Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery is now available as an early release!
Today, I’m excited to announce my new book! It’s called Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery, and it’s a comprehensive, hands-on guide to deploying and ...
Terraform: Up & Running, 3rd edition is now published!
Today, I’m excited to announce that the 3rd edition of Terraform: Up & Running is now published! It includes over 100 pages of new content, including two tot...
Lessons learned from losing 50 lbs
On January 10, 2019, I weighed in at 223 lbs. On October 20, I weighed in at 173 lbs. That’s 50 pounds lost (22.7 kg) in 10 months.
The 10:1 rule of writing and programming
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. — Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach
Terraform: Up & Running has been published!
Today, I’m happy to announce that Terraform: Up & Running has been published!
The Competent Programmer
In literature, The Competent (Wo)man is a character who exhibits a very wide range of abilities and knowledge. The idea is similar to a Polymath or a Renaissanc...
Hello, Startup
Update: The book is now published! Get yourself a copy at hello-startup.net!
Must-See Tech Talks for Every Programmer
I love a good tech talk. I like to watch them, I like to give them, and now that I have lots of free time on my hands, I’ve put together a list of the must-see...
Don't learn to code. Learn to think.
It seems like everyone is trying to learn to code: Code.org has celebrities like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Chris Bosh telling you anyone can code; CoderD...
You are what you document
Hey, grab a seat—we need to talk about documentation. Now, I know what you're thinking: documentation is tedious, a chore, an afterthought, a redundant so...
Bitcoin by analogy
Bitcoin is the first purely digital, decentralized money. It has been on my mind a lot lately and apparently, I'm not the only one. Paul Graham called it a para...
Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding
Update #1: this post hit the front page of r/programming and HN. Thank you for the great feedback! I’ve added some corrections below.
The 10x developer is NOT a myth
Update: you can find a Spanish translation of this blog post here.
Shit recruiters say
Just today, I got my 1,000th recruiter email in the last ~4 years. I know this is the number because I’m slightly obsessed with organization and have added a s...
Got slow download but fast upload speeds over wireless? Here's a fix.
If you find that your wireless download speeds are abysmal while your uploads speeds are pretty solid, especially with Apple devices, I’ve got a possible soluti...
Your job posting sucks.
Silicon valley is in a talent war. Tech companies are battling to hire the top prospects like never before, with Google alone planning to add more than 6,000 pe...