Are you making the most of your career and your years of experience? Do you have a plan and a deliberate approach? After the break, I explore these questions and a real situation that may lead you to think about your experience with a fresh perspective.

I recently upgraded my YubiKeys with the purchase of two 5C NFC devices. I worked through all the ways I use YubiKey and as I was updating my Twitter security settings I noticed something new. Twitter now supports multiple 2FA security keys and is one of the first sites I’ve run across to do so. It was great news for me as I was setting up my new 5C YubiKeys in tandem. One I would keep close by if not on me at all times and another to go in a safe. Both configured the same.

I spent time this weekend migrating my 2011 blog posts from the old site design to the new static design. Despite it being monotonous work it was a fun stroll down memory lane. I wrote about a bunch of different topics that year and after the break, I discuss a few of the posts that were particularly interesting and impactful.

Welcome to the new, modernized, mobile-friendly aaronwest.net. I’ve been writing on the Internet for nearly 20 years in one form or another. My journey started in the early 2000s when I set up a virtual Linux server and blogged at trajiklyhip.com. After a few years, I acquired aaronwest.net and switched everything to the new domain and new blogging software. I still ran my own Linux server where I managed an Apache webserver, ColdFusion application server, and MySQL database backend. It…

I spent a lot of time this week reading about how different engineering teams have scaled their Hadoop infrastructure. I also spent time looking at consistent hashing strategies, how GitHub manages DNS and routing, and how individual personalities affect team culture and performance. Read on for all the details.