Matt Callanan

Join @mcallana at #YOW23 & discover the journey of Expedia Group as an early advisor to the #FinOps Foundation and survey current approaches to #Kubernetes optimisation. There’s something for everyone in this talk!

Yikes! TIL Amazon’s AWS billing engine is possibly the largest non-government software project in the world. youtube.com/live/mhqXQV2js… @mattray @horovits

@yow_conf @daveathomas @Suncorp It was a great night! Thanks to @daveathomas and Yow team and Suncorp for putting on a good event for the Brisbane tech community! See you at Yow conference in December

We’re kicking off our Brisbane #YOWNight with @daveathomas in the beautiful @Suncorp offices. Thanks to @mcallana for being MC!

"When we treat the beginning as something sacred, we give it more power than it deserves. The beginning can start in the middle, or even at the end." vanschneider.com/blog/starting-… via @orenellenbogen

To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language: Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers -- ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/…

How hard should I push myself? Some great advice in this article: “if you want to live a life where you’re pushing yourself, it’s best to develop a variety of coping strategies to help you manage [stress]” every.to/superorganizer…

No rules, no problem: DeepMind’s MuZero masters games while learning how to play them | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2020/12/23/no-…

Some great predictions here on the future of remote working

Ah, this is great!:

Becoming more focused and productive is about what you do less of: 1. Work in sprints, not marathons. 2. Eliminate distractions instead of coping with them. 3. Stop using fear as a motivator. 4. Do the work that really matters. nickwignall.com/productive-peo…

"2007 study in the HBR: the average person enjoys only two hours of peak mental focus every day & five hours of relatively high mental focus. At all other times, it will probably be relatively poor” The Science of Intelligent Achievement - Isaiah Hankel, PhD on Blinkist

"Cemeteries are the most valuable land on the planet, as they are filled with unquantifiable amounts of unrealized potential and ideas. Be sure to 'die empty'" - "The Accidental Creative" by Todd Henry on Blinkist

"our behavior in front of computer or smartphone screen can be detrimental to our health. E.g. when gazing into a computer screen, we unconsciously hold our breath, which contributes to stress-related diseases." in Manage Your Day-To-Day by 99U and Jocelyn K. Glei on Blinkist

"150yrs research ... when we work beyond 60hrs/wk, tasks take 2x as long... e.g. for a task a person with a 30-hr week takes 1hr to finish, someone who has surpassed 60hrs in their workweek would need 2hrs to finish" - The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey on Blinkist

“The Five Levels of Remote Work — and why you’re probably at Level 2” by @SteveGlaveski link.medium.com/Zc6W7vInu7

“How to Avoid Burnout in a Remote Team” zapier.com/learn/remote-w…

“The pros and cons of working across time zones: What to expect when you work in a distributed company” zapier.com/learn/remote-w…

“How to collaborate across time zones” zapier.com/blog/how-to-wo…

How to build a breakthrough @m2jr/how-to-build-a-breakthrough-3071b6415b06" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@m2jr/how-to-b…

“Code is like food. It can be fast, good, or cheap. Pick any two. A bad programmer ... tries to get the team to do all 3 things at once” “21 Bad Mistakes in My 21-Year Programming Career” by @rsrajan1 link.medium.com/9NqyEi4Mx5