RIP John Boris
John was active in the LOPSA community. I saw him at nearly every LOPSA-NJ meeting, where he was active in planning and hosting the meetings. He was also on the board of LOPSA (national) where he will...
View ArticleHow I manage my work and personal GitHub accounts
I have two accounts on GitHub: Personal and work. How do I access both from the same computer without getting them confused? I have two different ssh keys and use .ssh/config to do the right thing....
View ArticleMoving application plists to a new machine on macOS
Today I learned that you can't copy a Mac application's plist by just copying the file. However, you can export the plist and import it on a new machine: Step 1: Exit the app. To make sure the file is...
View ArticleNew North Jersey Meetup, Wed, Feb 1, 2017
LOPSA-NJ is starting regular meetings in Montclair, NJ. They've asked me to be the speaker at their first meeting. I'm honored to be asked (oh... and I live 5 miles away, so it is difficult to turn...
View ArticleCascadia IT Conference: Registration is open!
I am pleased to announce that the 7th Annual Cascadia IT conference Registration is open at https://www.casitconf.org/casitconf17/register-now/. This years conference features tutorials on Git,...
View ArticleTom speaking at NYCDevOps meetup, Feb 21, 2017
I'll be the speaker at the February meeting of NYCDevOps. I'll be presenting my talk "Stealing the Best Ideas from DevOps: A Guide for Sysadmins without Developers". If you didn't see me give this talk...
View ArticleFebruary NYCDevOps meetup: Tiny Talks CfP
The NYC DevOps meetup is trying something new in February: Tiny Talks. Tiny talks are short, 5-10 minute talks usually presented by members. They can be basically any topic related to DevOps. The idea...
View ArticleTom speaking at BayLISA meetup, Thu, March 16, 2017
I'll be giving my "Stealing the Best Ideas from DevOps" talk at BayLISA next week. Location will be in Palo Alto (exact location is in flux, RSVP for updates). Hope to see you there! More info and RSVP...
View ArticleNew season of Archer starts tonight!
The new season of Archer starts tonight. You're welcome.
View ArticleHollywood doesn't understand software
Hollywood doesn't understand software. Not, at least, as well as high-tech companies do. This is very frustrating. Bad software keeps wrecking my entertainment experience. I'm currently writing an...
View ArticleReview: Tivo BOLT+
The newest TiVo model is called the BOLT. I've been using TiVo since the first generation, back when it used a dial-up modem to download the tv guide listings and software updates. My how far we've...
View ArticleDNS as Code
StackOverflow has open sourced the DNS management system we've been using for years. I was the original author, and Craig Peterson has been writing most of the code lately. A blog post went live about...
View ArticleWhy tech conferences should have Tshirts in women's sizes
Because it is easy to do. Because you complain that you can't think of anything that would make your conference more appealing to women, and this is a tangible thing that you can do to make your...
View ArticleBlog March... GO!
Each day in May a different blogger will be writing about something true, important, or moving. I hope you will read along each day this month. Interact and ask questions. Quote, share, comment, and...
View Article3 things that made the 3rd edition better for education
The 3rd edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration was released last September. There are more than 600 new pages of material in this edition. What makes it better for classroom use?...
View ArticleThe Blog March: A personal drumbeat of #resistance
This post is part of the Blog March 2017. Every day this month a different blogger is writing about politics. Please march along with us! A personal drumbeat of #resistance A friend of mine recently...
View ArticleMay 2017 NYCDevOps Meeting Notes
Here are my notes from last night's NYCDevOps meeting. Title: Using innersourcing to break down organizational barriers Speaker: Aroon Gursahaney, Verizon This was one of the best talks I've seen in a...
View ArticleHow difficult is it to enable HTTPS on a large website?
Very. The larger the site, the harder it becomes. My co-worker Nick Craver just blogged about the multi-year journey to enable HTTPS at StackOverflow.com and all our sub-properties (spoiler alert:...
View ArticleTom on the Stack Overflow Podcast this week
Three people from the SRE team took over this week's Stack Overflow Podcast. You can hear myself, Mark Henderson and Jason Harvey rant about important topics such as how we got our start, USB Condoms,...
View Article2017 State of DevOps Report
This year's report is fascinating! There is clear evidence that DevOps practices yield remarkable results for IT teams and organizations. Findings are related to transformational leadership, automation...
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