What I'm Reading: April 1

Tech

• Some DevOps learnings from a Google SRE

• Use feature flags, beware tool sprawl, don't be too quick to jump to Kubernetes or break a monolith into microservices, and don't be dogmatic about avoiding vendor lock-in

• Twitter's recommendation algorithm is now open-source

• Using PostgreSQL as a graph database

Career

• Netflix's cultural value of managing with context, not control

• Article one, two, and three

Etc

• In 80% of Southern California garment factories, labor violations abound