jekyll

I'm playing a recital later this month and put together a quick site using the static site generator Jekyll. Aside from the killer performance and easy deployment and backup you get with a static site, the best part of going without a database is security. While escaping variables is always…

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devops extravaganza

The only thing I like almost as much as building great web applications is devops automation. It's a discipline which is just coming into its own - new enough to still have a lot of innovation around it but mature enough that it already has a great ecosystem of quality…

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aws vpc

For the last post I was working in a local environment on my home network. After a busy Sunday of research and architecting I've moved into a VPC on Amazon Web Services. Still much to do, but the fundamentals are in place. privacy please To get the full experience of…

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first post with ghost

After spending a full year fully mired in corporate IT fatuity I've decided to take on some new personal projects (and ressurect some old ones.) My goals are to: learn some new technology spend time on something personally fulfilling buid an online presence have fun Starting a blog is a…

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