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John Allspaw

Engineering leader and author on web operations and resilience engineering; then SVP of Technical Operations at Etsy.

9 things

Sony MDR V600Hardware

loved

I love my Sony MDR V600 headphones.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

Logitech mouseHardware

loved

The Logitech mouse I've had in my bag since 1999, which feels like a comfortable hammer in my hand.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

tcpdumpSoftware

loved

The most powerful tools I wield continue to be: grep, awk, sed, tcpdump, and strace/ktrace/truss. Call me old, but they've never failed me and feel like comfortable and familiar tools.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

AwkSoftware

loved

The most powerful tools I wield continue to be: grep, awk, sed, tcpdump, and strace/ktrace/truss. Call me old, but they've never failed me and feel like comfortable and familiar tools.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

Ashgate Resilience Engineering seriesBook

liked

A dream setup for me is a 27" monitor (anything bigger is a pain for me), a well-designed chair, and an internet connection. The entire Ashgate Resilience Engineering series. Anything else is ancillary.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

EvernoteSoftware Evernote

uses

Things I use every day are: Evernote, Omnigraffle, vi, git, svn, ssh, Chef, Firefox, and Adium.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

ChefSoftware

uses

Things I use every day are: Evernote, Omnigraffle, vi, git, svn, ssh, Chef, Firefox, and Adium.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

Mesa Boogie MaverickOther

uses

A 1978 Ibanez Artist EQ, a Takamine ESN40C, an MXR distortion+, a Keeley Compressor, and a Mesa Boogie Maverick are my other tools. :)

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

NorthFace Surge backpackOther

uses

iPhone and iPad for traveling, and a NorthFace Surge backpack.

The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the command-line tools he uses on live production data.

2011-10-14·usesthis.com ↗

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