Posts

I don't write regularly about what I've read/listened to anymore. I found I wasn't getting the cognitive benefit for the time invested.

These will more likely be rants or one-off "how-tos".

  • In Defense of DevOps August 23, 2022

    Lately there seems to be a growing chorus within software engineering that DevOps is “dead”, or at least an abject failure. I’d argue it is more important than ever before. Software delivery is an increasingly complex beast, fraught with security threats and requiring a pragmatic and nuanced approach to operational excellence.

  • DevSecOps: Add Docker Image Scanning To Your CI/CD Pipeline January 10, 2022

    It’s been over a year since I’ve last posted anything to the blog that wasn’t commissioned writing. Maintaining consistency in writing definitely falls under a “hard” thing for me. I think to get 2022 started right, I’ll start with a short technical how-to.

  • Welp, Goals Are Hard February 22, 2021

    So yeah, as it turns out, goals are hard. A month ago, I set out some loosely defined goals for 2021. How is it going, you ask?

  • It's Been Awhile January 19, 2021

    Feels like I’ve arrived at the inevitable trough of blogging activity: months between updates, with “projects” occupying the majority of my time. Once upon a time, posting about the content I was reading/consuming forced me to keep a better posting discipline.

  • New No Code Tutorial Posted August 3, 2020

    Following up on my previous post: https://mikevanbuskirk.io/posts/new-site-launch/, I’ve written another no code tutorial on Dev.to to further promote the future launch of: nocodeautomation.io: https://dev.to/codevbus/graph-your-dev-to-metrics-with-no-code-2a5j This tutorial goes a little more in depth, showing how to do some simple time-series graphing of Dev.