Brandon Weaver

@baweaver.bsky.social

Senior Staff Eng at Amazon / One Medical, Ruby Central board member, Neurodivergence Advocate. Autistic / ADHD / Depression, He / Him. I'm the Lemur guy. Living and working somewhere about SF, writing on baweaver.com

Last day today, and a lot of work done. From the initial launch of HealthScribe to the infra underpinning HealthAI, Zocdoc, and multiple other VP+ level goals it's been quite a ride. I'll be starting a new role on the 11th, and it is indeed a Ruby shop, albeit one that uses a decent amount of Go.

Brandon Weaver@baweaver.bsky.social · 5d ago

Monday is my last day at Amazon. It's been a wild ride, I've learned a ton and grown a lot in my career, made a lot of amazing connections, but it's always hard to say goodbye. I'm grateful for all the folks who I've worked with, and I'm leaving on a high note.

Monday is my last day at Amazon. It's been a wild ride, I've learned a ton and grown a lot in my career, made a lot of amazing connections, but it's always hard to say goodbye. I'm grateful for all the folks who I've worked with, and I'm leaving on a high note.

Might write a post on my dev setup later. Been a while. Also made a portable setup repo for provisioning new laptops for... reasons, probably coincidentally related to the Go posts and writing spree.

I have never cared for "debate" in online spaces because it has always felt _off_. It took me a long time to understand why. The problem isn't disagreement. It's that much of what we call "debate" isn't debate at all.

I have never cared for "debate" in online spaces because it has always felt _off_. It took me a long time to understand why. The problem isn't disagreement. It's that much of what we call "debate" isn't debate at all.

As technologists we must remember tech serves customers, and forgetting that leads to bad incentives. The customer doesn't care if you're using Ruby or RPG if they can't complete a purchase, remember what were building for.

The sheer number of observability and related docs, books, conf talks, and articles I'm pulling together for the next Ozymandias article.... Cartography of a Ruin will cover one of my strongest opinions: You cannot "fix" what you cannot measure and prove.

Shelley wrote about a king whose monument outlived everything it was built on. I've spent 15 years inside Rails monoliths that did the same thing. This is the first post about what to do when you're standing in the ruins. baweaver.com/writing/2026...

Ozymandias on Rails. The Pedestal Inscription

Every successful Rails monolith becomes a ruin if it survives long enough. This post is about why, and what a recovery looks like from the inside.

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