In Thoughts on Training #3 I wrote about the biggest obstacle many self-coached athletes experience—inconsistent training, or frequently missed workouts. There is a fix for this, but it’s hard to identify and even harder to incorporate. Why are you missing two or more workouts in most weeks? It could be lifestyle. Or motivation. Or responsibilities. […]| Joe Friel
As you might have noticed, weeks 15 and 16 are missing – life just got in the way – my apologies. Life does go on and so do I (and no – I am not going to post 9 things this week – to make up for it), so here are three thing that I learned this week. There is a great analogy of the On Pioneers, Settlers and Towns Planners Or Understanding My Personal Brand – from Matt Brender (now Broberg).| Technodrone
I spent most of the half the week in Texas, and the other getting ready for Pesach. Here are 3 things that I learned this week. JFK was assassinated in 1963, and to this day – there are so many unanswered questions. It was interesting to see that two Jewish Orthodox Scholars (Weiss and Ashkenazi) played such an important part in uncovering the fact that there was a 4th shot from the grassy knoll.| Technodrone
I have spent most of the week here in Texas at an internal DevOps conference. As things go with these kind of events – the most interesting parts are always those where you speak to others – outside of the informal sessions. Here are 3 things I learned this week. Our youth is amazing. My daughter was one of sixty 11th and 12th graders that presented the summary of here thesis that she has been doing in researching remodeling of neurons, neuro-transmitters, and the mushroom-body.| Technodrone
I am a bit late with this post – life has really gotten mad as I get ready for a trip to the US next week. Here are 3 things I learned this week. Here is a great read on how taking control of AWS costs – can save you a huge amount of money -The million dollar engineering problem Here is a nice AWS solution based on Lambda to monitor if you are coming close to a resource limit on your AWS account (something that happened many times this week)| Technodrone
Crazy week – but one of the best I have had. I work with an amazing team of people – who have accomplished the almost impossible. Beside working weird and wild hours, here are 3 things that I learned this week. From dotCloud to Docker is a relaly good read about how docker started out a few years ago. It is hard to believe that is has evolved into what it has today.| Technodrone
Well – another week has gone by – and winter is practically over here in Israel. Learning never stops and here are 3 things that caught my eye this week. This is a great set of posts about how Evernote moved their whole infrastructure to Google Cloud. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. docker-aws is a nifty little container – with all the tools you will need to interact with AWS.| Technodrone
Honestly this week has not been my best – far too much going on at work – after work and yet there are always new things that I learn. I tried to upgrade my Raspberry Pi to an updated version – it did not go well. But all is not lost, after installing Minibian which is perfect for my needs – I was well on my way again with less RAM and resources in use.| Technodrone
All in all this has been a good week – some ups, some downs – but knowledge is a never ending journey. Here are some of the things I learned about over the last few days. Randy Bias wrote a very interesting point about how risky it can be to ‘check’ your into a CI/CD pipeline. Continuous Delusion at the Infrastructure Layer is a good read at understanding thta not everything belongs in the pipeline – you should consider how big your blast radius is.| Technodrone
A week where our Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu went to visit President Trump in the U.S. will always be an interesting one – no matter how you look at it. Here are some things that enriched my knowledge this week. One of the things that someone told me regarding AWS and IAM roles attached to a instance – was that you only have a single chance of assigning a role, and once you do it, that’s it – no going back.| Technodrone
Where has the time gone by? This past week – I was up to my neck in architectural discussions and meetings for a big upcoming project on AWS. Nevertheless - here are three things I learned this week. Many a time I want to look at a file and what better way to do that than with less . But then comes that moment where you want to actually edit the because you see a mistake.| Technodrone
January has come and gone – and of course this week is no different than the last – always something new. Exposing everything to the outside world is never a good idea, but there are times where you have to leave something open in order to manage everything else in the remote location. That is where a bastion host comes in. How to Record SSH Sessions Established Through a Bastion Host – is a really interesting way of monitoring what is happening on this node – and how to create an aud...| Technodrone
Another week has gone by. Children have a totally different outlook on life. At a family meal this week we were talking about life insurance – why it is needed – and how that money can help the family that is left behind in a financial way. My 11 year daughter asked – what would we do with all of her money – if something would actually happen to her (heaven forbid).| Technodrone