Dam Logs

Approvals as a Service (AaaS)

Because nothing says “move fast” like waiting three days for an approval from someone who has no idea what the change is about.

Oct 1 •

The intern's last deployment

Broken links, five follow-ups, and a missing Secret: the modern DevOps culture.

Sep 15 •

Alert fatigue solved (temporarily)

We refactored notifications. The system went quiet. Too quiet.

Sep 5 •

Cost optimization Hero, Bronze tier

We deleted, we saved, we lost more than we gained.

Aug 26 •

I survived Security, Performance, and Release. Only to be taken down by Agile.

Aug 16 •

Slack and the breakfast of champions

Why opening Slack before breakfast is the first mistake of the day.

Aug 6 •

I think I’m on track

My biggest achievement was a faster CI pipeline.

Jul 31 •

The one who fixed the Voldemort app

It was supposed to be a senior-level challenge.

Jul 19 •

The dashboard nobody noticed was broken

A regular day in the life of a data engineer.

Jul 14 •

Vacation starts when Slack stops

But if only it could stop.

Jul 9 •

The day I became known to the C-Suite. Against my will.

Self-serve access control and the price of ignorance.

Jun 30 •

The eternal migration

When migrations outlive their masters.

Jun 26 •

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