Erich Styger01/03/13
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Controlling a LED is a great starter for any embedded project: simple and you immediately get feedback if it works.
Mikko Ohtamaa01/02/13
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When you run VPS servers or other “low end” boxes it is common scenario need to setup a outgoing email mail transfer agent to get reports from cron jobs or enable PHP scripts to send email.
Eric Minick01/02/13
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We include a built in package repository, CodeStation, with AnthillPro, uBuild and uDeploy. They also integrate with third party repos. We place much emphasis on this capability because it is critical for safety, governance and audit.
Eric Gregory01/02/13
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Looking to better understand networking in VirtualBox? Oracle's Fat Bloke offers an extremely detailed primer.
Umashankar Ankuri01/01/13
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JUnit is an open source framework designed by Kent Beck, Erich Gamma for the purpose of writing and running test cases for java programs. In the case of web applications JUnit is used to test the application with out server. This framework builds a relationship between development and testing process.
Eric Gregory01/01/13
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At the 2012 San Francisco JUC, Cloudbees' Toomas Romer and Anton Arhipov discuss continuous delivery: "Packages sent via FedEx go through a tracked, automated process that makes sure that the package arrives promptly at its destination..."
Mikko Ohtamaa01/01/13
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Skype is the most popular IM client with over 200 million monthly users. It’s easy and reliable: anyone can use it anywhere, even on mobile. When you are working with virtual teams, Skype group chats become vital tool of communication.
Mark Needham01/01/13
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Something that I’ve noticed when trying to install various different bundles is that the installation instructions which worked flawlessly on Snow Leopard don’t seem to do the job on Mountain Lion.
Mark Needham12/31/12
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For the first few years that I worked professionally* every project that I worked on was different enough to the previous ones that I was always learning something new without having to put much effort in.
Gareth Rushgrove12/31/12
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I’m a big fan of system packages for lots of reasons and have often ended up rolling my own debian package repository at work, or working with others that have done so. Recently I finally got round to setting up a personal package repo, at packages.garethrushgrove.com.
Oliver Hookins12/31/12
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Unlike many, I’m actually a good boy and do backups of my personal data (for which I can mostly thank my obsessive-compulsive side). However, up until now I’ve been remiss in my duties to also take these backups off-site.
robinshine 12/31/12
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QuickBuild is a continuous integration and deployment server featuring build definition inheritance and overriding to easily handle large number of projects.
Andy Hawthorne12/30/12
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Here are some notes regarding how to install Ubuntu 12.10 in a VirtualBox VM. It contains a set of slides since the process is well represented visually.
Eric Gregory12/30/12
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In this video from PyCon Argentina 2012, PostgreSQL experts help you administer the database when it's not your job: "In this DevOps world, Django programmers are increasingly being asked to manage the database as well..."
Tom O'connor12/29/12
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After you've spent the last year or two eliminating the single points of failure from your computational infrastructure, you realise that you're the only one who knows which cronjobs run when, and on which servers.
Brian Gracely12/29/12
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The most frequent conversation I had this year was with colleagues who asked for advice on their "career path". How should they stay motivated? How do they take on new or bigger responsibility? How do they earn more money?
Tommy Patterson12/28/12
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During my Pro Camp events I often get asked about Hyper-V “Datastores,” in that VMware administrators want to know how to access them, search through the contents, and move files around.
Mikko Ohtamaa12/28/12
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I don’t want to flame here, but the argument that one should not position a cursor using a mouse reflects either total 1) ignorance 2) stupidy 3) lack of vision.
James Betteley12/28/12
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Our first ever ITOps sprint completed on Friday 7th December amid much fanfare and celebration (ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration). The team completed a whopping grand total of 103 points. Among the highlights were:
Mikko Ohtamaa12/28/12
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SSH keys are useful to login over ssh (secure shell) without typing a password. Here is some basic information from a dev point-of-view on how to use SSH keys for maximum comfort and security.
Juri Strumpflohner12/27/12
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I always had the idea of having some kind of organized store, some kind of very simple knowledge base where I could memorize interesting stuff around software development which I encounter i my day-to-day business.
Eric Gregory12/27/12
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The CastBroadcast Channel presents a webinar on risk reduction through careful quality measures.
Mikko Ohtamaa12/27/12
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UNIX grep is a command tool for searching text strings inside files. (One should not confuse it with find which matches filenames and properties). In this blog post there are some hints how to use grep to search from files fast and efficiently.
Eric Gregory12/27/12
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At the OWASP AppSec 2012 keynote, Gene Kim discusses DevOps and information security.
