Thomas Limoncelli

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Thomas Limoncelli

Former Senior Platform Engineer · Stack Overflow · verified 2026-09-01

Thomas Limoncelli is an internationally recognized author, speaker, system administrator, and DevOps advocate. He manages the SRE teams at Stack Overflow, Inc., and previously worked at Google, Bell Labs/Lucent, AT&T, and others. His books include Time Management for System Administrators (O’Reilly), The Practice of System and Network Administration (3rd edition), and The Practice of Cloud System Administration. In 2005, he received the USENIX SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award.

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8 in the library5 talksPublishing since 2016

In the library · 8

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2023

Guidance paperHow to Thrive (or Fail) in Building a Learning Culture

with Jeffrey Shupack, Harry Koehnemann & 2 others

2022

Guidance paperThe Role of a Platform

with Satya Addagarla, Josh Atwell & 5 others

2021

Guidance paperLow-Context DevOps

Ebook & PDF

2021

Guidance paperThe DevOps Enterprise Journal - Spring 2021

with Bryan Finster, Jonathan Smart & Eileen Uchitelle

2021

Guidance paperHow to Use GitOps

with Chris Hill, Dr. Gail Murphy & 2 others

2020

TalkSpoke at Las Vegas 2020 and London 2020

2 talks

2019

Guidance paperFull Stack Teams, Not Engineers

with Christian Posta, Cornelia Davis & Dominica Degrandis

2017

Guidance paperExpanding Pockets of Greatness

with Josh Atwell & Jeff Gallimore

2016

Guidance paperDevOps Case Studies

with Paula Thrasher