Docker meet-up on 10/13
We had a great docker meetup on 10/13 - lots of great talks and a very engaging audience. Folks from DataDog, Azure, core Windows and Sumo Logic gave some great presentations.Thanks to Will and George...
View ArticleCan't recommend System76 enough
I had blogged about my awesome made for linux system76.com laptop a while back. But the support they have exhibited in providing detailed painless upgrade instructions to the latest version of ubuntu...
View ArticleIntro to Continuous Delivery
Check out a video of me and Gabe talking about Continuous Delivery.http://vimeo.com/65793565and if your organization needs some help in software development: product planning, development, qa, release...
View ArticleGreat SeaJUG meeting on 5/21 - Spring!
We've got a great presentation lined up for the Seattle Java User's group on 5/21 at Expedia on Spring tech in case you are interested. Check out http://www.seajug.org for more details.
View Article5 Things that will make your Agile project fail
A good read and something I've experienced in some projects which sometimes need addressing:http://agile.dzone.com/articles/5-things-will-make-your-agile
View ArticleA really good presentation on how to design APIs
You may enjoy reading this presentation if you're into API design:http://lcsd05.cs.tamu.edu/slides/keynote.pdf
View ArticleAndroid & iOS Automation
Been trying to get a handle on the iOS and Android versions of the OptionsHouse app. The first thing I always like to do is to look into automation for any kind of a project. It's useful for testing...
View ArticleSoftware Deployment Process
I found an old writeup I had done for the deployment process I helped setup at a large health organization a few years ago. It worked really well for deploying an architecture consisting of...
View ArticleNFJS 2013
Went to NFJS recently. Awesome conference that I'd highly recommend you attend if you can, especially if you're into server side stuff though it was kind of nice to see the mobile additions here and...
View ArticleKunagi
If you're looking for a lightweight solution to help manage the Agile/Scrum process because you can't use Rally, Jira, etc you may want to take a look at:http://kunagi.org/It worked rather well for us...
View ArticlePerformance Tuning pointers for Java/Linux
A couple of tips you may find handy if you're doing some performance tuning/troubleshooting on Java/Linux:invest in decent APM for collecting trend data and mining it (A customer used New Relic for...
View ArticleDocker
I'd highly recommend checking out docker as the next cool tech to get your geek on. Vagrant and Boot2Docker are two options if you're not on Linux.During a talk I gave recently, the topic of whether...
View ArticleGreat Docker meet-up for Dec
Hosted the local Docker meet-up in Dec: http://www.meetup.com/Docker-Seattle/We heard from folks from Microsoft talking about their plans and a developer on http://panamax.io/ from CenturyLink about...
View ArticleDocker! Docker! Docker!
Cold, rainy weather in Seattle - check!Hot software ecosystem and cloud computing - check!150+ attendees for a packed house, grub and a professional videographer - check!Bryan Cantrill speaking about...
View ArticleSeaJUG 2015
The Seattle Java User's Group kicks off 2015 with a talk on Java and Performance. I've got a bunch of great talks lined up for the next few months - possibly Olivier Gaudin of SonarQube, Will Iverson,...
View ArticleWhy we do the things we do
Great set of TED talks. I really enjoyed the one on 'The puzzle of motivation'https://www.ted.com/playlists/301/why_we_do_the_things_we_do
View Articleinstall Java in your home folder on a mac
I've been a longtime linux user (early 90s :) but all the cool kids have been using the mac these days. Apple sure knows how to make superb hardware and the UI isn't quite all that bad either though I...
View ArticleDocker meet-up on 10/13
We had a great docker meetup on 10/13 - lots of great talks and a very engaging audience. Folks from DataDog, Azure, core Windows and Sumo Logic gave some great presentations.Thanks to Will and George...
View ArticleCanada has a new Defence Minister
and he's one of my peeps - super awesome :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1fWSq0mnXMA history of sikhs in...
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