Leon Fayerinhomo technologicus’ asylumWhat kids can teach us about building effective teamsI gave a talk at DevOpsDays DC about lessons we can learn from children that can be applied to building our engineering teams.Mar 1, 2023Mar 1, 2023
Leon Fayerinhomo technologicus’ asylumMonitoring beyond averagesRecently, I’ve been using NewRelic as our primary observability tool. While, personally, I have not been a big fan of the product even as…Aug 1, 2022Aug 1, 2022
Leon Fayerinhomo technologicus’ asylumUnknown unknownsPerhaps one of all time favorite talks I’ve ever given was Production Testing through Monitoring (for those who understand Russian, there…Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020
Leon FayerinWeb Performance for DevelopersCaching: Understating the scopeIt’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.Nov 16, 2018Nov 16, 2018
Leon Fayerinhomo technologicus’ asylumPublications, talks and interviewsSometimes I say and write things for publicSep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018
Leon FayerinWeb Performance for DevelopersLocal PersonalizationsUnless you are running a complete brochureware site, chance are, you have some sort of content personalization requirement, whether it’s…Aug 6, 2018Aug 6, 2018
Leon FayerinWeb Performance for DevelopersExternal dependenciesIn this day and age, more and more applications leverage external services. So much so, that only about 6% of all sites has no 3rd party…Apr 3, 2018Apr 3, 2018
Leon FayerinWeb Performance for DevelopersContent separationEvery type of content was not created equal. Nor should it be served the same way. At a high level, you can separate your content into 3…Jan 3, 2018Jan 3, 2018
Leon FayerinWeb Performance for DevelopersReducing property accessLoops are generally not great from the performance perspective, but often times it’s relatively easy to pinpoint and optimize those…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017