Humans Of Figurer Systems: Goku
Programming
How did y'all larn to program?
In college
Tell us most the most interesting/significant slice of code y'all wrote.
contributed to zfs, oracle file systems (writeback, journal, snapshot compaction)
Who did y'all larn most from most calculator systems?
books, internet, architects
Who is the greatest programmer y'all met, together with what is impressive most them?
Brian bendelorf (ZFS on Linux) maintainer, Matt Ahrens
What is the best code y'all stimulate got seen?
zfs, tintri file systems, yugabytedb, linux kernel
What create y'all believe are the most of import skills to move successful inward your field?
understanding the fundamentals, non giving up, earthworks deep
What lineament or powerfulness create y'all value most inward a calculator systems person?
- Ability to debug code which others stimulate got written, mainly to the betoken that the RCA (root travail analysis) is right together with non superficial
- Ability to write construct clean decent blueprint code at speed
- Simplicity inward the consummate procedure of systems software development
- Adding meaningful debugging materials to RCA plain issues
Personal
Which of your work/code/accomplishments are y'all most proud of?
- zfs snapshot automounting
- Tintri file organization (fixing client issues)
- RCAing together with fixing the most complex issues, most of which were to a greater extent than than a decade quondam too
What comes to y'all slowly that others uncovering hard? What are your superpowers?
- Debugging complex systems code
- Generalising, simplifying systems concepts
- Clarity of what needs to move done
- Coming upward alongside novel ideas
- Not giving up
What was a approving inward disguise for you? What seemed similar a failure at the fourth dimension but led to something improve after for you?
Initially I struggled a lot alongside debugging complex issues. I never exercise to RCA issues completely correctly. More similar yeah this powerfulness move the final result but never was genuinely certain most it.
But alongside never giving upward together with ever curious most trying to know what happened. It all roughshod inward house well. These days I am able to RCA many issues really quickly, sometimes complex ones inward a twenty-four hr menstruum also. Which takes other months to RCA.
So, immediately I experience all that initial problem was but worth it together with all those failures stimulate got improved me a lot.
What create y'all experience most grateful for?
Being inward the line (systems) which I am really passionate about. Basically earning my breadstuff from what I similar to do.
What does your perfect twenty-four hr menstruum hold back like?
Work on the characteristic (design discussions, code reviewers, write code, RCA issues, meetings)
Work on client issues (sometimes)
What made y'all most happy inward the final year?
RCA of critical issues (fsck, linux inode corruption)
Working on file organization feature(can't cite much)
Joining distributed systems reading group
Being on twitter reading blogs, tweets of folks inward my line
Work
What was your biggest mess up? What was the aftermath?
Very initial inward the career, was assigned some run inward zfs, for that I took an extra concur together with the code was checked in. Later nosotros started to catch commands existence hung, unmount existence hung, alone to RCA it, it took ii months together with it was a regression of my modify together with my companies CTO had RCAed it.
That twenty-four hr menstruum I learned y'all cannot write code based on assumptions. Though having said that, production degree systems code are therefore complex, that fifty-fifty if nosotros desire to brand no assumptions, nosotros even therefore halt of making some alone to after figure out that nosotros stimulate got introduced a regression. The attempt inward this direction would move to recall through a lot together with rethink over again for revalidating the code therefore that most of the issues are caught during writing code together with self review together with examination the code using all the available testing infra.
What was your most interesting/surprising or disappointing interaction at work?
Surprising : Most of the times I pick upward tough run together with I ever think, volition I move able to describe it of. But I ever do, though it ever is a crude oil ride, but the satisfaction of getting it done is immense.
Interesting : I was working for a startup together with writing server storage code, which was needed to integrate alongside high availability (ha) library. I wrote the integration inward a twenty-four hr menstruum together with it was non working. So, I started root causing the issues, alone to notice that all the issues were of halib together with asked the halib developer what to do. He said y'all are welcome inward fixing them. So I fixed all the issues inward that twenty-four hr menstruum itself together with the integration was successful together with it was working smoothly. What I learnt from this was, halib developer had a large heart, inward acknowledging the issues together with had an fifty-fifty bigger middle to allow me to ready all those issues. So essentially software evolution is all most squad work. If y'all stimulate got keen squad members, doing whatsoever run is ever a pleasure
Disappointing : Management proverb focus on lineament inward all all-hands together with when though existence a developer, I came upward alongside the innovative thought of incorporating novel testing ideas together with establish many corruption issues was completely ignored.
What create y'all similar most most your job/profession?
Systems software development.
Reading enquiry papers.
Interacting alongside other technical folks.
Attending conferences, meetups
What create y'all dislike most most your job/profession?
Politics affecting increment of skillful engineers.
Management proverb something is of import but that genuinely was but for proverb purpose, they genuinely never meant it.
What would move the unmarried modify that would improve your run surroundings most?
Management existence to a greater extent than objective inward increment of engineers.
Technical
What create y'all recall are the hardest questions inward your field?
Production degree stable code. All other materials are also really challenging, but stability is something which fifty-fifty after years of evolution is really difficult to achieve.
What are y'all most disappointed most the state-of-the-art inward your field?
Novelty of ideas (mostly though existence called different, are internally the same stuff)
What is your favorite calculator systems paper? Why?
Not ane but many inward the areas of,
corruption handling, recovery
consensus (though non read many)
file systems
Story
I was working on a file organization for a client for iii months, but got the noesis transfer. There was a client final result together with I was told to hold back into. All the file organization engineers had left the companionship (since companionship was bankrupt together with some other companionship bought it)
When I spoke alongside the client he was really angry since back upward was non able to convey the box upward together with at that topographic point was 1 calendar month of downtime together with this had escalated a lot.
I existence novel to this file organization internally was non certain what is going to happen.
But I assured him, that give me ii days together with I volition come upward up alongside the solution. He was similar nosotros stimulate got wasted plenty fourth dimension already. Somehow I pacified him together with he was ok alongside ii days.
I started going through the final result parcel to figure out what it was, alone to my surprise this is some final result striking inward clones advertisement code path, which I am non fifty-fifty familiar. Digging to a greater extent than through it, I got to know that no means I am going to RCA together with ready this final result inward ii days.
Then I started looking at, fifty-fifty without fixing the final result tin nosotros convey client machine dorsum online. So luckily at that topographic point was a tunable to disable it.
Thats when I spoke alongside the back upward squad to adjust a telephone phone alongside the customer. Accessed the box changed the tunable to disable the characteristic together with voila the box was upward :)
So I thought that the client would move happy now, but he was non :) He said this all is ok, but this is non the fix, whats the ready together with when tin I acquire it.
That fourth dimension I had to say him that, the final result is existence actively worked on together with till immediately since 6-7 years of production deployments nosotros stimulate got never seen this issue, therefore this final result is every bit novel to us every bit it is to you. So, nosotros volition RCA together with ready the final result asap inward the upcoming releases together with nosotros volition non but throw it away. This reasoning resonated good alongside him.
So learnings were,
- Be confident that y'all volition solve the occupation fifty-fifty if y'all know its your root fourth dimension inward this product. If nosotros ourselves are non confident, customers together with therefore tend to panic
- If solving occupation takes time, attempt to give what client needs, inward this example no downtime.
- After going through all the hardwork, attempt to say the truth to customers, they create empathise that y'all are humans every bit good together with volition appreciate your run if y'all stimulate got genuinely worked difficult to solve their issue
I got an appreciation throughout the companionship for this issue.
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