Looking back I can only imagine how easy it must have been to break into online systems back then. We're talking over a decade ago, 2007 or 2008, only a handful of years into the grand "Web 2.0" (remember that term?).…
After a couple weeks of waiting I was finally accepted into the private beta of GitHub Actions, which allows you to automate software workflows including CI/CD straight from GitHub. While I anticipate using this for all sorts of future projects, I have a particular Go project on GitHub that…
In this article I share how I automated the provisioning and deployment of my Ghost CMS blog on Digital Ocean.…
When it comes to developer tooling and orchestration, the command line is still the name of the game. Whether you're developing front end web applications or building highly distributed systems, it is unlikely you don't interact with the command line on a daily basis. Often times it's a program built…
I am very excited to say that I have joined the infrastructure engineering team at Stripe in Seattle! In this post I share what led me to leave my home town and three amazing years at Gigasavvy, why I chose Stripe, how I eventually landed the job, and what lies ahead for me in the next few months.…