A talk on Chef Sugar, a Ruby library for Chef, covering its history and technical internals.
Announcing Chef Sugar v1.2.0, a Ruby gem that extends Chef's DSL with new features like attribute namespaces and version constraints.
Explains how to modify Chef resource attributes at runtime using the resources method, useful for wrapper cookbook patterns.
A developer's perspective on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), its principles, and its role in modern DevOps practices.
A tutorial on creating a configuration settings file for a Drupal 8 module, covering the YAML structure and schema.
A technical tutorial on creating a settings page for a Drupal 8 module, focusing on configuration forms and the Global Redirect module.
A guide to unit testing Chef cookbooks using ChefSpec, focusing on testing instructions rather than results to catch regressions.
A developer's rant about software stability and the pain of backward-incompatible updates when migrating to new computers.
A guide to creating a custom Configuration Manager for Windows Azure apps to handle dynamic settings like connection strings.
