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Brian Jemes

@thejemes.bsky.social
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
"IT is more like an ultimate frisbee team, than a rowing team. There's a goal. There are rules. Everyone is working together to get there, but people are running all over the place to get it done." -- John Burke, Nemertes packetpushers.net/podcasts/hea...
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HS103: Why IT Is Like Ultimate Frisbee | Packet Pushers
It’s all well and good to develop a technology strategy, articulate and document the strategy, and agree (supposedly) on that strategy. But what do you do when one or more of the tech teams act in app...
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The end of our network chassis era: March 3rd, 2025
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Tom, Russ, and @esharp.net share thoughts on Architecture & [Exception] Process that resonate with me. rule11.tech/hedge-259/
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Hedge 259: Architecture and Process
We often try to “institutionalize” things that work into repeatable processes—and most of the time, it doesn’t work. The process ends up becoming unwieldy, eventually failin…
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"If you have been assiduously building trust with your team by being trustworthy and by aligning what you're doing with what the organization needs ..., then you'll have that cultural capital within the organization to bring change about" -- John Burke, Nemertes packetpushers.net/podcasts/hea...
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HS093: Strategic Trust-Building Among Ops, Engineering, Architecture - and Leadership | Packet Pushers
Billy Joel had it right: It's a matter of trust. Too often Operations, Engineering, and Architecture teams don't trust one another--and nobody trusts leadership (and vice versa!). On today's Heavy Str...
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This is a powerful idea for large IT organizations: Have "an Ops Architect. ..Somebody who is grounded in the operations team, but who is fully connected with the engineering and architecture and leadership." - @scottrobohn.bsky.social packetpushers.net/podcasts/hea...
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HS093: Strategic Trust-Building Among Ops, Engineering, Architecture - and Leadership | Packet Pushers
Billy Joel had it right: It's a matter of trust. Too often Operations, Engineering, and Architecture teams don't trust one another--and nobody trusts leadership (and vice versa!). On today's Heavy Str...
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
"The time to build a system is often miniscule compared to the time you are going to run the system. So investing in #manageability upfront is crucial. Just like you need to invest in #security upfront. And you need to invest in #costcontrol upfront.". -- Werner Vogels youtu.be/aim5x73crbM?...
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​​AWS re:Invent 2024 - Dr. Werner Vogels Keynote
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
"I should only tolerate complexity when it provides value. And if increased complexity doesn't provide value, that means it is only adding cost. Take Occam's razor, and cut out everything you can to make it as simple as you can. That's engineering excellence." --Scott Robohn rule11.tech/hedge-204/
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Hedge 204: Terry Slattery on Network Automation
Terry Slattery joins Tom and Russ to continue the conversation on network automation—and why networks are not as automated as they should be. This is part one of a two-part series; the first …
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Brian Jemes @thejemes.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Great to see "The Frugal Architect" principles emphasize the essential role of cost in good architecture. Another inspiring re:Invent keynote from Werner Vogels. thefrugalarchitect.com
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The Frugal Architect
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