I’d like to discuss a mental somersault that I’ve found has caused me a lot of grief in the past, which is prescriptive descriptions. Let’s break this down a bit: A descriptive statement is a statement about how something is. A prescriptive statement is a statement about how something must be, a rule or a law. If I...

I think I now have a few people reading this, so I should update it more regularly, so let’s get some life updates in here. Upcoming Speaking Engagements THAT Conference at the end of July. MagnoliaJS in September. Plus some other ones might be around the corner too. Stay tuned. Recent Projects/Pens This Site is...

The DORA four keys defines (1) Deployment Frequency, (2) Lead Time for Changes, (3) Time to Restore Services, and (4) Change Failure Rate; which indicates the performance of software delivery. The DORA four keys are performance measurement metrics and fits well philosophically with the mission of any Machine...

Today in Gaming On Linux discord group I was told that "I don't care about my playerbase" by one person and I got so frustrated I decided to write a blogpost about this. That's fucking insulting and just false. Note: The mods of the discord group apologized to me and have said this was the persons last warning. The...

I painted a bike! For a long time I’ve wanted to introduce painting to my restoration process, but I was always held back by not having a well-ventilated area to do it in. I kept putting it off until later this year when I’ll move into a proper house with a yard, but then this bike came along, with its cracked and...

How I envision we can bring as much value as possible out of a software team

I’ve been using a 4-star rating system for my watchlist for a while now, but I’ve had a consistent problem: most of the time, I end up rating something 2/4 because I think it’s fine. Currently, my system is: ★ = didn’t like ★★ = pretty okay ★★★ = liked ★★★★ = favourite ‘Pretty okay’ is how I end up feeling about...

This article describes how to deploy a container image direct from a local repository to an OpenShift 4 cluster, and instantiate a pod based on that image.