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Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Jul 10, 2018

How I passed my AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification Exam

This week I became officially certified as an AWS Solution Architect after passing the certification test. It certainly wasn’t easy, but now I get to hang out in the certification lounge at Amazon Web Services…

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Jun 28, 2018

The 7 most important aspects of my Manager README

A little while ago, I began managing a new team with a bunch of new team members reporting in to me. In order to help get them to know me better and understand the way I work, I decided to write a manager README. Inspired by some great…

Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

May 8, 2018

Extreme Experimentation – How to minimize the feedback loop and deliver software constantly

This post originally appeared at http://dadontherunblog.com/2018/05/08/extreme-experimentation-how-to-minimize-the-feedback-loop-and-deliver-software-constantly/

Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Mar 27, 2018

Questions my mentees ask me

I’ve been mentoring a few people who are interested in moving from an individual contributor to becoming a manager and they tend to have similar questions. Switching from working on individual work to managing a team is a massive transition, and one most companies don’t quite…

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Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Mar 6, 2018

Can Blockchain get kids to do their chores?

Everyone is talking about Blockchain. As the technology that powers Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the idea of a decentralized distributed secure ledger has struck a chord with those in a wide variety of industries. The secure and distributed nature…

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Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Mar 1, 2018

A short Q&A on how I got into software development

I recently read a great post on Medium about how some people had gotten into software development and thought sharing my experiences might be interesting as well. Believe it or not, I didn’t always know I wanted to study computer science or…

Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Feb 13, 2018

A letter to my new-manager self

Nearly four years ago, I started managing engineering teams. I took the plunge from being an individual developer to managing because I felt it would better allow me to influence the technical direction of my organization, build an awesome team, and most importantly, help…

Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Jan 25, 2018

Sending AWS Cloudwatch Alarms to Amazon Chime

If you love Amazon Chime, and who doesn’t, you’ve probably already embraced it as a widespread communication platform for your team. Since moving to Chime a few months ago, my team has moved almost all communication onto it. We have a team chat room…

Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Jan 9, 2018

I’m using Chaos Engineering to monkey with my children

What’s more complex, a large-scale distributed system or a child. For parents, it’s obvious. At least systems tend to behave rationally. However, much like children, large systems are inherently complex. As complexity increases…

Tyler Lund in Dad on the Run

Dec 22, 2017

Please stop quitting software development! We need your help.

This story originally appeared at http://www.dadontherunblog.com/2017/12/22/please-stop-quitting-software-development-we-need-your-help/