J. Paul ReedA Spectrum of Actions, Part IIIIn part 1 of this series on the organizational “Will we or won’t we?” of action items, I made vague reference to “higher cost” action items…Aug 10, 2023Aug 10, 2023
J. Paul ReedA Spectrum of Actions, Part IIIn part 1 of this 3-part series, we discussed a simple, yet intuitive model for better understanding the spectrum of possible post-incident…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
J. Paul ReedA Spectrum of Actions, Part IAnyone who’s ever been involved with an operational incident knows action items are a likely outcome. Heck, they may be a post-incident…Aug 2, 20231Aug 2, 20231
J. Paul ReedRewriting Harmful Analogies While They’re In UseThis project is difficult, y’know, because it’s like we’re rebuilding the plane while it’s in flight.Jul 17, 2023Jul 17, 2023
J. Paul ReedUpdating Rasmussen’s Triangle for a Modern WorldIf you’ve ever seen a talk of mine on safety, you’ve probably heard me refer to the Rasmussen Triangle:Jun 28, 2023Jun 28, 2023
J. Paul Reed“Write It So It’s Right”: A New Rite in Dev-Assist AI?Last week, I attended Sapphire Ventures’ second annual Hypergrowth Engineering Summit. I had the honor of speaking last year at the…Jun 22, 2023Jun 22, 2023
J. Paul ReedREdeploy is REturning!Last year, Mary Thengvall and I set out to put on the software development and operations industry’s first conference on how to…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
J. Paul ReedI Ran This Whole Conference and I Didn’t Even Get a T-shirtAs many of you know, Mary Thengvall and I produced and co-chaired REdeploy last year, a conference on the intersection of resilient…Apr 11, 2019Apr 11, 2019
J. Paul ReedMusings on Crafting a CFPThis post is part of a larger retrospective on REdeploy 2018; the discussion about our CFP process, specifically, was split out into its…Apr 11, 2019Apr 11, 2019
J. Paul ReedThe 737Max and Why Software Engineers Might Want to Pay AttentionAs someone with a bit of a reputation for talking about aviation and software development and operations, I’ve been asked about the 737Max…Mar 14, 201941Mar 14, 201941