Charity Majors is a prominent voice in DevOps and operations, advocating for strong operational ownership and better production tooling. She writes about observability, engineering culture, and why operations is a critical, respected engineering discipline.
121 articles from this blog
A tech blogger explains their decision to migrate from WordPress to Substack, citing platform friction and the shift in tech writing communities.
A critique of how 'observability' has been misunderstood and misapplied in the tech industry, arguing it's become a meaningless buzzword.
A critique of the 'pillars of observability' as a marketing term, arguing for a focus on technical 'signals' like traces, metrics, and logs instead.
The author seeks community input on observability practices and software buying strategies for a tech book update.
Author seeks advice from experienced software buyers for a new 'Observability Governance' section in the upcoming second edition of 'Observability Engineering'.
A retrospective on the challenging, multi-year migration of the Parse API from Ruby on Rails to Golang, detailing the technical hurdles and solutions.
A critique of the '10x engineer' myth, arguing for the value of 'normal' engineers and the complexity of measuring software development productivity.
A former Silicon Valley engineer reflects on the bias against computer science graduates and the culture of glorifying self-taught, college-dropout developers.
A tech founder reflects on using Twitter for technical discourse, product development, and personal motivation, while acknowledging its addictive nature.
A critique of the "Observability 3.0" label and a discussion on the evolution from multi-pillar to unified storage models in software telemetry.
A tech leader rethinks their silence on corporate DEI, arguing that communication of values is essential for accountability, not just branding.
A critique of semantic versioning in observability marketing, arguing that terms like 'Observability 2.0' describe a real technical shift despite overuse.
A critique of Paul Graham's 'founder mode' concept, analyzing leadership advice and the mythmaking around tech founders.
Explains the core technical shift from multi-tool Observability 1.0 to a unified, event-based Observability 2.0.
Analyzes the tech industry's talent retention strategies, using Google's $2.7B re-hire as a starting point, and argues for moving beyond bidding wars.
The article argues for versioning observability concepts, distinguishing between traditional 'three pillars' (1.0) and modern event-based (2.0) approaches.
A tech leader discusses the challenges of navigating politics and personal beliefs in the workplace, especially during polarizing times, and argues for pragmatic leadership.
A software engineer reflects on the maturation of the software industry and argues that generative AI cannot replace the apprenticeship and foundational knowledge needed to build engineering teams.
Analyzes the rising costs and diminishing value of traditional observability tools, exploring the 'cost multiplier' effect of using multiple overlapping telemetry systems.
A VP of Engineering at a startup debates the necessity of engineering managers with a CEO who views them as unnecessary overhead, exploring arguments for their role.
