Articles from TnL

The Two Kinds of Value
posted: 22, Feb 2025 at 11:05 AM

Everyone in business talks about "creating value" in various contexts, but what the hell does that mean? Well, there are two kinds, and you're either creating it directly or not, and with others or not. It can be complicated, but ultimately we can focus on ourselves and understand it all just fine.

Data People are Different
posted: 11, Feb 2025 at 06:30 PM

Some data people think they're just software engineers with a different focus, while some software engineers think data people have no idea how to code at all, and all of this is both true and not and silly. The confusion needs to stop, because working together is hard enough without the egos and title gore and miscommunications.

Kubernetes is Not Complicated, You Just Aren't Engineering
posted: 28, Jan 2025 at 07:52 PM

Not only is Kubernetes not complicated, and I could prove it to you, but the bigger problem is if you skipped being insulted by the part that you aren't engineering, because that's the real thing holding this industry back.

An Intro to TnL
posted: 25, Oct 2015 at 03:10 PM

This place is Tod and Lorna's personal writings of some opinionated nature.

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