It was a rare display of truly industrial strength chutzpah. Cheek of such force it’s breathtaking. A kind of work of art. I don’t often publish multiple projects within days of each other, but it just happened that the MEAP… Continue Reading
Among my many sins these past few months, I’ve been quietly working away on a new book for Manning meant to introduce folks to the wonders of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform. Amazon has made it possible… Continue Reading
Who knew that ignoring the status of your inodes could bring down your Linux server? I can’t say the possibility crossed my mind all that often. Until, that is, ignoring the status of my inodes actually brought down my server.… Continue Reading
I spend a very large portion of my professional workday reading through technology documentation. Perhaps “reading through” isn’t quite the right way to describe it. At this point, it’s more like quickly scanning menus, FAQs, and paragraph headings for clues to… Continue Reading
I can’t prove this, but I suspect that most IT and developer types tend to work under pressure. Those folks are either in the middle of a big project with a looming deadline (or a recent catastrophic crash), or they’re… Continue Reading
Who saw that one coming? Last week’s announcement from Microsoft that Windows 10 is now able to run the Linux Bash interpreter shell natively within a virtualized image of Ubuntu was certainly a shocker. This, after all, is the same… Continue Reading
You think you’ve got a lot to read for your work? A client who’s been having latency trouble with their e-commerce server sent me a database log file yesterday that contained more than 1.3 million lines of text. Now as… Continue Reading
The quickest way to learn some unfamiliar software technology is to dive right in and try it out. There will always be plenty of time to read the “Getting Started” page later. But since installing new software usually involves messing… Continue Reading
How can you know that you’re doing something the best way if you haven’t even seen all the best tools available on the market? When it comes to “citizen developers,” the how, why, and what are obvious: it’s the when… Continue Reading
You’re really motivated this time. No, pumped is a better word. And you’re absolutely ready to invest some significant time and energy into reaching your learning goals. There are all kinds of reasons why you just have to master “that”… Continue Reading