Ten Travel Tips for Tourists and…Employees…

Ten Travel Tips for Tourists and…Employees…

Aw man, our alliteration fell down… We both recently started traveling a lot for work. Luckily we both like to travel, or it would be kind of terrible – because traveling is a lot of work. We’ve learned a lot about travel in general, and especially work travel, mostly via stumbling across pro tips. Also…we really …

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We’re on Hiatus for a bit – but for a REALLY GOOD REASON.

We’re on Hiatus for a bit – but for a REALLY GOOD REASON.

We really love this blog. We started it almost exactly 6 months ago and it means a ton to both of us. We started with two posts a week – and then Josh started a new job. We downshifted to one post a week – and then Laine got a new job. We’ve managed to …

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Why Thanos is the Best Avenger

Why Thanos is the Best Avenger

We’re (hopefully) taught some important things as children: you can do anything you set your mind to, so aim high we’re all representatives of humanity, and being part of humanity comes with some responsibilities – vote, take care of the environment, take care of each other, etc do what you think is right, even if all …

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Souls are Like Garages

Souls are Like Garages

On Garages: a Semi-Rant A pet peeve of mine (Josh) is messy garages. I was ranting about this to Laine the other day, and an epiphany hit me. Souls are like garages. Keep yours cleaned the f&$# out. We are not naturally highly organized people. This is not a rant/post proposing that you itemize, alphabetize, …

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Quick Hits: Coolest New Stuff In OpenShift 4

Quick Hits: Coolest New Stuff In OpenShift 4

Key Features: Transaction tracing, traffic graphs, full-transaction performance monitoring Traffic (outing) control  Rate limiting, circuit breaking Big Talking Point: OpenShift Service Mesh makes managing all of the services you’re building visual and clearBusiness Use Case: Enterprises looking to get visibility into their microservices, AppDynamics and Dynatrace customers. Red Hat Code Ready What is it: Containerized …

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Sacrifice Done Well

Sacrifice Done Well

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 The Bible talks about sacrifice a lot. Sacrificing for each other, sacrificing to serve God. The Gospel, the most important story arc in the Bible, is in part about Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice – his death, yes, but more …

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Creating Monsters and Utopias

Creating Monsters and Utopias

There’s a relatively simple list of things that most people want. We want to feel important to our world. We want to be good, kind people – people who aren’t the bad guy, people who deserve good. We want the freedom to choose what makes us happy, and to find things that make us feel …

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I Never Saw that You Loved Me

I Never Saw that You Loved Me

I really love Halsey. Josh introduced me to her via a roundabout way that included Bishop Briggs and Amazon Music’s stations – and she grew on me slowly, because typically pop music about someone’s bad romantic choices is not my jam. But the more I listen to what she has to say, the more affected …

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Developers Drive Organizational Success

Developers Drive Organizational Success

Developers are a huge part of organizational success. Way back in 2013, Stephen O’Grady said that developers are “kingmakers” – so this idea is not new. As a society, we’re increasingly connected – to each other, and to the businesses we choose. Those connections, and those businesses, run on software. We’ve moved to hitting a …

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