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InternetNZ is the incorporated society that runs the .nz ccTLD. I’ve been a member for many years. I also had the privilege of serving on the review panel that advised on changes to the rules governing how .nz is operated at the last major review several years ago. It’s an organisation I feel some ownership in, and care about the future of. The .nz ccTLD is well regarded…
2025 - the end of the first quarter of the 21st century is here! 2024 has flown past in what felt like record time (as is typical as we age) but in most respects it has been a pretty good year. January - March The year got off to a slow start with the typical Kiwi beach holidays through January while I plugged away trying to get On-Call Optimizer into the hands of those waiting for it. Growing…
Today I learned the magic incantation to apply a GCP Resource Manager tag to a Cloud Run service via terraform: resource 'google_tags_location_tag_binding' 'service' { parent = '//run.googleapis.com/projects/PROJECT_NUMER/locations/REGION/services/SERVICE_NAME' tag_value = 'tagValue/TAG_ID' location = 'REGION' } This came about while I was trying to create a public Cloud Run service within an…
You will recall that I believe on-call is a learning opportunity not simply a burden to be borne. Effective scheduling is the first foundation required to realise that opportunity. It’s the best place to start because, unlike most technical system changes, adopting a flexible on-call schedule can be accomplished quickly and delivers immediate benefits. Flexibility is key The most important…