Jesse PortnoyWith regards to Redhat’s recent decision…In case you’ve not been following, the decision in question is to limit access to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code.Jul 1, 2023Jul 1, 2023
Jesse PortnoyDocker is not a packaging tool — part 2In the last segment of this serious, we briefly discussed the importance of starting the build process from a clean ENV and the reason why…May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
Jesse PortnoyAnnoying things LI can easily fix (and should!)No Markdown support. Even if you somehow fail to consider the large number of LI users who are in the tech business (developers, devOps…May 7, 20231May 7, 20231
Jesse PortnoyFrom RTFM to participant awardsThis is a story of the decline of our standards. I expect the opinions I express here may be controversial but honestly? I don’t mind it…May 6, 2023May 6, 2023
Jesse PortnoyTake your BASH scripting seriouslyIn 2007, the legendary Larry Wall, creator of Perl, wrote an article called Programming is Hard, Let’s Go Scripting. I’d recommend giving…May 3, 20233May 3, 20233
Jesse PortnoyExport Medium posts as MarkdownFirst of all, why? Well, In my case, I write on Medium with the, albeit unlikely, hope that one day, I may be popular enough to generate a…Apr 26, 2023Apr 26, 2023
Jesse PortnoyCapture your users attention with styleDo you manage UNIX machines that are logged into by multiple users? If so, this scenario will be familiar to you: you need to communicate…Apr 23, 2023Apr 23, 2023
Jesse PortnoyDocker is not a packaging tool — part 1This is the second part of the series so, if you landed here, you should go back to the first segment where I gave a short intro and some…Apr 18, 2023Apr 18, 2023
Jesse PortnoyWhatever happened to “be descriptive”?Some thoughts with regards to ridiculous job descriptions I’ve encountered on LI in recent years (it’s an ongoing and worrying trend):Apr 16, 2023Apr 16, 2023
Jesse PortnoyDon’t forget to FLOSS!A bar circa 1950. Four women enter. Thanks to special magic employed by certain Hollywood professionals, the leading girl grabs everyone’s…Apr 8, 2023Apr 8, 2023