Travis JefferyinHackerNoon.comKeep passwords and secrets out of your logs with GoWhen working with distributed systems generally the more logs, the better — the complication lies in being liberal for visibility while…2 min read·Jun 4, 2018--3--3
Travis JefferyThe best books I read in 2017Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson. A hero’s journey about a man and a vacuum cleaner. A new all-time favorite book for me…3 min read·Feb 1, 2018----
Travis JefferyinHackerNoon.com“username or password incorrect” is bullshitThere’s a security best practice where sign ins aren’t supposed to say “password is incorrect”. Instead they’re supposed to say the…2 min read·Dec 21, 2017--122--122
Travis JefferyMovies watched, October 2017The big movie this month was Blade Runner 2049. I saw it in IMAX. Twice. Most movies have me wanting them taken out of theatre to make room…4 min read·Nov 22, 2017----
Travis JefferyinHackerNoon.comHandling errors in gRPC and go-kit servicesIf you look up how to handle custom errors in gRPC/go-kit services you will probably find a few sketchy instructions but no system. A…6 min read·Nov 2, 2017--2--2
Travis JefferyMovies watched, September 2017I’ve long admired Khoi Vinh’s writing, and being a movie buff, I relished his “Movies Watched” blogs. So I’ve decided to rip him off and…9 min read·Oct 19, 2017----
Travis JefferyinHackerNoon.comHiring woes: the costs of bad hires and how to avoid themCompanies suck at hiring. As many as 95% of companies admit to a bad hire each year, according to a report by Glassdoor and Brandon hall…4 min read·Oct 5, 2017--3--3
Travis JefferyinHackerNoon.comManaging Datadog with TerraformThe much better way to managing Datadog.3 min read·Sep 7, 2017----
Travis JefferyinHackerNoon.comHow to persuade in online discussionsYour team’s discussing a project plan, you have an opinion on what to do, know what you want to say, but you just don’t know how to say it.3 min read·Jun 14, 2017----
Travis JefferyinThe HoardBuilding a Kafka that doesn’t depend on ZooKeeperHow Jocko builds in service discovery and consensus with Serf and Raft and not depend on ZooKeeper.7 min read·Jan 19, 2017--6--6