Simon Frey @l1am0@chaos.social

Finally published my thesis on "Non-functional Regression Testing on Serverless Applications Using Controlled Online Experiments" today. It focuses on shadow deploments and online experiments for #aws #lambda

If you are interested: http://simon.red/thesis

First picture is before, second after

Changed my website to use https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont a font that helps content be more clear for visual impaired.
Not sure if I leave it though, it looks not as nice as the font I had before. But accessibility is king.
What's your thoughts on this?

TIL: How to restart #kubernetes pods via their deployment:
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/how-to-restart-kubernetes-pods

Went really rage mode today on the open link list 😇
32 (in words thirty two) new links added today 😅

https://simon-frey.com/links/

If you feel the urge to ask a someone if the way you did it is right, it most of the time isn't.
Stick to your gut feeling and best practices.

And I build a archive page of past newsletter issues. So you can check what you are getting yourself into before subscribing:
https://simon-frey.com/weeklycspaper/archive/

What a crazy ride yesterday on HN. My submission got flagged, as I over read that newsletters are not a valid Show HN topic. Even though the subscriber list increased from 4 to 276 😵
Looking forward to see who sticks around after Friday :D

Enough #work for today!
Here some random internet to distract you ☺️

http://simon-frey.com/random

Any idea for a #distraction source that I should add to this rodeo?🐎

The first version of the newsletter went out a few minutes ago. It's about zk-SNARK the underlying technology of the #zcash #cryptocurrency

4 lovely subscribers right now, it would be great if you become the fifth: https://simon-frey.com/weeklycspaper/

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

#TheSocialDilemma #machinelearning #ai

Get a handpicked CS papers send every Friday.
As I mostly dive into topics regarding distributed systems and #backend #development the focus will definitely be in that area.

May also sprinkle some hipster #tech in there #blockchain #ai #statistics ;)

https://simon-frey.com/weeklycspaper/

Get a handpicked CS papers send every Friday.
As I mostly dive into topics regarding distributed systems and #backend #development the focus will definitely be in that area.

May also sprinkle some hipster #tech in there #blockchain #ai #statistics ;)

https://simon-frey.com/weeklycspaper/

How to find and kill long running queries in #PostgreSQL
https://postgresql.r2schools.com/how-to-find-long-running-queries-in-postgresql/

First time me killing a query in prod today. Felt a rush when I did it. Tough IT life😅

Nice read about problems with the serverless execution model:

Why the #Serverless Revolution Has Stalled
https://www.infoq.com/articles/serverless-stalled/

#awslambda #lambda #gcloud

While procrastinating I did build this tool to fight procrastination 😅
Killer is a #Linux tool that SIGKILLs #procrastination sources 😎

https://github.com/simonfrey/killer