Thought Leadership

Below are various engagements I’ve been involved with in the industry.

Blogs #

• October 2022: Unit Testing - You’re Doing It Wrong
• August 2022: Software Engineer Tools I Can’t Live Without
• March 2022: Easily change JDK versions

Books #

• August 2021: Co-authored Microservices In Real Life: Contract Testing (no longer available for purchase).

Case Studies #

• April 2024: Transforming to an Engineering Culture of Curiosity With a Modern Observability 2.0 Solution

Conference Talks #

• July 2025: Pax8 Beyond 2025: Future-Proof Your MSP: A Framework for AI and Integration Success

Podcasts #

• March 2022: WTF is Platform Engineering
• September 2021: WTF Are Microservices
• August 2021: Bullshit Developers - Anti Patterns
• August 2021: Contract Testing

Posts #

• May 2026: Leadership README
• May 2025: Get the most out of AI
• November 2023: Manager README
• April 2023: My Approach to Solving Problems

Webinars #

• January 2024: Making Your Observability Costs Predictable: Maximize Your Telemetry Insights