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Interesting posts on TopTal blog

• Ensuring Clean Code: A Look at Python, Parameterized
• A Better Approach to Google Cloud Continuous Deployment
• Zero Downtime Jenkins Continuous Deployment with Terraform on AWS

Posted at 08:25PM Mar 21, 2019 by Zeger Hendrikse in General  |  Comments[0]

OKRs versus KPIs

In this post a nice analogon can be found illustrating the difference between OKRs and KPIs:

Posted at 10:46AM Jan 30, 2019 by Zeger Hendrikse in General  |  Comments[0]

Interview questions

Interview questions:

• DevOps interview-questions
• AWS interview-questions
• Full-stack developer interview questions

Posted at 07:14PM Jan 17, 2019 by Zeger Hendrikse in Continuous Delivery  |  Comments[0]

Brilliant comic introducing Kubernetes

Please find here a brilliant comic introducing Kubernetes.

Posted at 10:34PM Jan 04, 2019 by Zeger Hendrikse in General  |  Comments[0]

Deploying a COTS Application in the AWS cloud with Continous Delivery, IaC, Packer, GitLab, Ansible and Terraform

In this post we discuss how to deploy a COTS application in the Amazon cloud using a continuous delivery pipeline in GitLab, using Packer and Ansible to create an AMI (abstract machine image) and Terraform to lay out the infrastructure to which the application will be deployed.

Posted at 11:19PM Apr 30, 2018 by Zeger Hendrikse in Continuous Delivery  |  Comments[0]

Fullcalendar with json-server

In this post we describe how to get Fullcalendar working with json-server.

We show how to both create and edit event entries (in this application only for whole days, as it is meant to show who will be on site when.

Some useful links were:

• JSON server by Eleven Labs
• Creating a monthly calendar with FullCalendar.io
• JSON server docs
• fullcalendar.io docs

Posted at 09:01PM Apr 29, 2018 by Zeger Hendrikse in Linux  |  Comments[0]

Authors page of Baeldung

Posted at 11:04PM Dec 10, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Java & J2EE  |  Comments[0]

Docker containers in Kubernetes with Java

How to manage Docker containers in Kubernetes with Java.

Posted at 06:49PM Oct 22, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Java & J2EE  |  Comments[0]

The death of software architecture

In my series "the death of...":

• The death of (the) architecture (metaphor): Architecture and design
• The death of design patterns: How Functional Programming will (Finally) do Away With the GoF Patterns
• The death of continous integration

Posted at 05:00PM Sep 06, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in General  |  Comments[0]

Jez Humble's response on branching

In the endless discussions I need to do almost everywhere on branching, there is the one and only reply from Jez Humble to save the day. Moreover, see Martin Fowler on Continuous Integration and Branches considered harmful. Finally, in 5 traits of a good delivery pipeline there are references to "on DVCS, Continuous Integration, and Feature Branches", and "Enabling Trunk Based Development with Deployment Pipelines", all stating the same message.

Jez Humble's reply is reproduced below: 

Posted at 03:16PM Sep 04, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Continuous Delivery  |  Comments[0]