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Continue reading →: Azure DevOps and Scrum Retro
If you are using Azure DevOps for managing your Scrum team, take a look at this extension for facilitating Scrum retro’s. It works great! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-devlabs.team-retrospectives After you install and setup your retro board, you will see something like this. This is great! It really helps your facilitate the Scrum retro…
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Continue reading →: AWS Graviton – Cost Savings
AWS Graviton instances are a family of Amazon EC2 VM’s powered by custom-built, 64-bit processors designed by AWS using the ARM architecture that are optimized for performance and cost savings. Benefits Draw-backs AWS Graviton Savings Dashboard
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Continue reading →: AWS – CloudFormation Generator
Have you ever created a AWS resource manually in the console, then tried to re-create the resource in CloudFormation? Its kind of a pain! The generator process can scan your AWS account and find resources not backed by CloudFormation and generate CloudFormation templates. You will have the ability to download…
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Continue reading →: Apache ANT – Latest Release
I’ve used Apache ANT for building Java projects for a long time. I think its a great build tool. However, it just seems like most teams are moving towards Gradle as a build tool. The latest release of ANT is 1.10.15, which happened in August 2024. Question – Is Apache…
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Continue reading →: Scrum Events
If you are a Scrum Master or leading a team in some sort of Scrum cadence, you will want to perform these events! Scrum Events The following link is a good resource to understanding each of the event! Download the Scrum guide here for complete details
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Continue reading →: Devopsdays Minneapolis
Best qoute from Devopsdays Minneapolis. “You can’t buy DevOps, but I can sell you some” Great conference here in MN. https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-minneapolis/welcome/
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Continue reading →: Java Champions – Java Free Article
I recently attended the NFJS conference in MN and was shown the following article on Java written by Java Champions. https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-2-0-0-6b9aa8d6d244 If you looking for answers concerning what Java version to use going forward, what the new Java cadence will be, and any other question related to the recent changes…
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Continue reading →: PowerShell – Sub-Expressions
My thoughts on using sub-expressions to access object properties. $serviceObj = Get-Service “wmi*” Write-Output “Service Status $serviceObj.status” Service Status System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.status Not really the output I was expecting. This is where the sub-expression comes in handy! I can use a sub-expression to extract the status property value and display without using…
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Continue reading →: JENKINS JCasC – securityRealm
I just can’t stop playing around with the Jenkins JCasC plugin. However, I just don’t think its in a state to replace all of your Jenkins configuration yet. Example – I want to create a new Jenkins user\password and add the additional user data such as email, token, and description…
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Continue reading →: Monitoring Plan – AWS Style!
Lately, I’ve been reading some AWS documents in preparation for the SYSOPS certification and came across a great AWS monitoring best practice document. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/monitoring_best_practices.html This is such a great starting point for teams implementing a new monitoring solutions!