What is Node.js and why should I care? An operations guy searches for answers.
As an operations guy I really don’t keep up with the latest and greatest when it comes to software development. I often hear developers discussing new languages or libraries but rarely care enough to jump in and figure out why it’s important to me. I’ve heard a lot of discussion about Node.js and seen many […]
My five favorite talks from OSCON
This week I went to Portland, Oregon for the O’Reilly Open Source Convention. OSCON is one of my favorite conferences because of the quality and diversity of the talks. Usually when I go to an event I am too busy presenting, working our booth, or meeting with customers and partners to fully enjoy the sessions. […]
My Top 3 Automated Tasks for Finding and Fixing Problems
Automation sets apart organizations at the top of their game from the rest of the pack. The limiting factor in most organizations is that they are usually too busy putting out fires and keeping up with all of their other obligations to expend the effort required to envision and build out their automation strategy. With […]
DevOps Scares Me – Part 3
Hey, who invited the developer to our operations conversation? In Devops Scares Me – Part 2 my colleague Dustin Whittle shared his developer point of view on DevOps. I found his viewpoint quite interesting and it made me realize that I take for granted the knowledge I have about what it takes to get an […]
Tools of the trade for performance and load testing
Your application is fast and scalable, right? How do you know? How often do you run performance or load tests? In this post I will give an overview of the tools of the trade for performance and load testing web applications. Open-Source performance testing tools These tools allow you to load test your application for […]
PHP Performance Crash Course, Part 1: The Basics
We all know performance is important, but performance tuning is too often an afterthought. As a result, taking on a performance tuning project for a slow application can be pretty intimidating – where do you even begin? In this series I’ll tell you about the strategies and technologies that (in my experience) have been the […]