writing
Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.
192 essays and counting
AWS Keeps Growing: Spot Instances
Amazon introduces Spot Instances and a student tries to wrap his head around cloud economics
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
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
VMware vSphere: The Future of Virtualization
VMware renames and reimagines its platform as vSphere 4, and the data center will never be the same
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
Windows 7 RC: Microsoft Gets It Right
After the Vista disaster, Microsoft releases the Windows 7 Release Candidate and it actually feels good
Studying for RHCE
Deep in Red Hat territory, preparing for the RHCE certification and discovering what system administration really means