Fragmentation has been a problem for quite some time in the Linux ecosystem. A variety of distributions exist today, with their own package managers and their own notions of what a "base system" consists of.

If you google “matrix from hell,” you’ll see many articles about how Docker solves the matrix from hell. So, what is the matrix from hell? Put simply, it is the challenge of packaging any application, regardless of language/frameworks/dependencies, so that…

After creating DevOpsLinks community, I’ve noticed that many of this community members are interested in technologies like Docker &…

Looking to host your website, application, or API in the cloud, or migrate to a new cloud provider while keeping your data secure? This webinar covers secure migration to Google Cloud with Cloudflare.

Official blog of Keybase

My last article was about Creating a Serverless Python API Using AWS Lambda & Chalice.

8 Principles to help you improve and evaluate your development practices, and those of your suppliers

NCSC Guidance for secure development and deployment - ukncsc/secure-development-and-deployment

The Docker Version Manager (dvm) is a cross-platform command-line tool that helps you install and switch between Docker clients

Docker containers provides an isolated sandbox for the containerized program to execute. One-shot containers accomplishes a particular task and stops. Long running containers runs for an indefinite…

How to build and use unit tests for distributed systems

I’ve been working on writing up Operability thoughts along with @matthewpskelton recently, and ahead of some upcoming workshops on the topic, we put together a webinar titled “Practical…

In IT service management, how do you stop just putting out fires? Start by seeing job duality: balancing IT work with the communication side. Here's how.

Class materials for a distributed systems lecture series - aphyr/distsys-class

It is worth noting that I am not classically trained in Distributed Systems.  I am mostly self taught via independent study and on the job experience.  I do have a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell, but focused mostly on graphics and security in my specialization…

Note — Huge thanks to Jamie Wilkinson and Julius Volz, Google SREs present and past, for reading a draft of this and giving me invaluable…