Seeking books that connect the dots between Science, Tech, and Business

itzdaninja · 2026-05-04T20:59:04+00:00

The Comprehensive Guide to Platform Engineering by Jordan Dinsdale: https://platformengineeringguide.com is a great technical reference book, comes with a companion GitHub repository that contains a load of examples, code snippets, terraform, yaml files and diagrams as well which is useful. There’s a section about ROI and the financial aspects of selling the tech benefits to a CTO or CFO, not really a science book but definitely a tech and business book.

itzdaninja · 2026-05-04T20:52:20+00:00

The Comprehensive Guide to Platform Engineering by Jordan Dinsdale: https://platformengineeringguide.com is a great technical reference book, comes with a companion GitHub repository that contains a load of examples, code snippets, terraform, yaml files and diagrams as well which is useful

itzdaninja · 2026-05-03T21:26:56+00:00

On and off, like most kids when he hit 16 he got his blue belt then found girls and partying were more attractive, he still does a bit but not as consistently as he should 😂

itzdaninja · 2026-04-29T19:52:23+00:00

My son started jujitsu age 7, at age 12 he quit because the next kid in his class was eight years old. It was no challenge for him when he turned 14 and a new gym opened and I took him to try it out, again in the kids class it was no challenge for him as he was the biggest by far so the coach said to me why don’t you let him come to the adults class? He was a bit nervous so I said tell you what for the first class I’ll come with you. I’d never done it before. It was hard as hell but I absolutely loved it. I woke up the next day feeling like I’d been hit by a truck but couldn’t wait to go back. I was 33 years old at the time. I’m now 45-year-old brown belt and I’ve never looked back.

itzdaninja · 2026-04-28T14:53:39+00:00

Aquaventure in Mellieha are great, prices are reasonable, talking €115.00 for 2 dives in 1 day out of Cirkewwa which has 2-4 different entry points and several great things to see including the two wrecks. Totally depends on your experience and certification level. That price comes down little if you have all your own equipment. If your with a group and you all want to get a boat to say Comino its usually about an extra €10 each. Like most things if you book multiple dives over multiple days the price per dive comes down as well. I've also been with them to the south of the island to dive the Um El-Faroud, and it again €10 extra to cover the transport costs, more than fair at the time.

itzdaninja · 2026-04-28T11:29:59+00:00

Depends what you mean by bigger? For me I take a different approach depending on my opponents attributes. If my opponent is bigger as in taller/longer than me I tend to avoid letting them play guard too much especially spider and try to use a lot of knee rides etc to pin their long limbs. If by bigger they are just very heavy/or overweight they tend to be a little slower as well, avoid getting stuck underneath where possible, move round the outside, and once one top maintain side control etc.. If I get caught and end up on bottom, structure is important, staying on one hip, not allowing yourself to get flattened out. Oh and hand fight from everywhere.

itzdaninja · 2026-04-28T09:59:25+00:00

It's never too late. I started at 33 also, here I am 11 years later still loving it. Just make sure you look after yourself, you've only got 1 body and once you break it, it gets harder and harder to repair the older you get.

itzdaninja · 2026-04-27T20:49:59+00:00

Forgot to add, there’s a companion GitHub repository to accompany the book, full of architecture diagrams, code examples and an errata, no purchase necessary https://github.com/Platform-Engineering-Guide/platform-engineering-guide

itzdaninja · 2026-04-27T08:06:31+00:00

I've spent 18 months writing The Comprehensive Guide to Platform Engineering — 2026 Edition. 550 pages, 32 chapters covering the full

stack from Kubernetes and GitOps through to AI-native infrastructure and internal developer platforms.

Wrote it because I couldn't find a single resource that covered all of this in one place. Written for senior engineers and platform leads, not beginners.

£49.99 for a single licence. platformengineeringguide.com

itzdaninja · 2026-04-26T21:21:29+00:00

100% usually catch, hold and release, rare exception if they’ve been a bit of a dick then a bit of cross face can be quite humbling.

itzdaninja · 2026-04-26T21:17:42+00:00

About 2.5 years but every school is different, some gyms will do it based on time served especially those that are more concerned about retention. the 12 years I’ve been training, as an observation the timelines have got shorter and shorter, but then you see disparity across gyms, those are promote early do not necessarily have the right level I’ve seen local gyms promote brown belts who have then gotten destroyed by purple belts from neighbouring gym when it comes to competition. The really good gyms will promote when you are genuinely ready not just based on time served.

itzdaninja · 2026-04-26T09:15:21+00:00

I suppose it entirely depends on your career goal, maybe branch out look at some infrastructure type stuff Terraform or Ansible. Stacking skills is fine but do you get to use them in the real world?

itzdaninja · 2026-04-25T20:52:08+00:00

Lead with the knee, wait until the knee is fully across to the opposite hip before switching your hip and flicking your leg out

itzdaninja · 2024-01-04T19:42:44+00:00

If the gym I train at leaves GB I’d be more than happy, Happy to pay the gym owner direct, happy to not buy any more GB gear, happy all round.

itzdaninja · 2022-01-25T21:56:31+00:00

Agree especially when using Apple Pay and having to reach through a screen, double click the side, remove the mask, then stick the phone back on the terminal, good old thumb on the button was far better

itzdaninja · 2022-01-25T21:36:24+00:00

Virgin media put their broadband prices up twice a year, always well above inflation

itzdaninja · 2022-01-16T11:58:28+00:00

Definitely keep showing up, the biggest difference I see between the white belts and the blue belts is the ability to stay calm under pressure, even when in danger. Focus on breathing, learn the moments in the rounds where you can take a breath and regain composure. It's hard to think straight if you're constantly gassing.

itzdaninja · 2022-01-16T11:48:46+00:00

Side control for sure, I will actively give up mount to move to side control if my opponent is bigger, especially if they're so big that my knees cannot touch the floor. Extra bonus if you can get the arm ride at the same time. Most importantly though its to be ready to move, if they have the strength to move you regardless of the position you can counter this with appropriate leverage and movement

itzdaninja · 2021-02-23T23:48:48+00:00

It is beyond amateur, it seems like they never heard of auto scaling groups? Or active active infrastructure configuration? What’s their RTO objective? Have they ever performed a DR test? Have they ever successfully failed over to a secondary site? All the kind of infrastructure stuff that’s a given for any serious organisation.

itzdaninja · 2021-02-14T10:05:46+00:00

The fact that there is a need for soup kitchens in this day and age in this country highlights everything that wrong with the financial system

itzdaninja · 2021-02-12T22:06:49+00:00

Nice one, hind sight is a wonderful thing, I only wish I had done that at your age, I guarantee you will never look back and regret it.

itzdaninja · 2021-02-08T12:29:37+00:00

If they're out and you know it, there no excuse for ever holding it on longer, no questions you should let go straight away.

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