IT Leader, Mentor, and Speaker

As a seasoned IT leader with a passion for technology, I'm excited to share my insights on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies. Join me as I explore the latest developments in cloud computing, devops, agile methodologies, and more. My blog is a mix of technical and analog life observations. I do not have a regular posting cadence, but I do try to keep this feed fairly current.

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When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was first enacted, technology companies scrambled to be compliant. They re...

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Platform engineering aims to empower developers by providing them with a self-service infrastructure that abstracts away com...

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I have recently seen an increase in bot scanning looking for WordPress exploits on this site. The bots will not find anythi...

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Looking for an open-source alternative to Redis? Valkey was forked from Redis to address differences in governance, licen...

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LM Studio is a user-friendly desktop application that allows you to run large language models locally on your device, offeri...

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Running Kubernetes on bare metal or in on-premises environments gives you unparalleled control over system performance—but it...

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Lately, I have been making some pretty drastic changes to my website. It’s been one of those long-overdue content management...

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As you have probably heard, AI is a hot buzzword these days. Everyone is trying to get on the genAI bandwagon, but have you l...

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I have been making plans to start another project and wanted to take advantage of feature flags in my releases. Feature flags...

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What do 37Signals and Ahrefs have in common? Both companies have recently shifted from public cloud providers to on-premi...

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Your organization uses both AWS and GCP and possibly a little Azure, but are you a multicloud or a polycloud consumer?...

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My migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL is complete. I managed to finish staging my data last night, and I had planned on mak...