There was an interesting blog post, more of a rant really, that dug into some problems with the modern DevOps movement. Many of the central points resonated with me, but I also got some "back in my day" vibes I found concerning. Here are my thoughts on nostalgia, personal experience, and statistical analysis.

Blog post: https://matduggan.com/operations-is-not-developer-it/

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Looks like people have some strong feelings about salary sharing! Well, I kind of knew that. But I have to say, this is the most feedback I've ever received from an episode of the Daily Check-In. I thought I would go over some of that feedback and share some additional thoughts I've had on the topic.

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Should you share your salary with your coworkers? What is the impact on yourself for doing so? Is it all a zero sum game where you have to get yours, or can the pie get bigger for everyone? There's yet another tweetstorm about the idea, and I thought I would work through my feelings on the topic in this episode.

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You keep saying best practices. I do not think it means, what you think it means. When it comes to best practices, chances are you're going to get a generalized set of recommendations that may or may not suit your technical and business environment. What do you do with that information? How do you actually set up best practices? And who was that masked man?

Will's blog post: https://willgallego.com/2021/08/14/rethinking-best-practices/

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Many of you are bloggers or have written tech tutorials. Explaining concepts and ideas is hard! Writing with clarity and economy is something that I have struggled with, and I am constantly trying to improve. I recently read an article from Julia Evans that includes a list of 13 patterns to avoid when writing. I've definitely done all of them, and now that I have a list I hope to avoid them in the future!

Julia's post: https://jvns.ca/blog/confusing-explanations/

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I have three pillars that I try to practice professionally and personally: embrace discomfort, plan to fail, and be kind. The last one used to be "be nice", but I have recently revised it based on feedback from a friend. What is the difference between nice and kind? And what does that have to do with empathy? That is the topic of today's episode.

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The esteemed Ethan Banks ran a survey about how IT Pros are learning today. The survey is still going, so you can check it out now and leave your response! I thought I would run through the questions and my reaction to the answers so far.

Here's the blog post from Ethan. And the survey itself.

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I was a panelist for the Tech Field Day Extra portion of #NGINXSprint 2.0. During the past two days I learned a lot of cool stuff about what NGINX has been doing and where they are going. I thought I would share my thoughts with you!

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We get so caught up in the hustle culture, sometimes we forget the reason we're doing this. The hustle is not the end, it's a means to an end. We need to recognize when we get there, and remember to enjoy it. Otherwise you're just caught in the hamster wheel of sadness, and no one want that. Not even hamsters.

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When you're developing course content on a constantly evolving technology, it can be a real challenge to keep things up to date. Is there a better way? Do you prefer tightly-couple course modules or loosely-coupled courses where content can be swapped out. I'm curious to hear from YOU dear listener on what works for you!

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