This story serves as an example of how leadership can come from unexpected places, and often we get better results by leading from the front instead of pushing from behind. Moving the Cow In the spring, we had an older cow that was set to return to my dadâs farm. She had been living at my house for about a year, hoping she was with calf. Unfortunately, she was not, and it was time for her to return to her home. ...
This story dives into the hidden cost and lessons learned in rushing the move to production, and a failure to invest in the underlying architecture that protects your critical workloads. Through an assumption that the new environment is as good as the old one, I spent an entire summer patching issues, chasing runaway workloads, and making little progress on anything else. The Initial Deployment The thing about goats is, they are the ultimate example of a poorly written application. Left to their own devices, they will go all the places you donât want them, consume all the plants you want protected, and once they find a weakness in your infrastructure, they will continuously exploit that until it is fixed. They are also the ultimate example of Garbage Cleanup. They will eat almost anything, and especially seek out the foliage that other animals wonât touch, like multiflora rose, poison ivy, and briar bushes. You can place them into your environment, and they will clear out all the unwanted junk that chokes out the useful plants for your other âworkloadsâ. ...