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Observability, Black Boxes, and why Signals aren't all that

Over the past six months, I have come to believe that talking about Signals in the context of Observability is a mistake. To properly support distributed systems, we need to change how we observe them - the "Signal Braid" is no longer enough.

Thirsty Brains, or how Dopamine is(n't) regulated in those with ADHD (Part 2)

In our last article, we spoke a bit about Dopamine and what it does for the human brain. Today, we're going to discuss a little bit about the specifics of how Dopamine works (or doesn't) in the brains of those with ADHD.

Brain Chemistry, or why people with ADHD can't just "turn it off" (Part 1)

ADHD is very misunderstood as a condition. It is not just a mental health condition, but is an inability for the human brain to produce and regulate dopamine effectively. This causes issues because in those with ADHD, a lack of dopamine means the brain can't manage behaviour appropriately.

Resize large images using ImageMagick and PowerShell

A simple tutorial on how to use PowerShell and the ImageMagick CLI to resize images.

Kanban is not a solution for team dysfunction

So many teams think that "Kanban will solve all of our problems". If you have problems, it's not because you're using one Agile Board view in JIRA over another. It's because your team doesn't understand it's work properly and how to organise it.

Upgrading your Buildkite Pipelines with git diff

At the time, Buildkite didn't support a good `git diff` implementation. This is a way to work around that behaviour and implement it so that you're not running unnecessary workflows and steps.

Ansible: Migrating from ec2.py to aws_ec2

`ec2.py` was deprecated and replaced with `aws_ec2` for Ansible in 2021. This shows you how to replace the old script with the new Ansible plugin.

RE: Good Logging

Most people do logs wrong, here's my opinion on how to do them correctly.

Static Shock ⌁ Creating a Static Site with Jekyll (Part 1)

Sometimes using static site generators can be a painful and annoying experience. In today's tutorial we take you through setting up a new static site and getting up and running with as minimal fuss as possible!

Setting up SSH and Private Keys

A simple article today that hopefully is helpful and that I can also use as a reference in the future! We use SSH and git every day, but we don't set it up every day. This will get you up and running with SSH on Linux or a Unix-like OS in no time.

Let's Embark! Shipping Kubernetes Logs with fluentd, Loggly, and Kustomize (Part 5)

Today we're setting up a Kubernetes Logging Solution using Loggly and some simple Kubernetes commands.

Unhelpful Errors: OpenSSH and "invalid format"

If you the `invalid format` error in OpenSSH, give this a try.

Introducting: `go-credentials`

`go-credentials` is a library that can be used within Go to build and use simple credentials and configuration files for your CLI tools.

Security-as-a-Service: Securing your Website with Cloudflare

This is going to sound nerdy. But the three things I love the most in IT are Caching, TLS, and, Load Speed. There's just something about a secure and responsive website that really gets me going. So, today we're going to go through configuring a website so it is the embodiment of those things.