My takeaways from DevOpsDays 2024

August 24, 2024

Greetings! 👋 I recently attended the 3-day DevOpsDays in Birmingham, AL, and have written up my highlights and takeaways from the experience.👇 Takeaways from...

Review Your Own Work

July 10, 2023

Heya! 👋 Today I wrote about reviewing your own work, an important trick for holding yourself to a high bar and respecting the time of your coworkers. This is...

How Platform Engineering Works

June 25, 2023

Hello! It's been a while since I posted on my blog. Since my last post, I started working at Sotheby's as a Staff Infrastructure Engineer on the Platform...

Communication is a Superpower

August 23, 2021

Hey everyone! 👋 It’s been a while since I last wrote. My daughter just started first grade at a new school and work has picked up in activity. I skipped...

Book Review: Staff Engineer by Will Larson

June 14, 2021

Hello! Today I posted my thoughts on a book I recently finished reading: Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track by Will Larson. This book is...

How to Stay in Touch with the Tech Community

May 8, 2021

Hey there, Today I posted an article about staying in touch with the tech community. It’s about some of the different ways I keep up with and learn from the...

Highlights from the April 2021 ThoughtWorks Technology Radar

April 19, 2021

Hey there, This week I wrote up my thoughts on the latest ThoughtWorks Technology Radar recommendations. Since I last wrote, I've also made a few...

My Node.js API Best Practices in 2021

April 9, 2021

Hey there, Today I posted a new article titled "My Node.js API Best Practices in 2021". It captures a few of the tools and practices I feel are important to...

Bootstrapping my Static Blog

March 28, 2021

Have you ever wanted to blog but never could get around to setting one up? For 15 years I have been thinking of doing it and now I finally have. Today I...

Hello World 👋

March 27, 2021

Today I started my first blog. The first post is at https://chadxz.dev. Enjoy!