We’re Not Building a Piano: Full-Stack Infrastructure Understanding – Part 2

In our previous post (Design Patterns for Resilient Application Infrastructure – Part 1) we explored the basics of N+1 concept for node loss in a cluster and discussed what our series is going to cover. Let’s start by mapping out the full-stack view as the IT architect will need to. An IT architect needs to … Read more

We’re Not Building a Piano: Design Patterns for Resilient Application Infrastructure – Part 1

When I was doing work as a general contractor and building a house, one of the teams I worked with was a Father-Son pair who were helping to build the house with me, and the owner of the house. The son of the team was nicknamed “Lumpy” and he was learning the trade. When Lumpy … Read more

Visualizing your Solutions: Mind Maps and Wireframe Diagrams

Let me start this post out with a huge thanks to Rene (aka @vcdx133) and Melissa (aka @vmiss33) who has been very helpful with me getting from idea to diagram/document using these tips. Having a simple template to start things off with becomes the best way to get Visualization helps your ideas become more clear … Read more

Using Touch ID on Macbook Pro for sudo Authentication

Full credit goes to Cabel Sasser (@cabel) on this one for sharing the original tip. I’m simply sharing it here and showing the process to prove the awesomeness of this capability. Pro MacBook Pro Tip: have a Touch Bar with Touch ID? If you edit /etc/pam.d/sudo and add the following line to the top… auth … Read more