Mosquito Chronicles

Tales from Site Reliability Engineering

The hottest Substack posts of Mosquito Chronicles

And their main takeaways

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491 implied HN points • 19 Nov 22

Mosquito Capital will feature 'Mosquito Chronicles: Tales from Site Reliability Engineering.'
You can subscribe to Mosquito Capital at mosquitocapital.substack.com.
The official launch date for Mosquito Capital is Nov 19, 2022.

[Subscriber Update] Upcoming Posts

393 implied HN points • 06 Dec 22

The author is working on a 4-part series of posts about Twitter.
The posts will cover threats to Twitter, predictions about its future, and its place in the tech ecosystem.
The author is learning a lot from writing and is excited about the project.

Bluesky Is Not Ready

137 implied HN points • 02 May 23

🕹 Technology Social media Tech development Privacy Community

Bluesky, the decentralized social network, is not fully ready for competition with Twitter.
Bluesky is lacking core features like DMs, public protocol, and app features.
Issues to address include content moderation, performance, usability, and community expansion.

The Mystery Blips

170 HN points • 19 Nov 22

SRO oncall responsibilities at Facebook were extremely stressful.
Chasing down unexplained blips in a complex system can be insightful.
A spike in site metrics can be related to real-world events, like a soccer game.

Government Data Requests On Twitter

117 implied HN points • 29 Apr 23

🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Social media Free speech Transparency Human Rights

Twitter is complying with a higher percentage of government data requests since the acquisition.
Twitter has not denied any requests since the takeover.
The company has stopped reporting to the Lumen database, raising concerns about transparency.

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Following up on predictions, one year later

19 implied HN points • 15 Nov 23

🕹 Technology Social media

Author reflects on predictions made one year ago.
Discussion involves guesses about changes on Twitter.
Readers can access a follow-up thread to see the outcomes.

Spoke At SCALE, And Made Something Neat

39 implied HN points • 21 Mar 23

🕹 Technology AI Software Development Messaging CLI API

Talked about threats and complexity at SCALE
Highlighted the impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on engineering work
Created a command line interface tool for interacting with LLMs

Twitter Blue Thread: Newsletter Edition

4 HN points • 25 Apr 23

🕹 Technology Social media Product Development User Experience Regulation Competition

Making large changes to social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook requires caution due to the complexity of the systems and the potential unintended consequences.
Even small technical changes can have big impacts on user experience and site performance.
User retention and engagement on social media platforms can be heavily influenced by subtle design elements and cultural dynamics.