sensu blogInterviewing Engineers at SensuFor the last few weeks, we have been interviewing engineers for two open positions on Sensu’s engineering team. For this round of…Sep 22, 2017Sep 22, 2017
Greg PoirierStop Trying to Make (this *Thing) HappenAbout two and a half years ago, I started learning Go for the startup I had then joined which has long since failed (in spite of choosing…Jun 7, 2017Jun 7, 2017
Greg PoirierinThe Opsee BlogGoroutines, Closures, and YouThe Opsee bastion is built to run a lot of checks against services external to it simultaneously. It does all kinds of things like measure…Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016
Greg PoirierinThe Opsee BlogDon’t Sell Me a MonorailEvery time I read a story about microservices, I have to sit down afterward and pet my cat for a while. She looks up at me, slightly…Mar 1, 2016Mar 1, 2016
Greg PoirierinThe Opsee BlogBuilding and Shipping at Ludicrous SpeedOrganic and rapid growth of a codebase, number of repositories, and number of employees will undoubtedly lead to a Kafkaesque nightmare of…Jan 27, 2016Jan 27, 2016