Anti-Patterns in tech costing
I recently gave another presentation for the Vancouver software development managers. Not my greatest, but I still like the idea and it needs to be...
Moving WordPress (4) – SSL, themes, etc.
With the site(s) kind of up and running, I set about installing the Let's Encrypt Certbot for SSL support. Then I set up themes and...
Moving WordPress (3) – database and content
Almost all WordPress and related instructions assume you are using a "standard" hosting service... I was not doing this....
Moving WordPress (2) – AWS setup
The AWS setup was the easy part. That should have been no surprise, as I've spent lots of time with AWS but very little time...
Moving WordPress (1) – what I wanted to do
This is the first part of my writeup of everything I did to move my site from one EC2 instance to another, and make a...
In praise of simple tools
I write using Emacs and LaTeX. I'll grudgingly copy and paste to other formats because the organization demands it but I do better work with...
Broadly vs. Locally-useful skills
Early on, I programmed on mainframes in COBOL... I'm sure I could do it again. But I'd be tossing away some highly valuable, broadly-applicable and...
How I got hired at AWS
Being yourself matters as much as anything.
And be nice to the airline staff. They can really make or break your life....
Well, that took a while
When I wrapped up 2018 just ahead of my move, I had a notion that it might be a while before I posted again. I...
Wrapping up 2018, a year of big changes
On January 16th I will depart for Seattle, where I will be working for Amazon Web Services starting on the 21st....