github
GitHub has taken a strong stance on not implementing a folder structures to support sorting of repositories. Why is that? They believe that it is unnecessary – and it is. Adding folders would add a layer of confusion that can be solved easily at a more meta level. This holds true
terraform
Did you know that you can fully create a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure using Terraform? Well you can take that one step further and also manage what's installed in your cluster using Terraform and Helm. This can be done by using the Helm provider for Terraform. Now,
Azure Kubernetes Service
I'm going to share with you some of the best resources out there for learning Kubernetes. Take a look!
git
There are several out there, and a lot of opinions to go with them. Having served in a consulting capacity for many organizations, ranging from small startups to very large enterprises, I have seen all of the major strategies. I've even seen organizations make up their own strategies
Kubernetes
For teams that are looking to build out a Kubernetes cluster and migrate their applications, my first reaction is always the same, no matter the skill-level and capability of the team. Here's something of how the conversation goes: First, let's identify your Kubernetes administrators and let
Career
When getting started with Kubernetes, I was extremely lost. I tried jumping straight into the Kubernetes documentation, but I wasn't able to make sense of it all and where to begin. It's okay if that's where you are – that's totally normal. So,
GitOps
Simply put: GitOps is a way of managing infrastructure, configuration, permissions, etc... in an explicit and repeatable way by simply pushing changes to git and allowing an associated pipeline to make the changes come to life. Let's dig a little deeper. What GitOps Isn't GitOps is
github
Github Actions are here, and they are really great to work with. Let's take a look at how you would use a GitHub action to build and push a Docker image to your GitHub container registry. First, here's the YAML file we will consider. It lives
scrum
There are so many places to go wrong with Scrum. Most organizations adopt a whole slew of bad practices. Let's understand the basics of why...
microservices
I recently gave a talk at the Orlando Backend Devs Meetup on Effective Microservices. Here is the video...
csharp
What’s so special about interfaces anyway? A quick dive into extracting value from interfaces in C# through a real-world example.
microservice
So many organizations set out to implement microservices for solving problems. Unfortunately, most have a misconception about what microservices actually solve which leads to an improper implementation. This is a costly mistake with many pitfalls.
golang
In the Go programming language, I often see errors being handled in a careless manner that is difficult to maintain. This common mistake has prompted me to make a video that demonstrates the basic fundamentals of error handling in Go