A very rambling blog, about nothing much in particular ... maybe some tech thrown in.
Posted by andy on 12 April 2024 Development
There has been a lot of talk in the development community about the practice of devcontainers; that is, using small disposable containers for developing, proving and then ultimately colaboration during your development process in order to remove the need to install tooling on your machine. Read more
Posted by andy on 22 November 2023 Development SysAdmin
For the past few months I’ve been buried neck deep in Terraform, pipelines and such - building large amounts of Infrastructure as Code, simplifying life for engineers where possible (but not me lol) which is why I’ve been fairly quiet. Read more
Posted by andy on 12 May 2023 Development
When did we become a user base demanding an application for absolutely everything? I recently caught myself in this trap, but realising that most apps on your smartphone are just absolutely terrible. Read more
Posted by andy on 9 March 2023 Life ... the universe! Development
Just how smart is a Google Nest thermostat really? I’ve had one for just over a year now, and yes, it has reduced my oil consumption in this old property considerably, but any learning (or even, moderately decent, non-simplistic switch based) thermostat would have done the same. Read more
Posted by andy on 6 March 2023 Development SysAdmin
Penetration testing against cloud deployments can be a very contentious issue with some companies, but with many of the verticals that I work it’s a necessary evil - whether you are deploying IaaS components or PaaS, buying a SaaS platform or a mixture, it’s highly likely your project is going to need to look at some form of security assurance. Read more