Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 25/06/2025So @virginaustralia.bsky.social, I can’t even access a lounge on VA code share flights?! 000
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghPhillip Carter @phillipcarter.dev · 06/03/2025the fact that nobody says "I'll build my own java compiler" but plenty of people think they can build their own o11y that scales to their needs is something worth studying because both are of equal levels of complexity 2303
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/03/2025‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””theguardian.comCanada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on icePhotographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions 823440736
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 28/02/2025That time they were warming up for another band who no one can remember because they blew them away. Can’t believe Sharon’s voice is still as amazing.. 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 28/02/2025Do I get to claim hipster points for having seen this band play in a venue in Hengelo only slightly bigger than the stage they are on now. And if so, do I lose any points for that being almost exactly 30 years ago?! @wtofficial.bsky.social 110
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 20/02/2025Oh god.. and I had enough trouble getting anything done with Civ 7 dropping the other week :( 010
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghGraham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Love this. So simple. 001
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 13/02/2025Looks at how hypocritical this is.. First she introduces 5 different ways the universe could end and now she trivializes people like myself who are doing our darnest to keep the Higgs Fields from changing and disintegrating the entire universe.. :D Oh, go read End of Everything, it is awesome :) 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 12/02/2025To be fair, it is still not scientifically proven that left-handed people do *not* go to hell.. But damn.. that sounds even worse than my math teacher.. 000
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghHoneycomb @honeycomb.io · 10/02/2025With observability 2.0, you can derive any metric across any number of dimensions. That, by itself, is profound—but it’s what that enables that makes a difference. @koogh.com shares how much of an impact observability 2.0 makes vs. your current way of working: www.honeycomb.io/blog/why-obs...honeycomb.ioWhy Observability 2.0 Is Such a GamechangerIn this blog, Erwin articulates just how much of a difference Honeycomb/observability 2.0 makes compared to your current way of working. 062
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 06/02/2025Het ergste is dat het “maar” 15 uur was. Een stuk beter dan de 20/22 uur naar NL ☺️ 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 06/02/2025Only 4 more hours to go until I can board my 15 hours flight..: 😔 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 06/02/2025I ran a startup that amongst other things deployed critical applications for customers. I only tested in production, but spent (very) signification time on making that safe. 020
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 06/02/2025I am glad I am flying back to Australia tonight and won’t have to come back here for the foreseeable future. Having him “help” build out infrastructure as critical as that is about as scary as anything I can imagine… 😟 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 06/02/2025I indeed wrote a thing.. One of the hardest things about my job is convincing people that Honeycomb isn't just a little bit better than traditional metrics and logs. It is almost like cheating.. 020
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghCorey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 27/01/2025You can always spot a scam call from Google because real Google will never give enough of a shit about a customer to call them in the first place. 31109
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 27/01/2025My very much not very technical wife has been using Astro and it looks pretty good. 110
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 22/01/2025I have been doing this more and more lately.. Only adding some color and frills to section dividers. 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025Haha.. I need to be not just consistently, but also constantly reminded of this 🤣 This is exactly the stuff they should, but don’t, teach you at school. You are expected to just find this out by yourself or something.. 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025I was just going to watch @kvlly.com's talk about "Influence without Authority - Making an impact in your organisation regardless of job title" and it turned into a not-so-live tweet thread with my thoughts. Loved the talk Kelly :) bsky.app/profile/koog... 120
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025"Building influence is a long game" Exactly! That is so true. And as she mentioned it isn't just a long game in regards to your personal growth, but also in every new context, or a change in context. You are never "done" :) 020
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025And again.. it was leading online guilds, especially in World of Warcraft, that taught me all about emotional intelligence about others. I learned how to discern the emotional state of people only their text output in a chat. A skill that came very much handy a decade later during a pandemic :D 130
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025Confession time: As an undiagnosed neuro-divergent kid, I got into a *lot* of heated arguments with my parents. As in, a lot. What that did force me to do is what I started called "finding the space" for a lack of a better term. Find time to think between receiving a stimulus and responding. 110
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025"Leaders hone their emotional intelligence".. Boy.. did that take a lot of work.. like a lot :D Oh damn.. she actually starts with recognising your own emotions. Exactly.. that is where everything starts.. EQ isn't just about other people. 110
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025Haha.. "But also, when you find an opportunity to tell someone what they are good at, tell them.. " I had paused this talk earlier, because I was DMing someone precisely about what I thought was amazing about them. People know their weaknesses. Trust me, they do. Tell them their strengths.. 100
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025"We quickly latch onto the things we are not good at and we forget what we are actually good at, because it comes so natural to us".. Yes! Ask people what they think you are good at. I bet you their response will have you go: "But that isn't anything special.. " 100
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025"Leaders understand their personal strengths and work to improve their weaknesses." Not sure if I would use the word improve, but not entirely sure what else I would use. Minimise the impact of their weaknesses? But so much this.. lean into your strengths 100
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025One of the most practical books I have ever read is personalmba.com by Josh Kaufman. It gave me the vocabulary to ask about and understand how a business makes money. And that is the most powerful tool you have as a leader.personalmba.comThe Personal MBA - Josh Kaufman 100
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025Ok... guess I am "live" tweeting this now then.. We are almost at the 4 minute mark and another truth bomb. "Leaders know how to think big picture".. "Understand business case.. ask clarifying questions to understand the landscape and the why we are going what we are doing".. 010
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025Haha.. thanks! I am still pretty impressed with that talk.. even though it was done by a much younger and much more naive me :D 010
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025I am only 3 minutes into this talk and I already love it. Leadership has nothing to do with your job title.. Reminded me of a talk a much younger me gave at a TEDx conference a decade ago, how gaming had prepared me for leadership without ever realising it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjGy...youtube.comThe leadership revolution and why gamers should lead it: Erwin van der Koogh at TEDxScheveningenYouTube video by TEDx Talks 340
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025Just typed "Could I talk to a human please" in a chatbox for the first time.. 020
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 14/01/2025PSA: If you are giving yourself a buzz cut and are switching out the hair length piece.. make sure you actually put the new piece on your trimmer before continuing.. #DifferentHaircutThisTime 020
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 08/01/2025Omg.. you should absolutely fix that.. At least for Discovery and Strange New Worlds. Discovery is a bit different to most of the other Star Treks, especially season 1. But Strange New Worlds is everything you loved about TNG and Voyager, but better. 010
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 08/01/2025Your list quite possibly predates Strange New Worlds, and while Tom Paris isn't bad.. Erica Ortega is just on another level isn't she?! www.startrek.com/en-un/videos...startrek.comStar Trek: Strange New Worlds - Erica Ortegas Flies the ShipSpoiler Alert! This clip may contain spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 4 "Among the Lotus Eaters" 100
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghErica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 06/01/2025you know the rules 613162
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 31/12/2024Damn.. so many blog posts to write.. Currently working on the "Why Observability 2.0 is a game changer?". But also making an outline for one around how SLOs aren't a failure of a team, but a way to balance investment in reliability vs features. And one on how to start your O11Y journey as an org 020
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 31/12/2024Oh damn.. pets at the vet are never good. Always makes you feel so helpless not being able to explain what is going on. Glad to hear everything going well so far :) 010
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 31/12/2024Dammit @garius.bsky.social.. I am now both extremely excited about this book that you are writing way too slowly and I suddenly miss Terry Pratchett all over again :( These are exactly what made Discworld an amazing series of books was that it was satire on our current society in a fantasy world 1404
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/12/2024For those of you who wanted a bit more from the book set in this universe. 79015
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 17/12/2024So so much this! I have a neighbour who is a welder and said he couldn't possibly do what I do. I (barely) finished high school, he has more degrees than I do.. 010
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 08/12/2024Dat had ik ook gedaan? Moest om de verificatie te doen.. Zie je nu "invalid handle"? 000
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 04/12/2024So it turns out you can change your Bluesky handle to your own domain? Not sure if that is better, but at least it is a lot shorter than the Bluesky one I had before.. I guess I am @koogh.com now? :) 000
Reposted by Erwin van der KooghLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 18/11/2024A real-life case study in anonymous internet harassment and insider threat: I must sadly retract my endorsement of Kevin Crawley, as I have recently learned he is a Kiwi Farms member. I believe he may pose a safety risk to his colleagues, or even to his employer. www.linkedin.com/posts/efong_...linkedin.comLiz Fong-Jones on LinkedIn: Mailfrawd is Kevin Crawley, Staff Engineer at MetaA real-life case study in anonymous internet harassment and insider threat: I have previously vouched for Kevin Crawley as a skilled communicator and… 53884286
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 18/11/2024To be clear.. even on Eco mode I can still out-accelerate most cars, but if I really wanted to have a hot hatch, I would not have bought a Leaf :D 010
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 15/11/2024Fun fact.. my Nissan Leaf is classified as a powerful car for insurance purposes, which I only found after someone on a more powerful motorbike slammed into the side of.. 120
Erwin van der Koogh @koogh.com · 15/11/2024Woohoo.. first post! And it is just to say.. Damn.. @bioware.bsky.social are back! Almost nearing the end of Veilguard and that is pretty much exactly what the next Dragon Age needed to be.. 010
