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Mike Brennan

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15-year DevOps veteran and Kubernetes contributor who has seen infrastructure evolve from bare metal to serverless. Mike brings battle-tested wisdom from scaling systems at three Fortune 500 companies.

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Articles by Mike Brennan

We Had a 47,000-Line Class Called TransactionManager. It Did Everything, Including Printer Config.
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We Had a 47,000-Line Class Called TransactionManager. It Did Everything, Including Printer Config.

A 47,000-line class that handled payments AND printer config. 7 real code patterns I've seen nearly sink companies—and how to spot them before they detonate.

MBMike BrennanNovember 7, 202511 min read
I've Negotiated 12 Staff Engineer Offers. Here's What Actually Moves the Numbers.
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I've Negotiated 12 Staff Engineer Offers. Here's What Actually Moves the Numbers.

Real transcripts and email templates from 12 staff engineer negotiations. The tactics that work at senior level will hurt you here—here's what actually works.

MBMike BrennanMay 9, 202510 min read
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