Tags¶

Looking for a post with a specific tag? Here's a list of all the tags used on this blog.

Active Directory¶

• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation

Americana¶

• Fare Thee Well
• I'm Just a River
• Shadow of the Cloud

Ansible¶

• Refactoring Python `if/elif` Chains with Tuple Comparisons and Dispatch Tables
• Use Ansible Collections Directly from Source During Development
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code

Ansible Collections¶

• Use Ansible Collections Directly from Source During Development

Automation¶

• Announcing the Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.0
• Announcing the v2.0.0 Release of the Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors
• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor
• Bulk Delete GitHub Actions Workflow Runs
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• How to Create Terminal Demos as Code with VHS by Charm
• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built
• Introducing `setup-task`: Install Task in GitHub Actions
• Managing GitHub Repository Settings with Probot Settings
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Set Shared GitHub Defaults with a `.github` Repository
• Signing Your Git Commits: From Zero to Verified
• Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom
• Using the VMware Cloud Foundation Async Patch Tool with PowerShell
• `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Writing Practical Contribution Guidelines for GitHub Repositories
• `govm`: Switch Between Go Versions Without the Headache

CI/CD¶

• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering

Career Development¶

• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path

Certifications¶

• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path

Clean Code¶

• Refactoring Python `if/elif` Chains with Tuple Comparisons and Dispatch Tables

Cloudflare¶

• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built

Cloudflare Pages¶

• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built

Compliance¶

• DCO vs CLA: Managing Contribution Agreements in Open Source

Country¶

• Fare Thee Well
• I'm Just a River
• Shadow of the Cloud

DevOps¶

• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• Use Ansible Collections Directly from Source During Development
• Why You Should Pin GitHub Actions to Commit Hashes

Developer Experience¶

• A Better Inbox for Pull Requests on GitHub
• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint
• Automate Locking Closed Issues and Pull Requests on GitHub
• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path
• Configuring the GitHub Issue Template Chooser
• Controlling Git Repository Behavior with `.gitattributes`
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• How to Write an Effective GitHub Pull Request Template
• Ignoring Files in Git with `.gitignore`
• Light and Dark Mode Images in GitHub Markdown
• Light and Dark Mode Images in MkDocs Material
• Managing GitHub Repository Settings with Probot Settings
• Managing Stale Issues and Pull Requests with GitHub Actions
• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell
• Pinned Comments on GitHub Issues
• Please Format Your Code Blocks: GitHub Issue Etiquette
• Python Code Quality: Black, Flake8, and Ruff
• Set Shared GitHub Defaults with a `.github` Repository
• The Anti-Noise Nudge for GitHub Issues
• Tracking Empty Directories in Git with `.gitkeep`
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code
• `CODEOWNERS`: Automating Code Review Ownership
• `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Writing Practical Contribution Guidelines for GitHub Repositories

Developer Tools¶

• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint
• Python Code Quality: Black, Flake8, and Ruff
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code

Developer Workflow¶

• A Better Inbox for Pull Requests on GitHub
• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint
• Automate Locking Closed Issues and Pull Requests on GitHub
• Bulk Delete GitHub Actions Workflow Runs
• Configuring the GitHub Issue Template Chooser
• Controlling Git Repository Behavior with `.gitattributes`
• Conventional Commits: How to Write a Better Git Commit Message
• DCO vs CLA: Managing Contribution Agreements in Open Source
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• How to Create Terminal Demos as Code with VHS by Charm
• How to Write an Effective GitHub Pull Request Template
• Ignoring Files in Git with `.gitignore`
• Light and Dark Mode Images in GitHub Markdown
• Light and Dark Mode Images in MkDocs Material
• Managing GitHub Repository Settings with Probot Settings
• Managing Stale Issues and Pull Requests with GitHub Actions
• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell
• Pinned Comments on GitHub Issues
• Please Format Your Code Blocks: GitHub Issue Etiquette
• Python Code Quality: Black, Flake8, and Ruff
• Rebase. Squash. Merge. Repeat.
• Refactoring Python `if/elif` Chains with Tuple Comparisons and Dispatch Tables
• Renaming a Git Tag
• Set Shared GitHub Defaults with a `.github` Repository
• Squash and Merge: A Better Default
• The Anti-Noise Nudge for GitHub Issues
• Tracking Empty Directories in Git with `.gitkeep`
• Use Ansible Collections Directly from Source During Development
• Using `dev_overrides` for Local Terraform Provider Development
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code
• `CODEOWNERS`: Automating Code Review Ownership
• `govm`: Switch Between Go Versions Without the Headache

Docker¶

• Automating Releases with GoReleaser

Documentation¶

• How to Create Terminal Demos as Code with VHS by Charm

Enterprise Architecture¶

• IT Governance and the Software-Defined Datacenter
• On Bricks
• On Enterprise Architecture Principals
• On Enterprise Architecture Roles and Responsibilities
• On Principals
• On Principles of Applications
• On Standards
• On Standards. Disputes, Process Failure, and Issues
• On Standards. Domain Teams, and Working Groups
• On Standards. Request for Comments
• On Standards. Revising, Retiring, Obsolete and the Exceptions
• On an Organization's Cultural DNA
• On the Principals of Data Management
• Standards. Alignment, Process, and Community

Folk¶

• Fare Thee Well

Git¶

• Controlling Git Repository Behavior with `.gitattributes`
• Conventional Commits: How to Write a Better Git Commit Message
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• Ignoring Files in Git with `.gitignore`
• Rebase. Squash. Merge. Repeat.
• Renaming a Git Tag
• Signing Your Git Commits: From Zero to Verified
• Squash and Merge: A Better Default
• Tracking Empty Directories in Git with `.gitkeep`

GitHub¶

• A Better Inbox for Pull Requests on GitHub
• Automate Locking Closed Issues and Pull Requests on GitHub
• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path
• Bulk Delete GitHub Actions Workflow Runs
• Configuring the GitHub Issue Template Chooser
• Controlling Git Repository Behavior with `.gitattributes`
• Conventional Commits: How to Write a Better Git Commit Message
• DCO vs CLA: Managing Contribution Agreements in Open Source
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• How to Write an Effective GitHub Pull Request Template
• Ignoring Files in Git with `.gitignore`
• Light and Dark Mode Images in GitHub Markdown
• Managing GitHub Repository Settings with Probot Settings
• Managing Stale Issues and Pull Requests with GitHub Actions
• Pinned Comments on GitHub Issues
• Please Format Your Code Blocks: GitHub Issue Etiquette
• Rebase. Squash. Merge. Repeat.
• Renaming a Git Tag
• Set Shared GitHub Defaults with a `.github` Repository
• Signing Your Git Commits: From Zero to Verified
• Squash and Merge: A Better Default
• The Anti-Noise Nudge for GitHub Issues
• Tracking Empty Directories in Git with `.gitkeep`
• Why You Should Pin GitHub Actions to Commit Hashes
• `CODEOWNERS`: Automating Code Review Ownership
• `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Writing Practical Contribution Guidelines for GitHub Repositories

GitHub Actions¶

• Automate Locking Closed Issues and Pull Requests on GitHub
• Automating Releases with GoReleaser
• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path
• Bulk Delete GitHub Actions Workflow Runs
• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built
• Introducing `setup-task`: Install Task in GitHub Actions
• Managing Stale Issues and Pull Requests with GitHub Actions
• Why You Should Pin GitHub Actions to Commit Hashes

GitHub Advanced Security¶

• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path

GitHub Copilot¶

• A Better Inbox for Pull Requests on GitHub
• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path

GitHub Pages¶

• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built

GitLab¶

• Controlling Git Repository Behavior with `.gitattributes`
• Conventional Commits: How to Write a Better Git Commit Message
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• Ignoring Files in Git with `.gitignore`
• Rebase. Squash. Merge. Repeat.
• Renaming a Git Tag
• Signing Your Git Commits: From Zero to Verified
• Squash and Merge: A Better Default
• `CODEOWNERS`: Automating Code Review Ownership

Go¶

• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint
• Automating Releases with GoReleaser
• How to Create Terminal Demos as Code with VHS by Charm
• Using `dev_overrides` for Local Terraform Provider Development
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code
• `govm`: Switch Between Go Versions Without the Headache

GoReleaser¶

• Automating Releases with GoReleaser

HashiCorp¶

• Using `dev_overrides` for Local Terraform Provider Development

HashiCorp Packer¶

• Announcing the Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.0
• Announcing the v2.0.0 Release of the Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors
• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom

HashiCorp Terraform¶

• Using `dev_overrides` for Local Terraform Provider Development

Homebrew¶

• Automating Releases with GoReleaser

IDE¶

• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code

Identity Provider¶

• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation

Imposter Syndrome¶

• What the Record Shows

Infrastructure-as-Code¶

• Announcing the Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.0
• Announcing the v2.0.0 Release of the Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors
• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor
• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering
• Introducing `setup-task`: Install Task in GitHub Actions
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom
• Using `dev_overrides` for Local Terraform Provider Development

JetBrains¶

• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code

Kubernetes¶

• Shutdown and Startup a vSphere with Kubernetes Workload Domain

Learning¶

• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path

Markdown¶

• Light and Dark Mode Images in GitHub Markdown
• Light and Dark Mode Images in MkDocs Material

Memory¶

• T.J. Came Running
• Under That Kind of Sky

MkDocs¶

• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built
• Light and Dark Mode Images in MkDocs Material

MkDocs Material¶

• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built

Music¶

• Fare Thee Well
• I'm Just a River
• Shadow of the Cloud

Oh My Zsh¶

• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell

Open Source¶

• A Better Inbox for Pull Requests on GitHub
• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint
• Automate Locking Closed Issues and Pull Requests on GitHub
• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor
• Automating Releases with GoReleaser
• Bulk Delete GitHub Actions Workflow Runs
• Configuring the GitHub Issue Template Chooser
• Controlling Git Repository Behavior with `.gitattributes`
• Conventional Commits: How to Write a Better Git Commit Message
• DCO vs CLA: Managing Contribution Agreements in Open Source
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• How to Create Terminal Demos as Code with VHS by Charm
• How to Write an Effective GitHub Pull Request Template
• Ignoring Files in Git with `.gitignore`
• Inside the Stack: How This Blog Is Built
• Introducing `setup-task`: Install Task in GitHub Actions
• Light and Dark Mode Images in GitHub Markdown
• Light and Dark Mode Images in MkDocs Material
• Managing GitHub Repository Settings with Probot Settings
• Managing Stale Issues and Pull Requests with GitHub Actions
• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell
• Pinned Comments on GitHub Issues
• Please Format Your Code Blocks: GitHub Issue Etiquette
• Python Code Quality: Black, Flake8, and Ruff
• Rebase. Squash. Merge. Repeat.
• Renaming a Git Tag
• Set Shared GitHub Defaults with a `.github` Repository
• Signing Your Git Commits: From Zero to Verified
• Squash and Merge: A Better Default
• The Anti-Noise Nudge for GitHub Issues
• Tracking Empty Directories in Git with `.gitkeep`
• Use Ansible Collections Directly from Source During Development
• Using `dev_overrides` for Local Terraform Provider Development
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code
• Why You Should Pin GitHub Actions to Commit Hashes
• `CODEOWNERS`: Automating Code Review Ownership
• `CONTRIBUTING.md`: Writing Practical Contribution Guidelines for GitHub Repositories
• `govm`: Switch Between Go Versions Without the Headache

Personal¶

• Lost in Shades of I'm Okay
• T.J. Came Running
• Under That Kind of Sky
• What the Record Shows

Platform Engineering¶

• Git Submodules Deep Dive for Platform Engineering

PowerShell¶

• Using the VMware Cloud Foundation Async Patch Tool with PowerShell

Professional Growth¶

• Branching Out: GitHub Certification Path

Pull Requests¶

• A Better Inbox for Pull Requests on GitHub

Python¶

• Python Code Quality: Black, Flake8, and Ruff
• Refactoring Python `if/elif` Chains with Tuple Comparisons and Dispatch Tables
• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code

Refactoring¶

• Refactoring Python `if/elif` Chains with Tuple Comparisons and Dispatch Tables

Release Engineering¶

• Automating Releases with GoReleaser

Rural South¶

• T.J. Came Running
• Under That Kind of Sky

Security¶

• DCO vs CLA: Managing Contribution Agreements in Open Source
• Elevate Your Git Workflow: A Guide to Using `pre-commit`
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Signing Your Git Commits: From Zero to Verified
• Why You Should Pin GitHub Actions to Commit Hashes
• `CODEOWNERS`: Automating Code Review Ownership

Software-Defined Data Center¶

• Announcing the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 2.0
• Announcing the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 2.0
• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation
• Reference Design for vRealize Network Insight on Cloud Foundation
• VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.0 Architecture Reference Poster
• VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.0 Generally Available
• VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.1 Generally Available
• vRealize Suite Account Expirations and Password Requirements
• vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 1.2 Ports and Protocols, Feature URLs, and Service Account Privileges

Songwriting¶

• Fare Thee Well
• I'm Just a River
• Shadow of the Cloud

Southern Gothic¶

• Fare Thee Well
• I'm Just a River
• Shadow of the Cloud

Standards¶

• IT Governance and the Software-Defined Datacenter
• On Bricks
• On Enterprise Architecture Principals
• On Enterprise Architecture Roles and Responsibilities
• On Principals
• On Principles of Applications
• On Standards
• On Standards. Disputes, Process Failure, and Issues
• On Standards. Domain Teams, and Working Groups
• On Standards. Request for Comments
• On Standards. Revising, Retiring, Obsolete and the Exceptions
• On an Organization's Cultural DNA
• On the Principals of Data Management
• Standards. Alignment, Process, and Community

Static Analysis¶

• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint
• Python Code Quality: Black, Flake8, and Ruff

Supply Chain Security¶

• Automating Releases with GoReleaser

Terminal¶

• How to Create Terminal Demos as Code with VHS by Charm
• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell

Terraform¶

• Why I Use JetBrains GoLand and PyCharm Over VS Code

UX¶

• Customization of vRealize Automation 6.2.x Email Notifications

Ubuntu¶

• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor

VMware Cloud Foundation¶

• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation
• Reference Design for vRealize Network Insight on Cloud Foundation
• Shutdown and Startup a vSphere with Kubernetes Workload Domain
• Using the VMware Cloud Foundation Async Patch Tool with PowerShell

VMware Fusion¶

• Announcing the v2.0.0 Release of the Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors
• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom

VMware NSX¶

• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Platform Services Controller¶

• Introducing the Platform Services Controller Interface in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
• Reconfiguring and Repointing Deployment Models in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
• What is vCenter Server Watchdog?

VMware Validated Designs¶

• Announcing the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 2.0
• Announcing the VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center 2.0
• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation
• Reference Design for vRealize Network Insight on Cloud Foundation
• Shutdown and Startup a vSphere with Kubernetes Workload Domain
• VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.0 Architecture Reference Poster
• VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.0 Generally Available
• VMware Validated Design for SDDC 4.1 Generally Available

VMware Workstation¶

• Announcing the v2.0.0 Release of the Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors
• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom

VMware vCenter¶

• Confessions of an Energy Consciousness Mind
• Enabling Active Directory Federation Services for VMware Cloud Foundation
• Introducing the Platform Services Controller Interface in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
• Reconfiguring and Repointing Deployment Models in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
• What is vCenter Server Watchdog?

VMware vRealize Automation¶

• Customization of vRealize Automation 6.2.x Email Notifications

VMware vRealize Network Insight¶

• Reference Design for vRealize Network Insight on Cloud Foundation

VMware vRealize Suite¶

• vRealize Suite Account Expirations and Password Requirements

VMware vSphere¶

• Announcing the Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.0
• Confessions of an Energy Consciousness Mind
• Introducing the Platform Services Controller Interface in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
• Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere v2.1.2 and Packer Plugin for VMware Desktop Hypervisors v2.1.1
• Reconfiguring and Repointing Deployment Models in vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1
• Transfer of the Packer Plugins to from HashiCorp to Broadcom
• What is vCenter Server Watchdog?

Work¶

• What the Record Shows

Writing¶

• Lost in Shades of I'm Okay
• T.J. Came Running
• Under That Kind of Sky
• What the Record Shows

Zsh¶

• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell

cloud-init¶

• Automate a Ubuntu Server Daily Build on a VMware Desktop Hypervisor

golangci-lint¶

• A Deep Dive into golangci-lint

macOS¶

• Oh My Zsh on macOS: A Reference for a Clean, Maintainable Shell