Randy Shoup

@randyshoup

Dad | Cook | Speaker | Engineering Leader (eBay, Stitch Fix, Google). He/him.

Montara, CA
Joined February 2011

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 17

    I Am The Very Model of A Modern Software Architect I am the very model of a modern software architect Whose data planes and services do elegantly intersect. Far and wide I’m celebrated for my keen ability To balance throughput, latency, and high-availability.

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  2. Retweeted
    Sep 8

    After 20+ years I sometimes think the most important technology lesson I've learned is to use as little of it as possible.

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  3. Retweeted
    Sep 7

    Voting is just like driving: D to go forward. R to go backwards.

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  4. Sep 7

    This dialect quiz is amazing — even more tightly focused than a few years ago. With only 25 questions about American regional pronunciations and expressions, it guessed that I was from San Jose, Fremont, or Santa Rosa. Nailed it.

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  5. Sep 4

    Every male in my grandparents’ generation went overseas to fight fascism in WWII — every branch of the service, every theater. Several never came back home to their families. 🇺🇸

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    Sep 3

    A domino can knock over another domino about 1.5x larger than itself. An awesome mechanical chain reaction [source, Stephen Morris: ]

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    Aug 30
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  8. Retweeted
    Aug 24

    If we have not figured out how to test something, that's an indication that we've not yet understood it.

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  9. Aug 29

    Heartbreaking to lose to cancer. An inspiring hero in film and in private, far more than anyone knew. A particularly devastating loss for all the folks who finally got to see themselves in a superhero.

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  10. Aug 28

    Proud of my team's work on Android App Bundles. Much more to come ...

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  11. Aug 27

    Calling all university students. At , we are starting our 2nd Annual University ML competition. Help us use ML to solve the very real-world problem of improving our product catalog, and win a 2021 internship :-).

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    Aug 26

    The more you write things down, the fewer meetings you need to have.

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  13. Retweeted
    Aug 23

    parent: and what do we say when we want something? child: sudo

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  14. Retweeted
    Aug 21

    I feel like there's a broad cross-section of my friends who need to know this

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    Aug 20

    Ever felt rejected? You’re not alone. Here's the journal rejection of Shannon’s paper that defined information theory and became the cornerstone of the digital world we know today. Last line slays me. From: We are sorry to inform you

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  16. Aug 21

    * and Accelerate's author would be , obviously

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  17. Aug 19

    DevOps Radio host interviews me on autonomous teams, psychological safety, trust, diversity + inclusion. [with transcript!] Book recommendations for Accelerate (), Manager's Path (), Making Work Visible ().

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  18. Retweeted
    Aug 17

    Repeat after me: "EventSourcing is not Event driven architecture." The former is about event _inside_ the app. The latter is about events _between_ (sub)systems

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    Aug 17

    84 years young today! Wishing a very happy birthday to the incomparable computer scientist Margaret H. Hamilton. 🎂

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    Aug 15

    If everyone had worn masks, stayed home, & socially distanced, COVID would already be defeated, & we’d already be returning to normal. Some of us made those sacrifices. Others said the virus was fake news & ignored scientists. Those people are why we are still in this mess.

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    If someone is a Principal / CTO / VP Eng / Director / Area Tech Lead / Member of the Technical Staff / CEO, etc,... trust me, they have absolutely no problem declining unwanted meeting requests. Happens every day. So a yes is a real yes! They want to talk to you! 🤗

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