SRE 123
Everyone is all on fire about SRE. But what is it really? It’s as easy as 1-2-3 if you boil it down to the basics.
Fixing Hugo Social Media Icons in Blackburn
The Blackburn theme for Hugo has a bug in how it shows social media icons. Here’s how to fix it.
Hello Ubuntu - Kinda
Debian not good for me on the desktop - back to Ubuntu, lost the snaps.
Raspberry Pi Zero W Fun
The Raspberry Pi Zero W is likely the basis of my next few projects.
Goodbye Ubuntu, Hello Debian my old friend
Ubuntu just went too far with the snap crap. Back to Debian!
Blast from the past - Linux Telephony API
A trip down memory lane: the first linux telephony drivers
Docs as Code
One of the core principles of modern “DevOps” development is to treat your documentation as code, just like code. My team at Cisco open sourced how we do that.
Terraform in AWS: use AMI Names not IDs - and is Terraform the right answer still?
In AWS the AMI ID for a particular VM image is unique to that region. But it’s name is consistent across AWS. When building infra-as-code (such as terraform) use the name, not the ID. And some musings on terraform. Is it still the right answer for infra-as-code?
Black Lives Matter
We all protest and effect change in our own ways. I choose mentorship, education, and work - because that’s what I can do best to make a difference.
[Catchup Post] Speaking at SphereIT in Krakow, October 2019
Link to posted video “CloudSphere: Impedance Matching Legacy Apps to Prometheus Monitoring by Greg Herlein & David Wang”