Omar AliKeeping SSH Authorized Keys up-to-date on EC2 instancesOne of the issues with maintaining SSH access to your servers using the plain old authorized_keys file is that there is no expiration of…Dec 16, 2018Dec 16, 2018
Omar AliIntroducing Docker GantryEver since it was created, Docker has been changing the way developers build and ship their applications. Being that versatile tool…Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
Omar AliIntegrating PhpStorm with Docker on MacPhpStorm has a good Docker integration that offers ability to run and debug PHP from inside Docker containers and controlling Docker…May 12, 2017May 12, 2017
Omar AliMy favorite email client for MacComparing Apple Mail, Nylas N1, Spark and Airmail 3Dec 16, 2016Dec 16, 2016
Omar AliAutomated Scalability using AWSOr doing too much DevOps in order to do none at allNov 26, 2016Nov 26, 2016
Omar AliTouch Bar? Here are 5 things that would have made “Pro” users happierDear Apple,Nov 19, 20161Nov 19, 20161
Omar AliinEngineering BlogHow we interview Engineers at EventtusWe’re always hiring. And it’s quite hard to find skillful engineers nowadays. It’s even harder in Egypt given the economical turmoil…Oct 2, 2016Oct 2, 2016
Omar AliWhat I learnt from my 14 year journey writing software without a CS degreeThis is a story that has not been fully written. I’ve a lot to learn and I’ve always thought it’s premature to share my work experience but…Aug 29, 20163Aug 29, 20163
Omar AliRails has_secure_token on steroidsWe use random tokens for various things in Eventtus. And while Rails 5 has introduced has_secure_token which should come handy, the API is…Aug 28, 2016Aug 28, 2016
Omar AliinEngineering BlogHow we use Asana at EventtusLike a lot of you, we have had our fair share of issue trackers and project management tools. We finally settled on Asana for its…Aug 17, 20161Aug 17, 20161