@Origameg

[email protected] — Cloud developer, Agile origami architect, Recursive acronym, Advocate for readable code; she/her

 Oslo
Joined June 2011
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Just now: Security guard refusing to let me into the stadium for USA-Wales. “You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed.”
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Had our first visit at an end user's office today. Incredibly useful! My brain is full of new ideas and insights. All developers should spent a day a month either using, or interacting with users of the software they work on:
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Scaling is easy in the cloud, right? @Origameg talks on DotNetRocks at dotnetrocks.com/details/1816 about the limits of auto-scaling, locating bottlenecks, and doing something about them!
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My interview on cloud scaling with .NET Rocks! was released today (unrelated to it being my birthday)! 🎂🎤 Ignore the awkward pauses in the beginning. This was my first foray into the medium! 😂 spreaker.com/user/16677006/d…

Cloud Scaling from the Trenches with Meg Gotshall

Ready for a story of cloud scaling from the trenches? While at NDC Oslo, Carl and Richard talked with Meg Gotshall about her experiences scaling the Fotoware service with her team. Meg talks about...

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Finishing off #ndcoslo with @PubConf and a well-deserved championship performance by @meliss_houghton. Cheers everyone!
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My NDC: Wed - Present my talk on cloud scalability Thu - Join .NET Rocks! to talk about cloud scaling Fri - Relax and listen to other people talk about cloud scaling!
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How to do Down-to-Earth Cloud Scaling? “Put testing first - test your scalability.” @Origameg #NDCOslo
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Picked up my badge for #ndcoslo Now I just need to finish polishing my talk (and maybe my nails)! 😂💅
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No wonder so many people use weak passwords. Web developers apparently seem to prefer it! This particular financial institution has helpful advice for choosing a good password, but doesn't actually allow you to follow it! Seriously? Not even a question mark?
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I'm not sure if these overly-restrictive policies come from laziness, naivete, or a clever conspiracy by the password-manager industry! 😆
Norway is like a backwards version of Westerås. It starts snowing in March, and everyone celebrates that “Winter is back!”
I've made it a goal this year to take some risks out of my comfort zone. I also need to make it a goal to stop putting unreal expectations on myself. These must go hand in hand!
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A senior developer argument for pair programming: In the time it took me to review a pull request and write explanations for my issues, we could have sat together, written all of the code, and probably explained it better.
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Very much enjoyed #NDCOslo! Great to meet everyone! (Now to catch up on some much-needed sleep...)
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The headlined newspaper-esque layout in @PeterHilton ‘s code typography talk very much appeals to my copy editing background!
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There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation and trying to cover "naming things" in only ten minutes! #NDCOslo
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In case you're suddenly put on the spot to crack API jokes in front of >50 colleagues (Yes, that happened!) : quora.com/Application-Progra…
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That moment when you see that someone chose to implement your best practices in another project.
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For those who still don't understand why I didn't think this piece was worth discussing... vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/8/…
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