Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)
@lizthegrey.com
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I was pretty skeptical about AI in observability. but 277 teams have run nearly 4,500 investigations with @honeycomb.io's Canvas since our beta, and it's actually... good?
What convinced me: I've been at Honeycomb almost 7 years and Canvas has taught me things about our own systems I didn't know.
What convinced me: I've been at Honeycomb almost 7 years and Canvas has taught me things about our own systems I didn't know.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I was pretty skeptical about AI in observability. but 277 teams have run nearly 4,500 investigations with @honeycomb.io's Canvas since our beta, and it's actually... good?
What convinced me: I've been at Honeycomb almost 7 years and Canvas has taught me things about our own systems I didn't know.
What convinced me: I've been at Honeycomb almost 7 years and Canvas has taught me things about our own systems I didn't know.
By popular demand
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
By popular demand
I took one of Nova's carabiners up to this beautiful volcanic crater lake (Onami-iki) in the Kirishima volcanic mountain range. I think she'd have really enjoyed the view.
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I took one of Nova's carabiners up to this beautiful volcanic crater lake (Onami-iki) in the Kirishima volcanic mountain range. I think she'd have really enjoyed the view.
FDA on one hand: estradiol is incredibly dangerous! transfeminine people should not be allowed to have it!
vs FDA on other hand:
vs FDA on other hand:
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
FDA on one hand: estradiol is incredibly dangerous! transfeminine people should not be allowed to have it!
vs FDA on other hand:
vs FDA on other hand:
Definitely a functioning country.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Definitely a functioning country.
Back from a lovely vacation to Japan with @binaryvixen899.bsky.social! We walked around one volcano and drove around another :)
then we did the most absurd return back to the PNW, Kagoshima to Tokyo via Shinkansen, Tokyo to Hong Kong via air, and then Hong Kong to Vancouver. North/south/north, haha
then we did the most absurd return back to the PNW, Kagoshima to Tokyo via Shinkansen, Tokyo to Hong Kong via air, and then Hong Kong to Vancouver. North/south/north, haha
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Back from a lovely vacation to Japan with @binaryvixen899.bsky.social! We walked around one volcano and drove around another :)
then we did the most absurd return back to the PNW, Kagoshima to Tokyo via Shinkansen, Tokyo to Hong Kong via air, and then Hong Kong to Vancouver. North/south/north, haha
then we did the most absurd return back to the PNW, Kagoshima to Tokyo via Shinkansen, Tokyo to Hong Kong via air, and then Hong Kong to Vancouver. North/south/north, haha
In that vein: keynoted o11ycon.jp on Monday and my protections held.
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In that vein: keynoted o11ycon.jp on Monday and my protections held.
Oh no, it's come for me.
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Oh no, it's come for me.
I've become a Senior Member of the Australian Computer Society!
I've thought for quite some time that it's important for technologists to be members of professional societies with ethical codes; wearing the MIT brass rat only works to a degree (pun intended) for professional norms and ethics.
I've thought for quite some time that it's important for technologists to be members of professional societies with ethical codes; wearing the MIT brass rat only works to a degree (pun intended) for professional norms and ethics.
![[headshot of liz with Certified Professional crest over right hand corner]
Ms Zhen Elizabeth Fong-Jones MACS SNR CP
New South Wales
Liz is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with over two decades of experience. She is currently the Field CTO at Honeycomb, and previously was an SRE at Google Cloud.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i4tfenpfog244rxry5uz4vtk/bafkreiesr3sxkznfl52touatwrmm4c3bocfpxgfefeecuezitatjm5jkfa@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I've become a Senior Member of the Australian Computer Society!
I've thought for quite some time that it's important for technologists to be members of professional societies with ethical codes; wearing the MIT brass rat only works to a degree (pun intended) for professional norms and ethics.
I've thought for quite some time that it's important for technologists to be members of professional societies with ethical codes; wearing the MIT brass rat only works to a degree (pun intended) for professional norms and ethics.
okay I've had enough of seeing Nazi emblems in my feed. we don't need to keep shoving them in peoples' faces the same way we don't fucking repost shit with swastikas.
we can talk about a thing without platforming it, but apparently we've all forgotten how to do that.
we can talk about a thing without platforming it, but apparently we've all forgotten how to do that.
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
okay I've had enough of seeing Nazi emblems in my feed. we don't need to keep shoving them in peoples' faces the same way we don't fucking repost shit with swastikas.
we can talk about a thing without platforming it, but apparently we've all forgotten how to do that.
we can talk about a thing without platforming it, but apparently we've all forgotten how to do that.
Here's what BA First on a 777-300ER looks like though - very low passenger density, good HEPA filtration, and thorough air circulation. 1000 typical, with small spikes up to 1200, which is perfectly fine for an airplane and in my opinion does not require wearing a mask under those circumstances.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Here's what BA First on a 777-300ER looks like though - very low passenger density, good HEPA filtration, and thorough air circulation. 1000 typical, with small spikes up to 1200, which is perfectly fine for an airplane and in my opinion does not require wearing a mask under those circumstances.
Someone really needs to fix the ventilation at CodeNode in London :/
I usually present without a mask when the HVAC situation allows (<850 ppm CO2), but this was the singular worst venue I've ever spoken at, with readings as high as 1800 ppm CO2 under full occupancy and 1000+ under half occupancy.
I usually present without a mask when the HVAC situation allows (<850 ppm CO2), but this was the singular worst venue I've ever spoken at, with readings as high as 1800 ppm CO2 under full occupancy and 1000+ under half occupancy.
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Someone really needs to fix the ventilation at CodeNode in London :/
I usually present without a mask when the HVAC situation allows (<850 ppm CO2), but this was the singular worst venue I've ever spoken at, with readings as high as 1800 ppm CO2 under full occupancy and 1000+ under half occupancy.
I usually present without a mask when the HVAC situation allows (<850 ppm CO2), but this was the singular worst venue I've ever spoken at, with readings as high as 1800 ppm CO2 under full occupancy and 1000+ under half occupancy.
I lied slightly. One "issue": the BA staff were waiting for me at the boarding gate, and pulled me out of the queue. "Ms. Fong? Please come this way."
And then they handed me a new boarding pass, for BA First. I was surprised and delighted. 772 -> 77W so they treated the top 8 elites on the flight.
And then they handed me a new boarding pass, for BA First. I was surprised and delighted. 772 -> 77W so they treated the top 8 elites on the flight.
October 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I lied slightly. One "issue": the BA staff were waiting for me at the boarding gate, and pulled me out of the queue. "Ms. Fong? Please come this way."
And then they handed me a new boarding pass, for BA First. I was surprised and delighted. 772 -> 77W so they treated the top 8 elites on the flight.
And then they handed me a new boarding pass, for BA First. I was surprised and delighted. 772 -> 77W so they treated the top 8 elites on the flight.
I don't think they'll be letting this airframe anywhere near US airspace... (both because it's not ETOPS and also because of its registration number)
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't think they'll be letting this airframe anywhere near US airspace... (both because it's not ETOPS and also because of its registration number)
Snow leopards pleased.
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Snow leopards pleased.
I am pleased to report that I did not catch COVID from #SREcon. One of the best big conference venues I've been in, CO2 levels stayed under 650 in the main keynote rooms and below 800 in even the low ceilinged rooms and expo hall!
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I am pleased to report that I did not catch COVID from #SREcon. One of the best big conference venues I've been in, CO2 levels stayed under 650 in the main keynote rooms and below 800 in even the low ceilinged rooms and expo hall!
Not the worst survival/rewrite rate in the world...
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Not the worst survival/rewrite rate in the world...
Slides for my #SREcon talk on Fast, Reproducible Builds with Docker Bake: drive.google.com/file/d/1g-H6...
Fun fact, 42% of our codebase (by LOC) was written this year, and we're only 9 months in! And yes, we're doing 2x builds & merges per week with only 50% more devs, thanks, AI & fast builds!
Fun fact, 42% of our codebase (by LOC) was written this year, and we're only 9 months in! And yes, we're doing 2x builds & merges per week with only 50% more devs, thanks, AI & fast builds!
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Slides for my #SREcon talk on Fast, Reproducible Builds with Docker Bake: drive.google.com/file/d/1g-H6...
Fun fact, 42% of our codebase (by LOC) was written this year, and we're only 9 months in! And yes, we're doing 2x builds & merges per week with only 50% more devs, thanks, AI & fast builds!
Fun fact, 42% of our codebase (by LOC) was written this year, and we're only 9 months in! And yes, we're doing 2x builds & merges per week with only 50% more devs, thanks, AI & fast builds!
also now that I'm consuming their bandwidth:
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
also now that I'm consuming their bandwidth:
The problem might be here? It seems like blacksky.community still has forced-on some of the bluesky moderators/labellers.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The problem might be here? It seems like blacksky.community still has forced-on some of the bluesky moderators/labellers.
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![Photo showing a gold nameplate reading "Michael P. Ben'Ary" mounted on a textured beige wall, above a printed letter on white paper. The letter is dated October 3, 2025, and reads:
"To my EDVA colleagues:
You may have heard that Wednesday was my last day after nearly 20 years of serving as a career employee at the Justice Department. This news may have come as a surprise to you, as it did to me when I received a letter stating that I had been terminated immediately, without cause. It appears that my termination was based on little more than a single social media post containing false information.
I am disappointed to leave behind a national security and public safety mission that I truly believed in. I am even more disappointed to see what has happened to this office and the Department of Justice in just a few short months. The decisions to remove experienced career officials from US Attorneys Offices, the FBI, and other critical parts of DOJ undermines our country's ability to counter terrorist organizations, malign nation-state actors, and countless others that seek to harm our nation and its citizens.
I am proud of the work I have done on behalf of the American people. I am humbled to have assisted the victims of crime and their families in ensuring that the criminal justice system provided closure. I am troubled that I was removed so abruptly in the middle of important work, including the prosecution of Mohammad Sharifullah, the only person to face justice in the United States for the bombing at the Abbey Gate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. This prosecution was meant to bring justice to the 13 United States service members and scores of civilians killed and injured.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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It's still amazing how those things fly. It's a freaking skyscraper that can propel itself off of the ground!
QF11 en route to LAX from SYD
QF11 en route to LAX from SYD
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It's still amazing how those things fly. It's a freaking skyscraper that can propel itself off of the ground!
QF11 en route to LAX from SYD
QF11 en route to LAX from SYD
This could help you remember in future! It's helped me :)
And thanks.
And thanks.
September 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This could help you remember in future! It's helped me :)
And thanks.
And thanks.