10% off Cascadia IT registration
If you are taking any of my classes (or not) you can use the discount code "CasIT14-Presenter-guest" to get an additional 10% discount on a 2-day registration for the conference. The code expires at...
View ArticleLOPSA-East 2014: Full of DevOps and other great stuff!
The LOPSA-East talks schedule was published yesterday. It is broken into 4 tracks: DevOps, Infrastructure, Career Development and "General". I'm impressed! The DevOps Track has a lot of good culture...
View ArticleThanks, Cascadia IT 2014!
Hey Seattle! This year's Cascadia IT conference has been great! Congrats to everyone that helped put it together and attended. I look forward to seeing you all next year! (And since LISA is also in...
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Yes, you really can work from HEAD
There is often a debate between software developers about whether it is best to branch software, do development, then merge back into HEAD, or just work from HEAD. Jez Humble and others make the claim...
View ArticleShould RelEng also be responsible for infrastructure?
Someone recently asked me if it was reasonable to expect their RelEng person also be responsible for the load balancing infrastructure and the locally-run virtualization system they have. Sure! Why...
View ArticleEarly Bird Discount Reminder! LOPSA-East SysAdmin Conference, May 2-3 2014,...
Just a reminder to everybody that the Early Bird Discount to LOPSA-East 2014 registrations ends on Sunday, March 23rd at 11:59pm - Register now before it's too late!...
View ArticleLISA "call for participation" is open: and boy is it different this year!
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14/call-for-participation/ This year the LISA CFP is different both in content and form. This represents a big change for this conference LISA. There is less...
View ArticlePre-announcement
I'm planning on making a big announcement on Monday. Nothing earth-shattering, but watch this space.
View ArticleIsn't it time for an "Intro to Time Management"?
I'll be teaching my "Intro to Time Management for System Administrators" class at LOPSA-East. I haven't taught this class in ages so this is a good opportunity to check it out. The class covers the...
View ArticleOur newest book: Sneak preview at LOPSA-East
Strata Chalup, Christine Hogan, and I have been working on a new book titled, "The Practice of Cloud Administration". This new book is all new material focused on the design and operation of...
View Article"Evil Genius 101" at LOPSA-East
I'll be teaching my "Evil Genius 101" half-day class at LOPSA-East You want to innovate: deploy new technologies such as configuration management (CfEngine, Puppet, etc.), set up a wiki, or...
View ArticleGood reads, March 2014
A summary of the interesting articles I've found this month. Why Puppet/Chef/Ansible aren't good enough (and we can do better): This is mostly about the Nix package manager and the new linux distro...
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LOPSA-East 2014 is one month away! Register today!
I'll be presenting a few different talks at LOPSA-East, in New Brunswick, NJ, May 2-3, 2014. Tutorials: Introduction to Time Management (half day) Evil Genius 101 (half day) Talks: Sneak peek at my...
View ArticleIntroducing the Python Time Travel Debugger
Today I'm open sourcing a productivity tool that I've been very excited about: A time-travel extension to the Python Debugger (PDB). Have you ever been using PDB to step through a program and suddenly...
View ArticleHow to...
Here's a thought to begin your weekend: How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to waste time: social media.— Matt Haig (@matthaig1)...
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Interview with LOPSA-East Keynote: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph will be giving the closing keynote at LOPSA-East this year. I caught up with her to talk about her keynote, source code management, and Star Wars. The conference is May 2-3,...
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LISA CFP Deadline Extended to Fri, 4/18!
Whether you are submitting a talk proposal, workshop, tutorial, or research paper, the call for participation submission deadline has been extended to Friday, 4/18! Submit today!
View ArticleReplace Kathleen Sebelius with a sysadmin!
Scientists complain that there are only 2 scientists in congress and how difficult they find it to explain basic science to their peers. What about system administrators? How many people in congress or...
View ArticleInterview with LOPSA-East Keynote: Vish Ishaya
Vish Ishaya will be giving the opening keynote at LOPSA-East this year. I caught up with him to talk about his keynote, OpenStack, and how he got his start in tech. The conference is May 2-3, 2014 in...
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