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Pretty sure it’s the domain name. Also the time of day/day of week. But mostly the domain name.

edoceo 7y ago
Why? Are you not by The Bay anymore?
wgerard 7y ago
For what it's worth, I personally thoroughly enjoy reading your articles. I wouldn't consider myself adept at operations by any means, but your articles are extremely approachable and I always enjoy reading them. I always click on the article when I see it's from you.
thequux 7y ago
That's really a shame. Of all the colleagues I've had over the years, you still stand out as a beacon of competence, and I learned a ton from both working with you and reading your blog in the years since. Your haters have no idea what they're missing out on :-(
xenadu02 7y ago
I appreciate your dedication to throwing pearls before swine. Those intelligent and unbiased enough to learn something useful will do so. I agree with and/or have learned from almost everything you've posted. Some of those things mirror my own experiences. I also didn't see any problem with tone, you were polite and helpful. It seems quite obvious the only problem with your "tone" is your gender. Not that you didn't know this already. Thanks for your contributions. At least some of us appreciate them and find them valuable.
scarmig 7y ago
Just in case the negativity gets tiring, I want to say that you're on my whitelist of domains I always read on HN (which is much smaller than the blacklist of domains I never read).
tbyehl 7y ago
This being HN, A/B testing is necessary. I suggest 'rossbythebay'
EdwardDiego 7y ago
Adding to the other comments, you're one of my favourite SRE war story (and cultural war story) blogs, so thank you for your writings.
ars 7y ago
I hope you're joking about the domain name part. When I see your domain name I know to expect some really great tech content, and I'm pretty sure tons of other people are the same way. HN is always very critical, you'll see it on every article.
vxNsr 7y ago
Man... one of the top comments on this article calls you out for being overly negative and unable to do any introspection... this comment certainly speaks to that.

Why? Are you not by The Bay anymore?

For what it's worth, I personally thoroughly enjoy reading your articles. I wouldn't consider myself adept at operations by any means, but your articles are extremely approachable and I always enjoy reading them. I always click on the article when I see it's from you.

thequux 7y ago

That's really a shame. Of all the colleagues I've had over the years, you still stand out as a beacon of competence, and I learned a ton from both working with you and reading your blog in the years since. Your haters have no idea what they're missing out on :-(

xenadu02 7y ago

I appreciate your dedication to throwing pearls before swine. Those intelligent and unbiased enough to learn something useful will do so. I agree with and/or have learned from almost everything you've posted. Some of those things mirror my own experiences. I also didn't see any problem with tone, you were polite and helpful. It seems quite obvious the only problem with your "tone" is your gender. Not that you didn't know this already. Thanks for your contributions. At least some of us appreciate them and find them valuable.

scarmig 7y ago

Just in case the negativity gets tiring, I want to say that you're on my whitelist of domains I always read on HN (which is much smaller than the blacklist of domains I never read).

tbyehl 7y ago

This being HN, A/B testing is necessary. I suggest 'rossbythebay'

EdwardDiego 7y ago

Adding to the other comments, you're one of my favourite SRE war story (and cultural war story) blogs, so thank you for your writings.

ars 7y ago

I hope you're joking about the domain name part. When I see your domain name I know to expect some really great tech content, and I'm pretty sure tons of other people are the same way. HN is always very critical, you'll see it on every article.

vxNsr 7y ago

Man... one of the top comments on this article calls you out for being overly negative and unable to do any introspection... this comment certainly speaks to that.