Brennan NeohDo we need CrowdStrike Falcon?It has been over a week since an update to CrowdStrike Falcon brought down many Windows server, causing a global outage that affected…Jul 28Jul 28
Brennan NeohUsing Occam’s Razor in AWS Lambda DesignIn my past life, I used to code on the Ruby on Rails (RoR) stack. RoR implementations tend to be monolithic, which in itself is a different…Jun 1Jun 1
Brennan NeohReplacement, or Augmentation?When having a conversation about any technologies in general, a question that tends to surface is: will said technology replace us, or…May 25May 25
Brennan NeohThinking in FrameworksBeing someone who tends to be easily distracted, I found that thinking in frameworks help. The most recent one I have adopted is Cynefin —…May 19May 19
Brennan NeohThe Homelab PushbackThe recent rise of homelabs is indicative of the IT landscape’s centralisation and decentralisation cycle. I think homelab is one of the…May 18May 18
Brennan NeohYour IT Problem isn’t UniqueI think organisations have a tendency to think that the problems they face are unique to them, and thus need a specially tailored IT…May 12May 12
Brennan NeohBeware of the Security TheaterWhat irks me about how the state of security in enterprise IT systems isn’t so much of what measures are implemented, but of why we…May 4May 4
Brennan NeohAWS Lambda: The Little Engine that CouldI think serverless solutions like AWS Lambda functions and Fargate containers has allowed for faster development turnaround time. In the…Apr 27Apr 27
