• Fun with Git Aliases
  Oct 13, 2014
  Git is awesome! That goes without saying, but with aliases you can make it more awesome. These are some of the aliases I’m using to make my life with Git a little easier. Let’s first talk about aliases and what they are. The concept of...
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• Managing Chef with Codeship
  Sep 19, 2014
  I’m deeply passionate about Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment practices. I don’t consider a project to be “ready for production” until I have it building and deploying on its own. (this includes proper test coverage that can make sure the automation doesn’t push bunk code...
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• How I Broke Prod with Encrypted Data Bags
  Sep 5, 2014
  Chef has so many ways of working with data, some people call it "getting Chefed in the face". Well, I got "Chefed" in the ass last week with encrypted data bags...
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• My First Week Back in the Startup Life
  Sep 4, 2014
  Last week was my first week working in the small tech startup world again. If you read my last post, you know that I left my corporate cubicle job at a large and prominent web company for a job at a small tech startup...
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• 3 Ways Resigning is Like a Breakup
  Aug 27, 2014
  I recently decided to change jobs and move on to a startup after 6+ years at my job with a large (and prominent) web corporation. I’ve learned a ton in my time there but it seemed to be the right time for me to move...
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• Apple's Thunderbolt Display is Junk
  Aug 18, 2014
  My current work setup is a 15" MacBook Pro Retina connected to a 27" Apple Thunderbolt Retina display. I will start off by saying that the Thunderbolt display is a very pretty display and the colors are crisp and clean... when it works...
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• Proxy SSH Over SOCKS (the easy way)
  Aug 12, 2014
  Today I had a strange problem. I needed to work with an internal git repo behind a firewall from my home on my personal laptop. The git server only allows SSH connections (git@git.corp.example.com) and doesn't support HTTP requests....
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• Lengthen the Rope
  Aug 8, 2014
  The DevOps culture is one of late nights and early mornings. Its a culture rooted in the good old days of SysAdmin cowboys and cowgirls. We were the computer hackers and miracle workers. Never content with the tools we had, we built bigger and better...
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• Hyper-Collaboration is not Innovation
  Aug 6, 2014
  There is a fallacy that remote workers can't collaborate effectively. Time and time again I hear that collaboration is something that only thrives in an office environment where everyone is sitting in the same room and working. I want to clear a few things up here....
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