Wednesday Wisdom

About Wednesday Wisdom

This podcast comes down to me reading articles from my article series "Wednesday Wisdom" which is available on Substack at josvisser.substack.com.

Publisher

Jos Visser

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Nov 2024

Latest episode

1 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 82 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Know thyself

   Host Jo Visser explores how software engineers can better understand themselves to avoid mistakes, even with modern tools.

2. 

   24 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Security is not just a feeling

   Host Jo Visser argues that understanding computer fundamentals is crucial for effective cybersecurity roles, challenging the notion that technical skills are optional.

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   17 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How to start a remote SRE team

   Host [Host Name] interviews SRE expert [Guest Name] on building effective remote SRE teams and avoiding common pitfalls.

Inside a recent episode

Know thyself

Published 1 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Great self-knowledge, leading to a great decision. When doing something, anything, you have to be aware of who you are and what that means for what you're doing. I am not a great mechanic, so I should not fix the brakes of my motorcycle. The team I was in at the bank did not consist of great software engineers, so we should not develop an application that was based on a hyper-complicated data model. The system administrators of the Rotterdam Public Transport System were new to HP Unix, so they should not install and run an MC Service Guard cluster. Technical decisions must be grounded in a correct assessment of what the people responsible for execution are capable of. […]

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