Blogging - Andrew Matveychuk (Page 2)

Apr 29, 2020 Blogging

Challenges of remote work in the times of Corona Virus

My own experience of working as a remote contractor for the last nine months proved to be very successful. However, as Scott Hanselman wrote recently, quarantine work is not remote work. Sadly, I tend to agree with his statement, and here is why.

Mar 30, 2020 How To Blogging Crosspost

How to optimize the cost of your cloud resources [Crosspost]

From my experience, this is a hot topic for customers who are on their road to cloud-only infrastructure for a long time. Their interest in that is explainable: despite some perceived vagueness of cloud services, the numbers in monthly invoices are for real.

Oct 29, 2019 DevOps Blogging

What’s wrong with DevOps?

I receive a lot of requests from companies and individuals for DevOps job openings, and what I usually see in the job descriptions sometimes really upset me. It seems that many people just don’t get what DevOps is, and use this term as a buzz word to attract attention or to look cool.

Aug 6, 2019 Blogging About

Some thoughts on finance management and investment

Last week I attended a seminar on personal finance management and investment strategies for IT professionals. It was a private event, and the speaker was recommended by my colleagues, so I decided to carve some time on my schedule and invest it in my financial education.

Jul 16, 2019 Productivity Blogging About

My personal productivity tips – Part 2

In the first part, I finished my recommendations about personal productivity on the importance of separating the execution of tasks from their planning. Now, let’s talk about the preparation itself and other, more technical, aspects of efficiency.