Go - Serverless Framework - Newrelic
Because I seem to be a glutton for punishment, I decided to build an API for my startup Fasten Health using Go + Serverless Framework +... »
Building Multi-Arch Docker Images via Github Actions
I recently found myself needing to generate a multi-arch Docker image for one of my projects - specifically an ARM64 compatible image. While its well known... »
Hatchet - Cut down spam in your Gmail Inbox
I got frustrated with the amount of daily spam in my Gmail “Promotions” tab – especially since it made searching for email basically impossible. While there... »
OpenLDAP using STARTTLS & LetsEncrypt
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open and cross platform protocol used for directory services authentication. LDAP provides the communication language that applications use to... »
Running Cron in Docker
Running cron in a Docker container is incredibly difficult to do correctly. This is partially because cron was designed to run in an environment that looks... »
Repairing Kubernetes PersistentVolumeClaim - CrashLoopBackOff Errors
Kubernetes is an exceptionally durable piece of software, it’s designed to handle failures and self-heal in most cases. However, even them most robust software can run... »
Git Mirror Anywhere using the Dumb Http Protocol
Lets talk about Git. If you’ve done any professional software development, you’ve probably heard about Git. Git is a free and open source distributed version control... »
Customize the FlatCar Kernel - Part 3 - Easy Kernel Modules using Forklift
It’s been a while since I discussed building kernel modules for CoreOS (in Part 1 and Part 2) and lot’s has changed in the CoreOS world.... »
Home Server - Disk Management
Adding a new disk to your homeserver Identify your new devices Take photos of your drives before inserting them. Specifically, you’ll want to track the serial... »
Traefik v2 - Advanced Configuration
Traefik is the leading open source reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP and TCP-based applications that is easy, dynamic, automatic, fast, full-featured, production proven, provides... »
You Don't Know Jenkins - Part 4 - Kubernetes Slaves
Jenkins is one of the most popular Continuous Integration servers ever. It supports an absurd amount of languages, frameworks, source code management systems and tools via... »
Docker Hub - Matrix Builds and Tagging using Build Args
If you’re a heavy user of Docker, you’re already intimately familiar with Docker Hub, the official Docker Image registry. One of the best things about Docker... »
Ultimate Media Server Build - Part 3 - MediaDepot/CoreOS Configuration
I’ve referenced my home server many times, but I never had the time to go into the details of how it was built or how it... »
Ultimate Media Server Build - Part 2 - Build Log
I’ve referenced my home server many times, but I never had the time to go into the details of how it was built or how it... »
Ultimate Media Server Build - Part 1 - Hardware
I’ve referenced my home server many times, but I never had the time to go into the details of how it was built or how it... »
Customize the CoreOS Kernel - Part 2 - Kernel SDK
After running into a roadblock while attempting to build the Intel I915 driver as a kernel module for CoreOS, it became clear that we would need... »
Customize the CoreOS Kernel - Part 1 - Kernel Modules
Story Time As a Devops & Infrastructure guy, I’m pretty comfortable with jumping into the unknown, be it infrastructure, architecture or application code. With a bit... »
Drawbridge - SSH Config management for Jump/Bastion hosts
In our architecture we have many environments (test/stage/prod/etc), and each environment can have one or more shards, usually broken up by datacenter/avaliablity zone (us-east-1, us-west-2, etc).... »
Jenkins Dockerized Slave Cluster - Premise
Here’s the premise, we have one or more Jenkins masters running our various jobs, and the server is bottlenecking: the UI is sluggish, and builds are... »
You Don't Know Jenkins - Part 3
With the release of Jenkins 2.x, support for Pipeline jobs is built-in. This is important for multiple reasons, but mostly because Pipeline jobs are now the... »
Devops for Startups & Small Teams
When you’re working on a side-project or at a startup as part of a small focused team, it can be hard to get away from the... »
State of the eBook ecosystem
Here’s what I’m looking for. An always available library. I want my books stored in the cloud somewhere, and always available. I mostly end up reading... »
CapsuleCD v2 Released
CapsuleCD is made up of a series of scripts/commands that make it easy for you to package and release a new version of your library artifact... »
15 Lessons in Golang
Like many developers, I heard a lot of buzz about Golang (or is it Go, I’m still not sure). In case you’re not familiar with it,... »
Local Development with Wildcard DNS
The holy-grail of local development is wildcard DNS: the ability to have *.local.company.com pointing to localhost, your development machine. It doesn’t matter if you’re working on... »