Allen Geer

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Post beach chill #honduras #roatan (at Roatán, Islas De La Bahia, Honduras) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsbi__al-1-O0oTyZyvOHY6-6xGxIKJJd2LT-k0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lt1kkgdr703q

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Well the Cruise Ship has a #kiwiband The #WendyThortonBand from #Waikato. She got word I was from Wellington and called me out during the show. Suspicious I tested her and the bands Kiwiness “Can you play #wagonwheel?!” Needless to say they are as #kiwi as it comes! (at Liberty of the Seas @ Cozumel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsXIaPiFz0-OyKE57hUBVO0f0ohPfL9T8VCFGY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x4tbx0kj0bej

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#beammeup (at James Turrell Skyspace at Rice University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRP-IbF888w4uiRHVOM1qrbQL3ZFQHp0UbTZM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5bdshrg1nq5a

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This is a nice addition to my #almamater #riceuniversity #acidpavillion #psylocibinportal (at James Turrell Skyspace at Rice University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRPRwBlTdwV7SXeYZRmDcpH3dqC7yAGWzdh0M0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ts39gukgff7a

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#egon (at Sanctuary, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsN9_wClMyYzFqSd_jeTNdkbkJT3ICBqr3f_RA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u5vtpm9s44sr

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Rosie watching #wkcdogshow eagerly awaiting #bestinshow (at Sanctuary, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCRjUaFCmalsthGsV_HrNFPNwV-EWKCDZK2kg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wxey1w1mt60e

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#robertearlkeen Cosmic Christmas Fam-O-Lee #texas #fortworth #basshall #theroadgoesonforeverandthepartyneverends (at Bass Performance Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br_3heZltMmQ23ZADnLIBH_uk5EW-eG2oVuSiM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ccli05qp54u

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Parents are renovating and they found this #unopened #borg #startrek #tng #vhs #youwillbeassimilated (at Sanctuary, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BryKCpilIPO4Sp6HgkPn8aMkYPqdWeVtqfxTpU0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xkgfdbehn5kw

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The #wellingtonphoenix score 4 goals to win! #fire #welly #lovewelly #newzealand (at Westpac Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brr0ghbFpOP3s9iPXCDb1vPoPpyoo_Qkoly3K80/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13n1rto1j62cn

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#whoa I’m #speaking at #wetest2018 #testing #governmentnz #devops #newzealand #departmentofinternalaffairs #accidentallyshavedmybeard (at Te Papa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpP51g1B82PSu3jTIW4n-2jM34WDwMmzXZG5NQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iavw03wn2eko

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I lost my first play of #giantkillerrobots #heavyhitters #gkr. #wetadigital’s first #boardgame #epicgames mini #wellycon #weta #lovewelly #wellingtonnz #lovewelly (at Wellington Bridge Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpMJrpaBb4SORe7MYtnJP30cGeDicbTAd4RvZk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18n4bngatj2o9

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#beautiful #sunset over #welly #wellingtonnz #wellington #lovewelly #orientalbay (at Oriental Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/BolPQ-IBY4jYAveAhU6ISx-Yhb4VVRMrkDcZUI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oq6tim0xd76x

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Idempotence. What is it and why should I care? - Clouding Mine

Idempotence for software engineers is a key area to consider when pushing out features. Non idempotent operations can frustrated users and cost money!

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SRE fundamentals: SLIs, SLAs and SLOs

By Jay Judkowitz, Senior Product Manager and Mark Carter, Group Product Manager Next week at Google Cloud Next ‘18 , you’ll be hearing abo...

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Just about right.

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A Taxonomy of Tech Debt

Bill Clark discusses classifying and managing tech debt at Riot.

A Fantastic description of Technical debt in the context of League of Legends

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I was offered the opportunity to travel to New Zealand back in May to interview with three companies for a position as part of the LookSee campaign - which I wrote about in the blog post "Long Time No Blog - I won a trip to New Zealand". That process started what would eventually lead to moving to the other side of the planet. After I returned to the States there was a bit of a lull. Eventually, one of the companies responded - they weren't ready for a DevOps specialist. Doh! Then a second one didn't respond with an offer. I was beginning to feel a bit dejected. But hey, I got a free trip to New Zealand. Then, nearly 6 weeks later, the company I was most impressed with - Assurity Consulting - came back with "we are ready to move forward". After checking my references, Assurity made an offer for me to practice DevOps with them and their clients. What an opportunity! Assurity has a talented group of folks and a well developed network of clients all over New Zealand. I readily accepted