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May 2025
19 notes published in May 2025.
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A small lesson about keeping cloud diagrams boring
A short field note on the value of boring cloud diagrams, written as part of an older learning archive.
What changed my mind about helping without making people feel small
A short field note on helping people learn, written as part of an older learning archive.
What changed my mind about keeping a routine without making it dramatic
A short field note on keeping routines, written as part of an older learning archive.
What changed my mind about becoming dependable one small habit at a time
A short field note on becoming dependable, written as part of an older learning archive.
Learning to notice making a runbook useful when someone is tired
A short field note on useful runbooks, written as part of an older learning archive.
Learning to notice checking public exposure
A short field note on public exposure checks, written as part of an older learning archive.
Learning to notice resource groups telling a story
A short field note on what resource groups reveal, written as part of an older learning archive.
A field note on why examples beat big definitions
A short field note on examples beat definitions, written as part of an older learning archive.
A field note on what a hilly run teaches me about patience
A short field note on hills and patience, written as part of an older learning archive.
A field note on learning in public without pretending to know everything
A short field note on learning in public honestly, written as part of an older learning archive.
Why I kept thinking about building defaults teams can trust
A short field note on good defaults in platform work, written as part of an older learning archive.
How I thought about career progress then
An older reflection on skill, evidence and growing without pretending to be finished.
Why backups need more than a green tick
A field note on checking recovery, not just backup configuration.
Learning to explain technical work simply
A note on why clear explanations matter in cloud, security and team work.
What security taught me about assumptions
A short note on why cloud security work starts by checking what people think is already true.
The kind of engineer I wanted to become
A reflective note on becoming dependable, clear and useful in technical work.
Why I started writing cloud notes
A personal note on keeping simple technical notes while learning and working.
Azure notes from a year of small checks
A practical reflection on the small Azure checks that often matter more than they first appear.
What I was learning about cloud ownership
An older field note on why every cloud resource needs someone who understands why it exists.