Mitch Wyle's Web Log

       A link to this idea appeared in my feed. I have noticed most people gravitate towards single-number summaries such as (shudder) arit...

Do you remember when our production systems were less-complicated and easier to debug?  Production Issues were easy to diagnose and it was a...

The master still has great stories left to tell.  I enjoyed this one; the ending was somewhat abrupt; 5/5 Stars.

I enjoyed this one.  It's a fun thriller with a fantastic wish-fulfillment magic system worthy of the Marvel universe.  5/5 Stars.

In information technology (IT) and software engineering, operators and DevOps folk define their "backup" systems and policies.  Ho...

Dan Ravenstone published  a refresher on Alerting that's worth a quick listen or skim.  Alerts are supposed to help us improve a servic...

The science & magic system are not very good but I liked the characters. 3/5 Stars.

I enjoy Peter Watts' "Sunflower" universe; Watts publishes some short fiction on his web site and the fan site, so I read a no...

The conceptual setting and "world building" framework makes for a very compelling space opera.  Far-flung, disconnected civilizati...

John Cutter has a new piece out about vanity metrics that's worth skimming.  It's a reminder that our cognitive biases and need to ...