Ansible for Webapps
I’ve been using Ansible more and more. It is a really great way to manage server configuration. As I’ve transitioned away from Chef, I’ve been working on est...
deployment
Goodbye Ghost
Just over 2 years ago I relaunched and moved to Ghost. At the time, my reasoning was simple:
Giving Ansible a Shot
The other day I quit working with one of my Chef repositories for some servers I manage. I quit in rage. I quit because nothing worked how I wanted it to.
Flexible Maintenance Mode via nginx Proxy
There is a common pattern I’ve seen, in guides about Ruby on Rails deployment via Capistrano, to setup a maintenance pages or a maintenance mode. The guides ...
Basic and Simple Disaster Recovery with sshkit
It is easy to create a hugely complex disaster recovery plan with all kinds of redundancy and failover. It is also easy to spend a ton of money doing so. The...
Using Jenkins for More than Testing
Testing. I love it. It is crucial to good software development. Running those tests continually and providing quick feedback to developers is important. At w...
Sorry Chef
Metaphoric link-bait subtitle: Hey there Chef, I still like to cook, but Docker is a microwave, and Heroku is a dinner buffet.