AWS CloudFormation: Infrastructure as Code Begins
AWS just launched CloudFormation and the idea of declaring your infrastructure in a template file is quietly revolutionary
- cloud
- terraform
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Watson Wins Jeopardy: AI Becomes Dinner Table Talk
IBM Watson just defeated Jeopardy champions on live television, and suddenly everyone has an opinion about artificial intelligence
- ai
Instagram Launches and Mobile-First Becomes the Default
A photo sharing app called Instagram just proved that mobile-first is not a compromise, it is a strategy
- personal
NoSQL Is Having Its Moment
MongoDB, Cassandra, and the database paradigm shift that is making relational purists uncomfortable
- cloud
The Linux Admin Life: RHEL in Production
What day-to-day Linux system administration actually looks like when real systems depend on you
- cloud
- career
Platform as a Service Goes Mainstream
Heroku and the rise of PaaS are changing how developers think about deploying applications
- cloud
OpenStack: The Open Source Cloud Revolution
Rackspace and NASA are building an open source cloud platform and it could change everything
- cloud
Why I Want a Masters in Computer Science
An engineering student thinks through the case for grad school in America
- career
- personal
iPad Changes the Game, Or Does It?
Apple just announced the iPad and the internet cannot decide if it is revolutionary or a giant iPod Touch
- personal
AWS Keeps Growing: Spot Instances
Amazon introduces Spot Instances and a student tries to wrap his head around cloud economics
- cloud
The Decade Ends: From Dial-Up to Cloud
Looking back at 2000-2009, a decade that took us from dial-up connections to cloud computing, and changed everything
- personal
- career
Got My RHCE: What It Means
After months of studying, late nights, and lab rebuilds, I passed the RHCE exam and learned more than just Linux
- career
VMware vSphere: The Future of Virtualization
VMware renames and reimagines its platform as vSphere 4, and the data center will never be the same
- cloud
Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere
A new runtime called Node.js puts JavaScript on the server and everything I thought I knew about web architecture shifts
- cloud
Windows 7 RC: Microsoft Gets It Right
After the Vista disaster, Microsoft releases the Windows 7 Release Candidate and it actually feels good
- personal
Studying for RHCE
Deep in Red Hat territory, preparing for the RHCE certification and discovering what system administration really means
- career
- cloud
What Cloud Computing Actually Means
Everyone is talking about cloud computing and nobody seems to agree on what it means so I tried to figure it out myself
- cloud
Android Dream: Google's Phone OS
Google made a phone operating system and it is open source and my brain will not stop thinking about the implications
- personal
Chrome Launches: Browsers Will Never Be the Same
Google released a web browser and it is shockingly fast and I have opinions about this
- personal
My First Linux Server
I got my hands on a real Linux server and learned more in two weeks than I did in a semester of classes
- cloud
- career
iPhone 3G and the Mobile Web
Apple just announced the iPhone 3G and I think the way we use the internet is about to fundamentally shift
- personal
- career
Google App Engine Changes Everything
Google just opened up their infrastructure to regular developers and I cannot stop thinking about it
- cloud
Why I'm Starting This Blog
A wide-eyed engineering student discovers the internet and decides to document the journey
- personal
- career