Ash PowellLife Lessons from the Ambulance: How Emergency Medicine Shaped My Approach to ITThe fast-paced world of emergency medicine is a crucible where life lessons are learned in the most intense environments. Every call, every…2 min read·Oct 9, 2023----
Ash PowellPreparation is Key: A Peek into My Pre-Shift Rituals in Medicine and ITIn every profession, preparation is the stepping stone to success. The rituals one adopts before plunging into the day’s tasks set the tone…2 min read·Oct 2, 2023----
Ash PowellThe Lifelong Journey of Learning: CPD in Medicine and ITImagine standing at the foot of an ever-growing mountain, its peak lost amidst the clouds. This mountain symbolises the vast body of…2 min read·Sep 25, 2023----
Ash PowellUnified Command: Synchronised Communication in Medicine and ITAs sunlight breaks over a festival ground, the sight is serene. The previous night’s revelry has ended, and all is quiet. But behind the…3 min read·Sep 18, 2023----
Ash PowellFrom Medical Emergency to IT Outage: My Evolution in Crisis ManagementThere's an instinctual rush of adrenaline in the heart-pounding moments following an alert that a critical IT system is down. This…2 min read·Sep 11, 2023----
Ash PowellBalancing Proactive and Reactive Tasks as an SREFinding Equilibrium in Site Reliability: The Dance Between Preparation and Response4 min read·Sep 6, 2023----
Ash PowellMy thoughts on… DatadogAs the conversation has lately headed in this direction, I wanted to share my thoughts on one of the more popular SaaS monitoring tools…2 min read·May 16, 2023----
Ash PowellIs the role of an SRE team becoming overloaded with other responsibilities?Fundamentally, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) helps keep systems reliable. SRE paves the way for developers and operations teams to…4 min read·Aug 7, 2022----
Ash PowellWhy do you need both Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps?Different methodologies are used in application development. By adopting good methodologies, you are assured of reliable and scalable…2 min read·Feb 14, 2022----
Ash PowellinGlasswall EngineeringThe Power of Data-Driven DecisionsIt seems that lately a lot of organisations don’t understand if their data is a good thing or a bad thing, those that do simply just don’t…5 min read·Dec 21, 2020----