Custom Domains for AWS Lambda/API Gateway using Letsencrypt
AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. You pay only for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when... »
You Don't Know Jenkins - Part 2
Jenkins is great. It’s the most popular CI/CD tool, with an incredibly active community writing plugins for every api/platform under the sun. It doesn’t matter if... »
You Don't Know Jenkins - Part 1
Jenkins is great. It’s the most popular CI/CD tool, with an incredibly active community writing plugins for every api/platform under the sun. It doesn’t matter if... »
Continuous Delivery for Versioned Artifacts/Libraries (Npm, Chef, Gems, Bower, Pip, etc)
So you’re the devops/automation guy or gal on your team. You live and die by “Automate all the things”. Or maybe you just like the fact... »
Generating Intranet and Private Network SSL Certificates using LetsEncrypt
This post is a follow up to my previous one Automating SSL Certificates using Nginx & LetsEncrypt. This time we’ll be generating SSL certificates for intranet... »
Automating SSL Certificates using Nginx & Letsencrypt - Without the Catch 22
There’s a ton of smart people out there who’ve written guides on setting up Nginx, and automating Letsencrypt —but none that setup automation and work 100%... »
I Built That - 2015
Its 2016 now, and like many others, I thought it would be a good idea to review my accomplisments in the last year. Like most devs,... »
Step-By-Step Shipyard 2 Docker Cluster
Step-By-Step Shipyard 2 Docker Cluster Since Shipyard 3 (with its built in support for Docker Swarm) is not quite ready, I thought I would create a... »
Python Fails - Multipart file uploads in Python
Python: Its a scripting language you can basically do anything with. Err.. most things, some are a real pain in the ass out of the box.... »
Reusing SailsJS + Waterline Models in Background Tasks
Its been a while since I first attempted to design a background tasks/workers pattern for my SailsJS app that would let me reuse my well defined... »
How to setup a Deis (Heroku-like PAAS) on Microsoft Azure using CoreOS
Prerequisites Install and Configure the Azure CLI # If Node.js is installed on your system, use the following command to install the xplat-cli: sudo npm install... »
Debugging Upstart Jobs on Ubuntu 14.04
Before you begin, you should be (intimately) familiar with the Upstart Cookbook. It’s an incredible resource for understanding the in’s and out’s of Upstart and its... »
Ducktyping SailsJS Core for Background Tasks via Kue
Update After this post was written I was introduced to Sails Hooks, which is a built-in but under-documented feature of SailsJS, which allows you to configure... »
Continuous Deployment with Dokku (Full Guide)
So you have a fancy new Cloud@Cost [DigitalOcean/Linode] Server, and you want to do something interesting/useful with it. You’ve heard of this cool new tool called... »
npm errors with infinite loop
Occasionally I’ll be working with a nodejs project and when I attempt to run $ npm install I’ll see what appears to be an infinite loop... »
API Design Best Practices - Part 2
This is a follow up to my previous API design post “API Design Best Practices” Use the new hotness Use the newest standards whenever possible, rather... »
Creating a Sails Application using Passport Authentication
Creating a Sails Application using Passport Authentication $ mkdir sails-passport-authentication $ sails new . $ sails generate user Populate the User model /api/models/User.js module.exports = {... »
AngularJS Interceptors - Globally handle 401 and other Error Messages
If you’ve built your slick new app using AngluarJS you’re probably using the common pattern of using AngluarJS as your dynamic client side MVVM framework and... »
Installing a custom version of NodeJS on Ubuntu 13.10
The following is the quickest way to install nodejs latest and specific versions node.js on Ubuntu. According to the nodejs official gists, there are a few... »
AngularJS + Media Queries = matchmedia-ng
matchmedia-ng is a set of AngularJS bindings and helper functions for the matchMedia javascript api. With matchMedia, AngularJS and matchmedia-ng you can automatically respond to the... »
Transparently adding encrypted fields to a Rails app using Mongoid
As a software architect, you are in the business of designing new applications while balancing business requirements against future utility. Unfortunately design specifications are not as... »
dropstore-ng: opensource AngularJS bindings for Dropbox Javascript API
I created an github project called dropstore-ng that has angularjs bindings for the recently released Dropbox Datastore API as well as all the other related functions... »
How to setup a Free Continuous Integration Server Using Cloudbees + Private Github
Better Integration Between Jenkins and GitHub (with the GitHub Jenkins Plugin) The following steps will help setup your Cloudbees Jenkins Service for continuous integration via Github.... »
NodeJS on the Windows Azure Cloud, Start to Finish
So you want to run nodejs on a linux image on Azure, easy right? Well.. kinda.. NodeJS on the Windows Azure Cloud, Start to Finish Remote... »
API Design Best Practices
Or how to stop third party developers from hating you. As web developers most of us are accustomed to using APIs. Most of the time all... »