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2021

Bash (script) coding

Walk though the tricks (Bashisms) used in a script to install, configure, and run many programs on macOS and Linux

GitHub Data Security

How to keep secrets out of GitHub

Git Guardian

Full-featured free secret scanning for open source and small teams on GitHub and GitLab

Pyenv and Pipenv (on MacOS)

The tools to dynamically install and use different versions of Python, packages, all within Virtualenv

Security Certifications

There are several (overlapping) ones. Collect them all!

Cyber Security

Enterprise data risks and vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them with controls

Service Mesh (Envoy, Istio, Linkerd)

The sidecar proxy separates cross-cutting operational concerns from business logic, handing off to a control pane to do the rest

GoLang (Go Language) ecosystem

This is what the cool kids are using to create fast and portable apps

2020

Prometheus (CNCF with Kubernetes)

Open-source (free) monitoring

Markdown text for GitHub from HTML

Tricks to force Markdown to show things the way you want.

GCP (Google Compute Platform/Google Certified Professional)

The cloud that runs on fast Google Fiber and Big AI

Terraform (vs. AWS Cloud Formation)

Immutable declarative multi-service Infrastructure as Code (IaC) provisioning

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to Windows machines from MacOS

Connect to Windows machine in AWS or any cloud from within MacOS, Linux

IaC (Infrastructure as Code (The Whole Nine Yards)

For minimal manual effort, automate (DRY pipelines in one repo) creation of 11 local/cloud Kubernetes cluster environments (Mac, Windows PC, dev, stg, and pr...

Git-LFS (Large File System) and DVC

Git clean and smudge binary files to and from a separate LFS Store, transparently

Apple Mac OSX Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts and utilities

Git Signing

Sign git commits and tags (for non-repudiation) in GitHub using GPG, Vault, Yubikey, Keybase

Xcode install (on MacOS)

Xcode IDE contain Command-Line utilities. But separate Command-Line installer cause errors for use by Homebrew, Python, and other development tools

Kubernetes (K8s)

for orchestration of containers, especially in clouds, including OpenShift

InnerSource

Caring about sharing within commerical enterprises using GitHub

Browser Extensions

Make websites look and do what you want!

Food (online, delivered)

How I feed via deliveries by UPS, FedEx, and USPS, instead of dining in different restaurants during the pandemic.

Fonts on macOS

You are what font you use

Bash scripts (coding)

This sample Bash script contains multiple features: install, configure, and run (then remove) a web app within Docker on macOS and Linux, with one copy/paste

GitHub GraphQL (API)

GitHub's REST API was perfect. Now THIS is more perfect.

AWS Onboarding

for System Administration and billing

Printing

How to get your stuff on paper from macOS and Linux

WebGoat

Run the deliberately insecure Java app within Docker with a Contrast Security agent reporting issues and trends over time.

TensorFlow

TensorFlow Certification

AI Ecosystems APIs

Brand names for how corporate overlords are making humans into robots

Test for OWASP using ZAP on the Broken Web App

Practice penetration testing identifying security vulnerabilities in sample BWA app

Histograms (and Frequency Diagrams in Excel)

Visualize your data by splitting them into several bins

GitHub Actions (for free CI/CD)

Declare and invoke build and test from within GitHub, for free.

CircleCI

DevSecOps in the cloud

Encrypt all the things

How to store and send files securely

Google Cloud Build

Build for Kubernetes within GCP

AWS Security

How to learn using the AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C01) exam

IoT Hub service on Microsoft Azure

Get value from IoT means getting wisdom from analytics and notifications

pytest-bdd

Achieve behavior-driven development (BDD) by automating Gherkin test specs using Pytest

Make (from) Makefile

How the venerable utility is used in Jenkins and GoCD to invoke shell commands around building Docker images for Kubernetes

Developer Teamwork

Tips for encouraging team Code Reviews, Pair Programming, and other techniques for better quality and productivity

OpenCV Color Python

Use the OpenCV to recognize a portion of your screen and have Selenuium Python click on a portion of it

2019

Graph databases

It's more relational than relational databases

Streamlit

Create data visualizations declaratively for ML and Data Science on a Mac, powered by Python

Web Scraping

How to use the Scrapy Python crawler framework to fetch HTML which Beautiful Soup parsers, on a Mac for Machine Learning visualizations

ImageMagic

Manage photos and Python Scikit Learn

Tesseract (OCR)

Recognizes text and special characters in image files (after Imagemagic), for 60+ languages (using LTSM machine-learning). Used by Selenium

Maven on MacOS (OSX)

for Java, Jenkins, etc.

OpenCV SikuliX robot

Use the OpenCV to recognize a portion of your screen and have Selenuium Python click on a portion of it

Selenium Setup

How to emulate real users touching your web apps using Python controlling Selenium and Beautiful Soup for reading HTML

Katalon (functional testing studio)

Automates teting on top of Selenium, Cucumber

OPA = Open Policy Agent

Web service to make decisions about Kubernetes Admission Control and

Virtualbox

Although it doesn't have the path to production like Docker and Kubernetes, it's free (unlike VMware Fusion)

Kedro (Python template for production-quality ML data pipelines)

My Bash script explained by an animated flowchart about installing (from Homebrew) Conda (Anaconda3) and utils to run tests and tasks invoking kedro (from Py...

Artifactory (with X-Ray security scan)

Privately store and retrieve binary artifacts vetted of vulnerabilities, instead of public DockerHub, PiPI, etc.

Docker Registry

Where Docker images are stored for Kubernetes to run

Helm Charts for Kubernetes

Package manager for Kubernetes

GoCD (Continuous Deployment and Delivery)

Integrated DevSecOps from Thoughtworks

Flood (vs. Selenium automation) coding

Coding Flood Element TypeScript which (like Selenium) emulates manual actions in Google Chrome browsers

Microtrader (sample microservices CI/CD to production Docker within AWS)

How to build, test, and integrate async http/2 app (written in Java with Vert.X) using Shell scripts, Boto3 Python, Ansible, Packer, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation...

Cloud Formation

to animate Templates in StackSets of Stacks in AWS

Flood local setup

Install Flood Element CLI to run TypeScript which (like Selenium) emulates manual actions in Google Chrome browsers

Zsh (Z shell on MacOS)

Apple's heavy hand is forcing adoption of POSIX and even switch to Python

Measure impact of controls in Dave Hoeffner's the-internet website

Use Flood.io Element TypeScript to measure GUI performance accessing website stood up in AWS cloud using Docker, as measured by NewRelic

AWS X-Ray

Tracing within the AWS Cloud

Tricentis Tosca

Model-based functional testing through the lifecycle

SAP Fiori

performance engineering SAP UI5 Fiori sample apps using Tricentis Flood.io Elements

DevOps job tasks (the work of DevOps)

Get DevOps done using job tasks and projects based on job tasks defined by professional certification

Git Patch (Bash script)

Create patch messages to apply into other repos, like old-school pros

Git messages (conventions and styling with emojis)

so you can separate one commit from another, succinctly

CICD pipeline (Docker of Python Console program being tested within TravisCI)

Featuring a Bash shell script that does everything, explained

WordPress

A vibrant ecosystem for quickly building and maintaining dynamic feature-rich websites

AWS Lightsail (and other VPS)

Create and use EC2 instances at fixed prices per month, vs. other Virtual Private Servers

JMeter in the cloud for distributed performance testing

Impose load remotely from Docker instances in the AWS cloud

Grafana (visualization)

Open-source server to display metrics for DevSecOps and others

Protractor (automated functional testing)

Using Jasmine to verify AngularJs web app UI based on Selenium (behavior) driven by Gherkin specs run by Cucumber

Site Reliability and Load Engineering in Cloud Economics

How to achieve work productivity, high availability, scalability, resiliency, low latency, at lowest cost?

Splunk

Logging indexing and visualization

TruWeb (from MicroFocus)

Performance Testing and Engineering on macOS

2018

Azure DevOps

Microsoft's transitions TFS and VSTS to DevSecOps in the cloud

GatsbyJs (JAM Stack web app generator)

create and publish fast, secure, feature-rich, mobile-friendly, scalable, low-cost cloud-native websites that rank high in searches

Pulumi

Deploy and control AWS, Azure, GCP, K8S, Serverless by coding JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Python, etc.

SMACK Mesos stack (based on Mesosphere/Marathon DC/OS)

SMACK = Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, Kafka, etc.

Salesforce myTrailhead

Create custom content on Salesforce's Trailhead website

How to contribute to a Non-profit using Salesforce

An example of a document for volunteers of technical talent

Salesforce Alexa for Business skills for custom voice UI

Voice commands via shared Echo devices in common rooms

Git configuration

How to setup Git clients like a pro

Git basics (client-based workflow)

Here is a quick way to learn Git version control for contributing to open source

Salesforce exhibitors (partners)

Answers to the same questions

Salesforce Selenium (Protractor Gerkhin)

Automate not just testing but also explanations about user state

Salesforce Einstein

Artificial Intelligence built into the Saleforce you already have

Salesforce Data (Importing and exporting)

How to get data in and out of Salesforce

Salesforce NPSP performance

How Gatling is used to measure the speed and capacity of microservices for Salesforce add-on NPSP (Non-Profit Success Pack)

Salesforce Non-profit (NPSP)

How the Salesforce Benefit corp benefits non-profits, technically

Salesforce DX (Developer eXperience) deep dive

Begin to use Git and GitHub (DevHub) for software-driven (modular) continuous development

Salesforce Heroku

Start using Heroku with a Postgres database and integrate it with Salesforce

Salesforce Apps

Apps and Components to add from AppExchange

Salesforce Jobs

Where to look, favored certifications, sample job descriptions, tips

Salesforce Project Plans

Strategies for getting going quickly yet sanely

Salesforce projects, superbadges, and sample apps

Build a portfolio of apps you built yourself

Salesforce certifications (training and exams)

To get recognized for your knowledge, skills, and persistance

Salesforce offerings

Competitors, Languages, Clouds, Industries, Domains, GitHubs, editions, pricing, features, versions

Salesforce onboarding

Get up and running on Trailhead and Developer tools

Salesforce rock stars

Individuals and teams who have published or influenced

Salesforce Users

Roles, Personas

Salesforce Glossary of Acronyms

Know the lingo

Salesforce Events (Meetups, Tours, Conferences)

Visit them all to shake hands and hug everyone!

Salesforce Ohana

Offices, Financials, Social media, Communities, Events, Dreamforce, Dreamoji, Store

Serverless computing

Invisible ubiquitious server clouds across the land

Apigee API Management

Design, Installation, configuration, Usage

Deeplens deep-learning enabled wireless video camera

It comes with a little computer and a big AWS AI cloud

Maximum limits (in macOS file descriptors)

Set this higher to prevent errors during high load

Chatbots

Computers interacting with people by voices, without keyboards

Anomaly Detection

Here's a way to achieve WTF (What the Face) - the unexpected

Azure Machine Learning

Get setup to run Python Jupyter Notebooks using CLI or ML Studio

Machine Learning Algorithms

Tools for data science

Azure Machine Learning certification

Exams 70-773 and 70-774 toward an MCSA

MacOS (Command-Line) Utilities

kill, grep, sed, regex, cron, etc. vs. Linux commands

Manage MacOS Disk Space

Tools and techniques to minimize disk space usage

Microsoft AI

How to run Cortana AI on Microsoft's Azure cloud

Home Assistant

Control a wide range of IoT devices using Python on Raspberry Pi, iOS, and Android

JMeter install on a Mac to load test a RabbitMQ service

Know the options, including my shell script that does it all, each step explained

Hacker vs Sustainer (Culture)

How to succeed in production by resolving the singular source of conflict teams must resolve for DevOps

Neo4j graph database introduction

Don't use this if you're fond of SQL joins and static schemas

2016

Code Generation

It does your job better and faster than you can imagine

Vue.js

This is the last framework you'll ever need to switch to, just like ReactJs. And Angular.

Spring Petclinic

Sample Java Spring app for your abuse and amusement

Git Hooks (on local Git clients and Git servers)

One git commit and you're hooked

PowerShell Modules

Share scripting functions with others

Git and GitHub Videos and Tutorials

Binge watch all the vidoes on distributed source version control

Git files (in repository)

What are those files in repositories on GitHub

IoT Text to Speech (TTS)

Make your Pi say things it doesn't mean

IoT Clouds

The value of IoT is the wisdom from analytics and notifications

IoT Apprentice School

How to enable people to make money and satisfied customers with IoT

Selenium NeoLoad

Load test sooner by updating NeoLoad scripts from Selenium

Selenium Flex

Make it work before it becomes totally obsolete

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

It does your job better and faster than you can imagine

News feeds

Ways to get out of the Facebook echo chamber

IoT Use cases

Ways to enjoy your life more through automation

Shift-Left Load Testing

How to achieve earlier feedback

Operate a Mac without hands

Pain from Carpel Tunnel will make you want AI speech and gesture recognition

GraphQL API

Now THIS is the industry standard. REST API is so last season.

PowerShell GitHub API Programming

GitHub reaching to web servies on the web gives scripts data power

GitHub GraphQL PowerShell Module

How I got in front of the GraphQL and PowerShell parade.

PowerShell REST API Programming

Reaching to web servies on the web gives scripts data power

Technical (and Business) press mentions

Blogs and publications covering technology

Finding fault in JVM-based Apps

How to find and fix JVM reliability running Java

1Password on Mac OSX

I need this even though it's querky

IoT Raspberry Install

How to setup a Raspberry Pi 3B Pi Raspbian with Python Ansible Node

Raspberry Pi IoT Hardware

A board by any other name is just as sweet

IoT Camera

How to setup a camera on the Raspberry Pi 3B and other boards

Task runners

Gulp, Grunt, and other noises as it works automatically

Find (files and text in files)

Find, grep, sed stuff on your hard drives using regular expressions

Node API Starter

Add routes to basic features included

Ports Open (Networking)

What ports are open for hacking on my Mac and Linux machine?

Android Development install on Mac

Install Android Studio and other steps to Android Things

React Native

Yes, it's getting ripe for production

Electron

Write and test native desktop apps in JavaScript within Node.JS

System Monitoring

He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake ...

Making videos

Tediously using Camtasia, Audacity, and animated PowerPoint on a Mac

Apple Mac versions (plus Installers and Wallpapers)

From Mac OSX to MacOS

Xamarin

Microsoft made it free, as in if you have a license for Visual Studio

Puppet

IoT Ecosystem

Whose's making money on IoT?

IoT reminders prevent dead mobile battery

The annoying mobile-IoT-cloud mash-up we actually need

SAP HANA Express on Mac

The biggest server, on your laptop

Code Signing on Windows

I am who I say I am because my CA says so

Security Certs on MacOS

Keep safe, my friend

GitHub REST API

I say it's the industry standard for web services

MacOS setup automation using a bootstrap script and Ansible

How I setup several Macbooks while I sleep

PowerShell on MacOS

Love Child or Demon Spawn?

PowerShell Ecosystem

Here are the social media, videos, courses, bloggers

JavaScript from clients

Call REST APIs from static client browsers

Dynatrace (APM)

He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake ...

EasyTravel sample app (from Dynatrace)

A sample multi-tier Java app used as the basis for measuring infrastructure

Samsung IoT Cloud

It can take it

IoT barn feeder

Provide just enough food for animals at just the right time, automatically

Selling from Static Jekyll sites

Make it easy to get

Gulp Task Runner

Let me do that for you

Mac - iPhone integration

Copy files

MacOS Configuration dotFile

How I make OSX work my way

Mac OSX Terminal (command-line tips and tricks)

Make things happen quickly without touching the mouse

Cloud services comparisons

Take my cloud ... please

Mac Finder Terminal

This is the Mac equivalent of Windows File Explorer

Website Styles

What do you mean by clean, pretty, easy, fun?

MySQL to MariaDB (and Aurora)

It worked for your dad. Embrace it.

Website Style Programming

How to make it clean, pretty, easy, fun

JAM-stack website project plan

Fast, scalable websites with cart and social reach, step-by-step

MacOS Apps

OSX Applications for a long, prosperous, happy life

Intel IoT setup

It will do what you want if ask correctly, in the proper sequence

Java Install on macOS

Because programmers can't get enough caffeine

Text Editors (on the Mac)

nano, pico, vim, subl, code, atom, Eclipse, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, Cloud9, etc.

React Testing automation

Use Jest and Enzyme to make your React apps great again

GitHub Hooks

Let's all hold hands and sing songs

Jenkins2 Pipeline jobs using Groovy code in Jenkinsfile

Slave nodes are now opinionated agents

Amazon and ATT IoT Buttons

Touch and it talks for you

Jenkins Freestyle job

Slave nodes are now opinionated agents

Windows on Apple MacOS laptops

RDP to EC2, Amazon WorkSpaces, Vagrant, BootCamp, VMWare Fusion, Docker

Dockerize apps

Define how little bits work together

Digital Ocean Cloud Ops

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Notifications

How the computer gets you to do what you should be doing now

Docker setup

Get bits working in lightweight containers

Evangelism Cost-Benefit Analysis

Best bang for the buck

Node API Starter

Add routes to basic features included

Tech Conferences

Meet, greet, and spiff

MongoDB setup

Database

Social

Evangelism dependencies

Sequence of deliverables

DevOps 2.0 in hybrid clouds with Docker

Smart customization with no scripting. No cloud vendor lock-in. Full traceability

Python Coding

Tricks and tips from various learning resources

Python Tutorials

Learn to play with python

Python Certs

Certification topics

Swim.it Cloud Evaluation

Here is how your Internet of Things gets massive, fast

Lithium Klout API

Social management

Static Code Analysis

It has your back ... by riding your back

API JWT Authentication

Authenticate like Google

Mac OSX Homebrew

How to install brew packages based on XCode, Ruby, Homebrew

AWS DevOps (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy)

Get certified in Developer Operations on AWS

API Development Ecosystem

It does your job. And helps others to do your job.

API Development Ecosystem with Swagger

It does your job. And helps others to do your job.

AWS server deployment options

Pick which crew of robots to build your servers

AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

Secure your account

Backup options

What will happen when you lose that data?

Image processing using AWS Lamba actors

Run one after another, independently

AWS Networking with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

How to reach servers

Social media strategy

Tell them well

Azure Functions

An invisible server from Microsoft

AWS Lambda Serverless (using Python)

An invisible server for the masses

Node.js Installation on MacOS

JavaScript packaged by npm for the win!

Jenkins Plugins

You own Minions

Email from Static Jekyll sites

I won't sell it, I promise

HTTP/2 Transition Project Plan

for Project Management to make adoption real

AWS Lambda Basics

Kinda like Java Lambdas, but not really

SVG Image Files

Sharp corners on every screen

PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration)

Let PowerShell make it right and keep it right

Jenkins Setup

Make your robot butler

Ansible (for Configuraton)

This robot butler is simple, but not stupid

Search within Hyde format Jekyll websites

Add a feature-rich search box in your JAM stack website

Windows 10 client config (Server 2012+)

How I setup my Windows UI look and feel

508 Accessibility - for blind and visually impaired

Information to help tools work for all users

Azure Cloud PowerShell Scripting

Do anything you want!

Azure (cloud) certifications

Study. Take a test. Put a badge on your uniform.

Cloud Regions

Who is where

Azure Cloud

Challenger becomes a leader

Azure Cloud Onramp (Consoles)

Get into and around the Azure cloud ASM & ARM portals

API Management by Microsoft Azure

SaaS-only, proprietary. Get it for .NET

API Management by Amazon API Gateway

Microservices

About DevOps

You gotta do it for competitive speed

API Management Evaluation

Which to choose?

Website scanners

I'm innocent! Really!

DevOps User Stories by Persona

Value from autonomous speed

API HTTP Responses

Here's what I think of your request

API design tools

Save time and hassle

Play Framework

For easier, faster play for all

DevOps Choices (a Plethora)

You gotta have one of each. Or several.

Microsoft TFS vs. Git and GitHub

Check out Git, then commit to it

LoadRunner JavaScript Coding

Sample code and tutorial here

NGNIX

The kick-ass secure front-end web server proxy

API Portals

Oh the places we go

API Programming

My computer talks with your computers

API Design

Make it work

Generate REST API Test Code

No waiting for test automation

Sound out text on page

Listen to this

Beta Activities

7+ strategies to make betas more useful

Java Google Guava Ecosystem

End of any doubt Googlers are our boss.

Java DevOps Workflow

Write once. Test everywhere.

Build load-balanced servers in AWS EC2 using CloudFormation

Automate High Availability in the cloud

Next-Previous Topic Navigation

Go through the site in sequence

Accelerated Mobile Pages

Faster is better!

Windows Tile Pin Picture to Website Feed

So your picture can be on everyone's desktop all the time

Authenticate users on Jekyll sites

So you can personalize content

Crop (Mask) images

Get just the right 1900x500 picture for your website

Jekyll templates

The most popular

Jekyll (JAM) site development

Getting started with Jekyll

Image search and edit

Make picture be worth a 1,000 words

Static websites (Jekyll)

Version controlled simplicity

Museums Roadtrip USA

Visual, architectural, and culinary art in every state and major city, mapped by Machine Learning

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

All the options for Enterprise integration

Microsoft Data Science

Here's how to earn a legitimate micro-degree

Personas vs. Participants

You are who you are when

Social media for evangelism

Tell them good

Budget spreadsheet

Your future, in little boxes

Scala programming

The language, not the opera house in Milan

Scala ecosystem

The language, not the opera house in Milan

Resume

I can do it!

Competitive Comparisons

I'm better!

Evangelist Job Description

Example of yaml markup variables for Jekyll to generate HTML

Markdown readers and hosting

Take the easy way or the flexible way

Git Commands and Statuses

The Visual Cheat Sheet

JavaScript in LoadRunner

Sample code and tutorial here

Data visualization using Tableau

It's so simple, a Data Scientist can do this.

Regression

How to calculate a formula from multiple variables in Excel

Clickable diagrams and maps in Jekyll posts

Includes make me happy

Log Parsers

Analyze without agents

2013

Building a team remotely?

8 questions to ask

2011

DNS (Domain Name System)

Translate domain names to IP addresses