Content library

A Programmable 2024 session on operating cloud services at scale and strengthening resilience.

A personal account of relocating to Valencia, highlighting the mix of old and new innovations that made a nomadic move possible, from logistics and mobility to local community and networking.

A PlatformCon talk on why internal platform adoption is hard and the principles and techniques to accelerate it.

Why internal platforms stall at adoption and the techniques to fix it: product thinking, UX, onboarding, support, and internal marketing, with case studies from REA Group and Slack.

A DevOpsDays Melbourne talk on applying product thinking to DevOps platforms.

Guidance for tech leads on tackling wicked problems using design and systems thinking, from defining the problem and exploring solutions to systemic examples like value stream mapping and incident reviews.

Lessons from running Slack teams across Australia and the US: service ownership, reducing WIP, sub-streams, unplanned work rotations, overlap management, and async communication practices.

A personal story about discovering Slack, attending a leadership meetup in San Francisco, and the journey that led to joining the company.

A deep dive into applying product thinking to internal platforms at Slack, including user interviews, advisory groups, surveys, and practical adoption tactics.

A reflection on organizing REA’s first internal technical conference to share knowledge, connect teams, and strengthen engineering culture.

An update on moving DevOpsGirls into a broader community model with DevOps Australia, expanding support, training opportunities, and inclusion in DevOps.

An update on the next chapter of DevOpsGirls, sharing growth plans, community direction, and practical steps to keep expanding participation in DevOps.

A Linux.conf.au talk on configuration management, delivered by Javier Turegano.

How REA used a community-driven Ops Dojo model to build operations capability through regular hands-on practice and shared learning.