iDev.systems

Goodbye Docker. Hello Podman.

Podman is a tool for managing OCI (and Docker) containers and pods. Since it is backwards compatible to Docker many create an alias for Docker that executes Podman ("alias docker=podman"). Additional features include rootless containers for security plus ease of use and support of pods which are groups of

Technology

Resume as Code

After a long day of fighting Word to format my resume, I knew there must be a better way. Since we now keep our infrastructure as code, why not do the same for our resumes. Keep a master branch that has everything and fork for each specific role or opportunity.

DevOps

Long live Kubernetes

Kubernetes is "An open source system to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications anywhere." From being in the enterprise space for a while now, the last word, "anywhere", stands out the most. Whether you deploy on-premise, the cloud or hybrid, Kubernetes will keep your options open

ERP

NetSuite Support

Overall NetSuite support is better than most enterprise support. They provide a knowledge base called SuiteAnswers. It has many great articles. The only missing category of content that I noticed was the lack of SuiteScript 2.0 documentation and what was there was very basic and incomplete along with straight

ERP

Dynamics 365 Resources

Below are my suggested resources for learning Dynamics 365, Enterprise Edition. Documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/ Book Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/implementing-microsoft-dynamics-365-operations Podcast Dynamics Podcast – Experts talking about everything Microsoft https://dynpodcast.com/ Conference Microsoft Ignite September

ERP

SuiteWorld 2017

I attended my third NetSuite SuiteWorld in April. After two years of sitting in the round in San Jose we were at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas having outgrown the San Jose Convention Center. With the recent purchase, Oracle was the elephant in the room. Mark

Architecture

Intro into Integration

I am often surprised how often people create solutions from scratch. Or start solutioning before they have identified the problem at hand. Sometimes solutions are built without finding out how it currently being handled. Did they even talk to the people that are currently doing the work that the new

NetSuite

SuiteWorld 2016

NetSuite's SuiteWorld, their annual conference, is just around the corner on May 16-19 2016. It will again be at the San Jose Convention Center which is a well designed facility that is large enough for this event. They have reserved rooms at many of the local hotels though you can

DevOps

Composer is now at version 1

Earlier this month Composer became version 1.0.0 after five years of development securely replacing [PEAR] as the de facto dependency manager for PHP. It is a great tool for managing project library dependencies like what npm does for Node.js. This is different from package managers like Yum

DevOps

Ubuntu in Windows

Yes, you read that correctly. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS built directly into a Windows 10 subsystem. This is native. Not something virtualized or Linux like (e.g. Cygwin). It is just there. Currently it is not available as open source, but it does allow Windows 10 users to have access

Technology

Building a Better Web

Brendan Eich, the creator of the JavaScript and Mozilla cofounder, is now working on a new open source browser called Brave. Brave is not only a faster and safer browser, but it is also trying to reset the ad ecosystem. In Brendan Eich words, “Brave is the only approach to

DevOps

Intro to Phing

Instead of saying RTFM I will include the highlights from the Phing User Guide (http://www.phing.info/docs/guide/stable/) below. “Phing is a project build system based on Apache ant. You can do anything with Phing that you could do with a traditional build system like Gnu make,

DevOps

Which automated deployment tool?

According to Wikipedia, “Build automation is the act of scripting or automating a wide variety of tasks that software developers do in their day-to-day activities…” And their benefits again according to Wikipedia: “The advantages of build automation to software development projects include: Improve product quality Accelerate the compile and link

DevOps

Let’s begin with automated deployments

This blog is about my journey into DevOps which will be initially focussed on automated deployments. Primary goals: increased efficiency decreased risk How many companies have you worked at that had the new developers spend the first week (or even weeks) setting up their environments. Or how many quickly thrown