IBM Distinguished Engineer focusing on SRE and Cloud Service Management & Operations, Karateka, husband, proud father of three (and yes, tweets are my own).

Munich
Joined June 2008
Announcing the Cloud Adoption Playbook ingoaverdunk.wordpress.com/2…
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John C. Dvorak April 5th, 1946 - July 20th, 2026 mailchi.mp/nashownotes/rip-j…
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30-sec SRE on Imposter Syndrome
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Impostor syndrome is a psychological occurrence in which people doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments and have a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as frauds.
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Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this phenomenon do not believe they deserve their success or luck.
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The First AI-Generated Video That Looks Super Real Microsoft Research announced VASA-1. It takes a single portrait photo and speech audio and produces a hyper-realistic talking face video with precise lip-audio sync, lifelike facial behavior, and naturalistic head movements generated in real-time. This is amazing, given that the AI-generated video looks very real! Of course, these examples will likely be cherry-picked, but this is still amazing. My favorite use-case for this tech is to revive old actors like Cary Grant in new movies with this tech :)
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Been waiting for this to publish: @OpenTofuOrg responds to HashiCorp's cease-and-desist letter. opentofu.org/blog/our-respon… This answers my concerns, and I appreciate how thoughtful, fair, and *kind* it is. I was hasty in my judgment, and am grateful for their generous reply.
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30-sec SRE on Technical Debt
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A key concept of SRE is to give people time to work on the technical debt - to engineer problems away. But developers also need to have some skin in the game: good practice is to allocate 10%-15% of your sprint capacity to addressing technical debt.
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When I work with enterprises on modernizing their operations functions, I typically encounter an ever-increasing amount of technical debt. Unless you make a deliberate effort to identify and manage technical debt, you will never be able to catch up.
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30-sec SRE on SLI / SLO / SLA
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30-sec SRE on Error Budget
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Navigating the dynamic landscape of SRE can be daunting, particularly for newcomers to the field. Recognizing this challenge, I’ve taken the initiative to distill key SRE concepts into easily digestible 1-pagers — the “30-seconds SRE” resource.
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Whether you’re delving into SRE for the first time or seeking to deepen your understanding, these 30-second SRE guides are designed to streamline your learning journey and enhance your proficiency in this ever-evolving discipline.
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I intend to post an article each week. As a starter, I am posting two articles, one on SLI / SLO / SLA and another on Error Budget. I hope you enjoy the read and looking forward to your comments.
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Next up: Stephane Di Cesare from DKB / @upbound_io presenting GitOps with Crossplane. #sremuc.
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Kordian @kordianbruck kicking off todays SRE Meetup. Exciting Agenda with best practices for Post Mortem, GitOps with Crossplane and more. #sremuc
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