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Cloudy DevOps - Part 1

What exactly is Cloudy DevOps? How do you go from classic data center Enterprise deployments to the cloud? Here’s some of what I’ve learned across a half-dozen teams who’ve done it.

Boards!

I’m building a robotics board that basically is a WiFi REST interface to a variety of I2C sensors - the I2C side uses an I2C switch driven by an ESP32. My first RBOT board arrived, but alas, I got schooled on surface mount part numbering.

Ubuntu Again!

From 1997 to 2010 I believed it was only a matter of time before Linux on the desktop became a reality. I gave up in 2010 and went to OSX. But we may finally be close! Here’s my notes on installing Linux Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell Inspiron 15 7000. It’s the easiest and happiest linux ever for me.