Oct 4, 2018Docker Containers as FunctionsAt this point in my career, I have a suspicion that Docker is a technology that was introduced by the Borg to assimilate us all into the hive mind. Now that I have let that settle into your mind, I would like to show you another fun way we are…Docker3 min readDocker3 min read
Jun 28, 2018Servers as Pets to Servers as Cattle Part 2As you can tell by the title of this post, there was a part one. At the risk of disappointing our devoted bloggies (that’s groupies for a blog) I am going to tell you that we did not succeed in an AWS elastic beanstalk migration…. …Kubernetes3 min readKubernetes3 min read
May 7, 2018Beyond CI/CD: How Continuous Hacking of Docker Containers and Pipeline Driven Security Keeps Ygrene SecureOriginally Posted on https://thenewstack.io/beyond-ci-cd-how-continuous-hacking-of-docker-containers-and-pipeline-driven-security-keeps-ygrene-secure/ Recently, we have been thinking a lot about how to up the ante on security in our organization. We’re hopefully not going to have to convince you of the need for software security. If so, opening CNN.com on your favorite browser should do the trick.Docker10 min readDocker10 min read
Feb 20, 2018How to write a ‘Good’ unit test in AngularWithin any community of creators there arises this nebulous concept of “Best Practices”. It is not always called by that name, but it exists overtly or subversively. Within the Angular community and the larger JavaScript community it can be very hard to know what the ‘best practices’ truly are. I…JavaScript9 min readJavaScript9 min read
Feb 16, 2018Ruby Crypto: Stateless use of rbnaclI’m not a Rubyist, I’m more into JavaScript, Haskell and Scala. But, to help my team at work, I have been diving deep into Ruby. I’m starting to enjoy it. This post is meant to help those not so familiar with the language get a handle on rbnacl and how…Security5 min readSecurity5 min read
Oct 26, 2017MongoDB on Kubernetes 1.8If you are like me, you are continually frustrated by out of date documentation. One day, someone will start a company specializing in deleting out of date documentation. At the time of writing the newest Kubernetes is 1.8, but I’m sure in about 15 minutes 1.9 …Docker3 min readDocker3 min read
Aug 15, 2017Overcoming `npm install` in DockerAt Ygrene, we build javascript code all day long. We do that with the help of Bitbucket, Bamboo CI server, and Docker. As many of you know, the first step in any modern javascript build is `npm install`. This fills your drive thousands of tiny javascript files, executables and whatever…Docker2 min readDocker2 min read
Aug 11, 2017Hello WorldWe are Product people and Developers innovating the financial space. Our product is unique because we have four interest groups to keep happy. We serve end users (which are the homeowners who are receiving the financing), contractors who are the representation of our offerings to homeowners, Ygrene employees who help administrate our product, and the governments (or jurisdictions) who allow us to operate in their territories.Digital Transformation1 min readDigital Transformation1 min read
Jul 11, 2016What micro-services can teach us about the frontendRecently I heard two talks by Fred George a leading Agile evangelist and software consultant. The talks were about micro-service architecture and how to do it correctly. The talks are below. Lets dive in. What Fred proposes in both of these talks is piping all interesting interactions into something he…JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
Jun 10, 2016Angular 1 async FilterAngular 1 async Filter Angular 2 is amazing! I have built one successful production application in it and am excited to build more things with it. Unfortunately not all projects can warrant the use of it or migration from Angular 1 to Angular 2. …JavaScript2 min readJavaScript2 min read
