A guide to designing a reliable, automated backup system using cron and rsync, focusing on efficiency, security, and fail-safes.
A guide on using Laravel Forge Recipes to run pre-written scripts across multiple servers, using an ElasticSearch install as an example.
A guide to automating development and CI tasks using Grunt, a Node.js task runner, with configuration examples.
A Python script to recursively find and delete empty directories from a filesystem, with options for root folder handling.
A technical guide on using PowerShell to download and analyze AWS billing reports from S3, focusing on cost and usage data.
A guide to using the shenzhen gem to automate building and distributing iOS enterprise .ipa files, covering configuration, signing, and deployment channels.
A guide to using Grunt JS to automate tasks like live reloading, script processing, and environment detection for faster WordPress development.
A developer's perspective on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), its principles, and its role in modern DevOps practices.
A guide to automating SharePoint development with iterative processes, CI, nightly builds, automated deployments, and UI testing.
A guide to automatically download the latest SQL database backup daily using shell scripts and cron jobs on Unix systems.
Introduces Gunsub, a Python tool to manage GitHub notifications by automatically unsubscribing from passive threads after the first message.
A list of 10 Python project ideas to inspire developers, including libraries and tools for imaging, web, and automation.
A feature request to generate PowerShell scripts from actions taken in the Azure Management Portal for automation and reusability.
Announcing Packer, an open-source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms like AWS AMIs and Vagrant boxes.
Mitchell Hashimoto shares his lifelong passion for automation, from cheating Neopets to creating Vagrant, highlighting how it shaped his career.
A guide to automating reprint requests in Gmail using custom mailto links, filters, and canned responses.
A guide to creating a custom Jenkins CI widget for the Panic StatusBoard app using a script and static HTML.
A guide to automatically re-install R packages after upgrading to R 3.0, with OSX and Windows instructions.
A developer introduces a tool to analyze .NET project files, extracting build info and dependencies to automate manual tasks.
A guide to dynamically add SSH known hosts using a custom Chef LWRP, solving automation issues during server provisioning.
