A technical guide on migrating from Azure VMs to VM Scale Sets, focusing on modifying a VSTS build pipeline to create a VM image for scalable API deployment.
A developer's experience running NixOS on a DigitalOcean VPS, detailing setup challenges, service configuration, and a unique approach to managing user homes.
A critique of past and present security tools, arguing for better collaboration between security and software engineers to create usable security.
Explains how feature flags help development teams release features safely and control their visibility, using the django-waffle library as an example.
A technical guide on creating a Hashicorp Vault authentication token with permissions only to seal the vault, including policy creation and token generation.
Explores using Alpine Linux to create significantly smaller Docker images compared to standard Debian-based ones.
Explores how Jupyter notebooks can be used for infrastructure tasks like system administration, DevOps, and cloud operations, blending documentation, code, and output.
Tips for being a track host or MC at a tech conference like DockerCon, based on the author's experience.
A developer shares personal git tips, branching strategies, and best practices for efficient version control workflows.
A reflection on career progression in IT, exploring options like staying technical, specializing, moving into management, or presales roles.
Explores the early design decisions of dotCloud, the PaaS company whose container engine evolved into Docker, and their lasting impact.
Argues that Shadow IT, often seen as a risk, can be a valuable incubator for digital transformation and agile practices within organizations.
A guide to using Cake build automation with C# to create a single, cross-platform DevOps pipeline for .NET Core projects on AppVeyor and Travis CI.
A PowerShell developer shares his 2017 New Year's resolutions focused on blogging, community involvement, and improving his open-source project.
A guide to using Docker Compose for orchestrating multi-container applications, covering setup, configuration, and best practices.
An introduction and tutorial for using the official Kubernetes Python client library, including installation and code examples.
A developer describes automating Docker image builds and pushes to Docker Hub for an open-source Node.js Docker management tool using CodeFresh.
IT professional Josh King shares his daily work habits, tools, and routines in a 'How I Work' style blog post.
A critique of modern software development, arguing that the rush to release features in the cloud leads to perpetually buggy and poorly documented products.
A guide to automating the deployment of Windows Services using VSTS (Azure DevOps) and PowerShell for continuous integration and delivery.
