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Metalink Repositories: Mirroring Third-Party Dependencies
Using metalink repositories to track upstream artifacts.
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Metalink Repositories: Background and Motivation
Some "whys" of this alternative way to track artifacts.
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New Concourse Resource for BOSH Releases
Automating tarball creation and publishing of new versions.
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Watching Upstream Binaries with Concourse
Unifying how pipelines monitor third-party assets and versions.
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Switching from Jekyll to Hugo
Fewer dependencies, better information architecture, something new.
2016
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Self-Upgrading Packages in BOSH Releases, Part 2
A strategy for upgrading and testing dependencies for self-sustaining packages.
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Data Processing with Concourse
Scheduling data extracts, transforms, and loads through containers.
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Composing Configurations with JQ
Alternative methods for manifests needing more than simple variable replacements.
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Writing a PHP Client for the Ravelry API
Open sourcing a library to consume the knitting-oriented API.
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Experimenting with BOSH Links and Consul
Integrating consul and links metadata for inter-deployment service dependencies.
2015
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Tempore limites: BOSH Veneer
Experimenting with a browser frontend to working with BOSH.
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Pruning Blobs from BOSH Releases
Avoiding unnecessary disk usage for old, unneeded package files.
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Self-Upgrading Packages in BOSH Releases
A strategy for monitoring upstream dependencies for self-sustaining packages.
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Using nginx to Reverse Proxy and Cache S3 Objects
Using S3 as an upstream server for improving long-tail traffic.
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New BOSH Release for OpenVPN
Open sourcing a new BOSH release for managing an OpenVPN network.
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Parsing Microdata in PHP
Open sourcing a library to easily traverse HTML for microdata.
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Sending Work from a Web Application to Desktop Applications
Using queues and PHP to automate third-party applications running on staff workstations.
2014
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Logging logging and Finding Bottlenecks
Monitoring logsearch with itself - the elasticsearch+logstash+kibana stack.
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Colorado Aspens
A non-technical post with pictures of the changing Aspens in Colorado.
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Simplifying My BOSH-related Workflows
Discussing some commands and wrappers I've been adding on top of BOSH.
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Search by Color with Elasticsearch
Some mappings, strategies, and queries for advanced color searching with elasticsearch.
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Photo Galleries for Jekyll
Easily exporting my iPhoto album to this Jekyll-based site.
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Distributed Docker Containers
A strategy for integrating Docker services across multiple hosts and data centers.
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Barcoding Inventory with QR Codes
A web-centric, user-friendly approach for using barcodes in a retail shop.
2013
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The Basics of a Custom Search Engine
Combining elasticsearch and "structured data" to create a self-hosted search engine.
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ti-debug: For Debugging Server Code in the Browser
Making it easier to debug languages like PHP and Python with only a browser.
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Structured Data with schema.org
Ensuring content is useful to both humans and robots.
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Embeddable and Context-Aware Web Pages
Embedding content in an absolutely relative manner.
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New Website for The Loopy Ewe
A summary of the customer-facing changes I worked on for the site.
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Bank Card Readers for Web Applications
Scanning credit cards into website forms.
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Using HTML Headers with wkhtmltopdf
Experimenting with dynamic HTML headers for PDFs.
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Comparing PHP Application Definitions
Identifying how classes/interfaces changed between versions.
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Path-based tmpfile in PHP
When paths are more useful than resources.
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A Generic Storage Interface
Abstracting file storage, whether it's local or cloud.
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Using Facter in Ant Scripts
Reusing facts from build scripts.
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Automating Backups to the Cloud
Combining gpg, Amazon S3 and IAM policies.
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Scripting Endicia to Purchase Postage
Automating user interactions with AppleScript.
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OpenGrok CLI
Making it easier to search code from the command line.
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Terminating Gearman Workers in PHP
Locally and remotely stopping workers without interrupting jobs.
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Secure Git Repositories
Seamless data encryption of repository files.