2 min read 0 Dev-Environment DevOps Infrastructure-as-Code Tools Building virtual machine “golden” images with Packer 06-02-25 As I mentioned in the newsletter for 5/30/2025, one of the key elements to making a team productive is to…
3 min read 0 DevOps Infrastructure-as-Code Tools Getting started with Terraform and Azure Government 05-23-25 So, I’ve done quite a few posts recently on Azure Government, and specifically had a focus on infrastructure-as-code. I’ve had…
12 min read 0 DevOps git Tools Using a vNext Branching Strategy 04-25-25 I’m a DevSecOps nerd, honestly I’ve always been a big proponant of deployment automation. For me, having git + CI/CD,…
5 min read 0 IoT Tools Getting Kubernetes (K3s) on a Raspberry Pi 04-03-25 So this past weekend, I did a little more work on one of my Raspberry PIs. Over the past few…
2 min read 0 git Tools Enabling SSH Authentication in a DevContainer 04-01-25 SSH Authentication is a common authentication pattern for using git repos, and it has a lot benefits from a security…
6 min read 0 Commands / Procedures Tools Automating Repo activities with VSCode Tasks 03-28-25 A great mentor of mine once said there are two things that are the true bottlenecks for developer productivity. And…
3 min read 0 DevOps Tools How to leverage templates in YAML Pipelines 03-18-25 So now secret that I really am a big fan of leveraging DevOps to extend your productivity. I’ve had the…
3 min read 0 Commands / Procedures Tools Handy KQL Disk Queries for Log Analytics 03-14-25 So Log Analytics is a really powerful tool, the ability to ingest a wide variety of logs can help you…
4 min read 0 Containers Security Tools Researching Binary Drift and AI Security 03-07-25 So the landscape of security is always changing. And as part of that, I try to find new areas to…
5 min read 0 Commands / Procedures DevOps Infrastructure-as-Code Releases Repos Tools Repo: bicep-environment-templates – bicep templates 02-28-25 So I mentioned in my last post that I wanted to build out a repo that contained reusable components for…