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.

Random flags and signals on multiple flagpoles

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

Watercolor image of stone archway with exit sign in the clouds

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

Watercolor image of clouds

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

PostgreSQL logo over blurred gray background

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

AI generated image of a glass of wine sitting on a cutting board

I saw this challenge the other day on Reddit. Using the GenAI tool of your choice, create an image of a glass of wine that...

MySQL logo over blue background

I migrated my main personal website from WordPress to Grav over two years ago. I found that I did not need the overhead of W...

Chatting with an AI bot in the data center

I have been diving deep into the world of generative AI and have found it to be a game-changer for my productivity. I am usin...

Robot editing a document on a laptop

I usually update my resume two or three times a year just so that I can keep it current with my latest role or my new skills....

Peter Woods in front of AWS re:Invent video wall

I just finished up another AWS reInvent conference. This is one of my favorite conferences. For those that have never been to...

I have been spending a fair amount of time recently in the world of distributed SQL so that I am well versed for a future pro...

An SBOM or Software Bill of Materials is a list of the software components used in an application. It includes information su...

HashiCorp has recently announced that they are adopting the Business Source License (aka the BSL or BuSL). HashiCorp pre...