Number systems primer – all you need to know
posted on Friday April 2nd 2021in DevOpsPermalink
Binary, heximal, decimal – you have it all.
posted on Friday April 2nd 2021in DevOpsPermalink
Binary, heximal, decimal – you have it all.
posted on Monday December 21st 2020in BackendDevOpsManagementPermalink
Everything starts with a good plan.
posted on Thursday December 3rd 2020in DevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
yay! More infrastructure options!
posted on Tuesday December 1st 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
There is truly power in that shell!
posted on Thursday November 26th 2020in DevOpsHardwareInfrastructurePermalink
Start with a heartbeat! Cool little project to get a Raspberry Pi home cluster up and running.
posted on Thursday November 19th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
Set goals. Track metrics. Execute!
posted on Wednesday November 18th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
GitHub Actions is really taking off ?
posted on Tuesday November 17th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
It really is. Here is a short guide how to mount disk images in it.
posted on Monday November 16th 2020in DevOpsInfrastructureManagementPermalink
This article really gets you around all the definitions and details.
posted on Tuesday November 10th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
This is a very comprehensive article.
posted on Friday October 30th 2020in DevOpsHistoryPermalink
This is a fascinating story about the operating system that runs space missions.
posted on Thursday October 29th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
A small guide to get you started and get you secure.
posted on Tuesday October 27th 2020in BackendDev ToolsDevOpsWeb DevelopmentPermalink
The dynamic duo! Read about why it is so awesome!
posted on Sunday October 25th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
I like the built in ability to monitor in K8s environments.
posted on Sunday October 25th 2020in BackendDevOpsInfrastructureSecurityPermalink
This is a scary list for anyone running a service marketed on realiability.
posted on Friday October 23rd 2020in BackendDevOpsWeb DevelopmentPermalink
Step one: Know you have a problem!
This guide helps you identify scaling issues with your hosting solution.
posted on Friday October 16th 2020in DatabaseDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
A proxy can really save the day.
posted on Thursday October 15th 2020in DevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
Short and sweet – how to get the version of kernel eg. in Linux.
posted on Thursday October 15th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
Different protocols have different data usage – this is an interresting discussion.
posted on Thursday October 15th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
It is a valid point – log files are not good for lookup.
posted on Wednesday October 14th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
Even though it sound a bit generic it is awesome and deservces the second mention.
posted on Tuesday October 13th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
Automatical!
Fantastical!
posted on Tuesday October 13th 2020in DevOpsHardwareInfrastructurePermalink
Maybe it shouldn’t be “all or nothing”… Serverless has it’s place, as well as beefy racks of metal!
posted on Saturday October 10th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsSecurityPermalink
Just don’t keep your secrets in your repository. Period.
posted on Wednesday October 7th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
DO has a new App platform – looks very much like Heroku eg. – it is nice!
posted on Tuesday October 6th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
Once again Scott Hanselman absolutely nails the 101!
posted on Saturday October 3rd 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
I needed this!
posted on Saturday October 3rd 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
We should get to know our new friends.
posted on Saturday October 3rd 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
Neat trick.
posted on Thursday October 1st 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsFrontendWeb DevelopmentPermalink
Cool. Cool cool cool.
posted on Monday September 28th 2020in DevOpsGamesInfrastructurePermalink
The only problem running a Minecraft Server on the Raspberry Pi – or any undersized hardware like that is that you loose ticks.
This leads to very odd behavior in game – especially with a few people in the world.
Overclocking the RasPi4 seems…. Unsafe…
posted on Saturday August 22nd 2020in BackendDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
This is a great story about a performance driven rewrite.
Anyone with a little interrest in software architecture and/or software performance should read this.
posted on Friday August 14th 2020in BackendDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
This is a fantastic tale on how to manage your resources when scaling. A very good read.
posted on Monday August 10th 2020in BackendDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
A nice article on how to deconstruct your monolith and end up with microservices.
posted on Tuesday August 4th 2020in BackendDatabaseDevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
This is some quick and easy tricks to tune your MySQL running on Linux.
posted on Sunday July 26th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
I still love Netlify a lot!
This site runs on Netlify!
Plugins have a lot of usecases – this article gives a small look into the world of Netlify build plugins.
posted on Tuesday July 21st 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This small tutorial shows you how to install PHP on Ubuntu.
posted on Saturday July 18th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
Here is a short article on the history and reasoning behind both the love and hate towards systemd.
posted on Wednesday July 15th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This is applicable in other languages as well.
posted on Saturday July 11th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This looks like a fantastic tool!
posted on Monday July 6th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This seems like an awesome tool!
It’s just Bash!
posted on Friday June 26th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
Neat tricks. Valid points. Go do.
posted on Friday June 12th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This article has a few tips on how to (and also important: how not to) write your commit messages.
It’s a bit like coding conventions but for description of code changes.
posted on Monday May 25th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
After reading this I might consider using systemd timers instead of cron.
But cron is everywhere though…
posted on Thursday May 21st 2020in DevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
Containers often contain the overhead of having a full kernel inside them.
That isn’t even remotely needed – read how in the article.
posted on Monday May 18th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This is an interresting study!
The reason isn’t that shocking though – we defer updates because our work isn’t to update.
This also explains why the IT dep. is very focused on updating! ?
posted on Sunday May 3rd 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This article (by the fantastic Scott Hanselman) shows how you can set your Windows 10 machine up as an OpenSSH Server.
Simple and to-the-point!
posted on Sunday April 19th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This tale is a good one – moving from AWS to Heroku, considering the other cloud options like Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
I really like PaaS – the thought of deploying code and ending up with upgraded infrastructure is very nice!
It’s been a year or so since I have run anything on Heroku myself – but it might be time soon.
posted on Sunday April 19th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
A short nice tutorial on how to backup your WordPress-site!
Half the internet is powered by WordPress – please do your backups ??
posted on Monday April 13th 2020in Dev ToolsDevOpsPermalink
It is a good move – access tokes are clearly the way forward!
posted on Monday April 13th 2020in DevOpsInfrastructurePermalink
It is a very important note that the formats – used for configuration etc. – is actually programming languages in their own rights.
Please be careful.
posted on Sunday April 12th 2020in DevOpsHardwarePermalink
This is really bad.
The hardware stack is full of software ?
This still shouldn’t happen. Really not.
posted on Monday April 6th 2020in BackendDatabaseDevOpsFrontendPermalink
This is the most comprehensive list of checklists I have seen to date ??
posted on Monday April 6th 2020in BackendDevOpsPermalink
A nice short introduction to logging in Go.
I can’t recommend logrus enough. It is a really nice package.
posted on Monday April 6th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
This is an awesome checklist ??
posted on Monday April 6th 2020in DevOpsInfrastructureManagementPermalink
Zoom is getting a lot of tracktion these days with everyone in the world being cut off from going to their offices etc. ?????
With all that attention comes some skillful eyes ? looking into almost every aspect of their business and most importantly their software.
I’m not a security expert – but in my humble opinion there must be a fire ? somewhere with all this smoke! Zoom has some security issues! ?
posted on Sunday March 15th 2020in DevOpsPermalink
A new major update to Windows is imminent!
Personally I am looking forward to WSL2, the new Notepad and the new Task Manager!
Sometimes major updates are small like this – and that is fine!