The PHP circle: from Apache to Nginx and back
As with many technologies, the PHP community too evolves. And over the last 6 or 7 years, a rather remarkable circle has been made by a lot of systems administrators and PHP developers in that regard.
View ArticleWhat are the Benefits of Block-Level Backups?
As you may have guessed from the title of this post, block-level backups don't deal with all of the deficiencies of their file-level counterparts. Let's take a quick look at how block-level backups can...
View ArticleAfter Docker: Unikernels and Immutable Infrastructure — Medium
I believe Docker is 2 steps forward for the world of DevOps and that the principles it promotes are forward-thinking and largely on-target for the future of a more secure, performant, and...
View Article3 Years of Puppet Config Management: lessons learned
I've been using Puppet as my Config Management tool for the last 3 years. Here's a list of key take-aways that I've learned in that period.
View ArticleDevs are from Venus, Ops are from Mars, Part VI: Canonical Data Model
This article begins by looking at the challenges in understanding the data in each system and the need for “one data model to rule them all”. It then reviews the Canonical Data Model enterprise...
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