Jeff NickoloffHiring is not a Soft Skill… and if you treat it like one you’re going to have a bad time.May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
Jeff NickoloffWrite about work, not for workI hate writing resumes in part for the same reasons I hate self-reviews. It can be really difficult to remember what I’ve done in the past…Feb 28, 2020Feb 28, 2020
Jeff NickoloffDynamic Certificate Management for Cloudflare Origins in GoToday I integrated my origin border service with the Cloudflare Origin CA API to dynamically provision, rotate, and revoke server…Mar 16, 2019Mar 16, 2019
Jeff NickoloffCoffee Shop LifeI work out of coffee shops. There is something wonderful about the simultaneous human proximity and loose coupling with my surroundings…Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Jeff NickoloffGuided Narrative: The Secret to Working with Obstinate People or Entrenched PlayersI’ve heard and put into practice several strategies for “winning arguments” or influencing people over the years. Some of the best advice…Jan 17, 2019Jan 17, 2019
Jeff NickoloffWhere is this “Orchestration” thing going?Orchestration is the act of creating and managing the resources, workloads, configuration, and data in an environment or set of…Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2018
Jeff NickoloffKubernetes as a Common Ops Data PlaneWhen you really look at it, it is a database with some reflective API magic and pluggable triggers.Aug 2, 20182Aug 2, 20182
Jeff NickoloffImmutable Infrastructure it is NOTEngineering and language are funny, because naming is hard. I’m going to pick on “Immutable Infrastructure” a bit. There is a huge…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
Jeff NickoloffinOn DockerUse Multi-Stage Builds to Inject CA CertsDocker’s multi-stage builds are a nice-to-have since so many other packaging workflows developed in their absence. But I thought I’d start…Sep 4, 20172Sep 4, 20172
Jeff NickoloffThe Delta Between PoC and ProductionI like to start most projects with a proof-of-concept (PoC) sprint. If I’m building a service I prefer to PoC a client first. This helps me…Jul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017