Jamie Thingelstad

Dilapidated grain elevator. 📷

DevOpsDays MSP has done a fabulous job creating an inclusive event. Hearing from so many diverse voices is refreshing. With all of that goodness, it is jarring when sponsors address the group with “hey guys”. Make sure your message reaches the entire audience.

Day 2 opening keynote for DevOpsDays MSP from John Engelman on Cascading Failure. DevOpsDays MSP

“We were super confident in that answer, and we were super wrong.” John Engelman. I’ve been there many times in incidents. Whenever you are “super confident”, use that as a trigger for what you might be missing.

Great SPS Commerce overview from Nate Anderson, Sanjesh Kumar, and Olivia Alberts sharing some of the amazing things our team does, the powerful tech we use, and our learning culture! Come join our team! #TeamSPS 🤩

Martez Reed now sharing with DevOpsDays MSP about Intelligent Deployment Pipelines.

Next up at DevOpsDays MSP, Serena Tiede covering Security Logging and the keys to making it work well.

Alice Goldfuss bringing an awesome closing keynote “The Container Operator’s Manual” for DevOpsDays Minneapolis!

Super engaging, enlightening, and humorous container talk from Alice Goldfuss! 🙌😁

I’m so happy that SPS Commerce can join these amazing sponsors in support of the organizers of DevOpsDays MSP to create an amazing event for our community!

We have a bunch of #TeamSPS members representing SPS Commerce at DevOpsDays MSP today!

Bridget Kromhout kicking off DevOpsDays MSP! Bridget is such an amazing contributor to our great community!

DevOpsDays MSP keynote from Liz Fong-Jones @lizthegrey on reducing complexity in systems.

“Heroism isn’t sustainable.” Liz Fong-Jones. This is more than an individual thing, it’s a culture thing. Always beware of hidden incentives that encourage heroism in your culture.

“Lack of observability is a systemic risk.” Liz Fong-Jones. This is a strong way to position observability, and frame it in a broader context. Very good keynote to start DevOpsDays MSP!

Yolonda Smith bringing always important security topics to DevOpsDays MSP!

Yolonda Smith with valuable perspectives on security. Teams need to acknowledge and address all of these perspectives in order to move forward effectively to create more secure services.

Jessica Kerr sharing Principles of Collaborative Automation at DevOpsDays MSP.

I learned a new word from Jessica Kerr “symmathesy”. Mutual learning in living systems. I like giving this powerful process a definition. This is key to continuous improvement. 🤔

This is a great message from Jessica Kerr, with reference to John Allspaw, success begets complexity. That complexity delivers value, and more success. Repeat. 👍

Nivia Sedai sharing about the Ghost in the Machine, the boundaries of AI and ML in our technology systems.

Nivia Sedai with a powerful message highlighting many examples of the negative impacts from the lack of diversity in technology teams. Also a strong message around technology ethics.

I need to find a good name for the Dolphin S300i pool robot. Oddly mesmerizing to watch it work around.

Stopping in Loon Liquors cocktail room for a delicious drink.

We solved the Toy Room at Escape Artists Kansas City tonight! Room 28!

I have no idea what “Preconditioning battery for Supercharging” means, but it sounds advanced. 🤓⚡️

First time visiting a Tesla Supercharger! ⚡️ Charging in Des Moines on our way to Kansas City.

First time to Keepsake Cidery! Won’t be the last. Delicious flight of ciders and a great space!

Embarrassingly, for over three years our foosball table was setup totally wrong! I fixed it today, and now it makes sense. That’s what I get for having some random dude set it up via Amazon installation. 😬