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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I have worked at two different companies managing a "DevOps team". At each company, a team member came to me and said "We sho...

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I have heard the term CDKTF twice in the last two weeks. For those that are not familiar with it, CDKTF is the Cloud Develop...

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When memory utilization starts maxing out in Linux systems, performance degrades, and systems become unstable. This is especi...

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My development efforts for my digital twin project have always been on and off as my schedule allows. Unfortunately, I have...

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ClickHouse is a popular open-source column-oriented database that is known for its speed and scalability. It has gained sign...

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Running Kubernetes is practically the norm. Every major cloud provider has built their own branded Kubernetes service. We hav...

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Redis and KeyDB are both in-memory data stores that belong to the NoSQL database category and are commonly used for cachin...

I have been hosting my websites with Linode (now part of Akamai), and my hosting has been very stable. I created my first n...