I'm a published author, DevOps engineer, and developer. I wrote the Python QuickStart Guide, the Sign of Alchemy fantasy series, and several novels, including Dragonfly.
I'm also an extremely amateur musician and ham radio operator.
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Recent Articles On Tech Writing, DevOps Engineer, Developer Blog, Etc.
Turning Bugs into Gems: Debugging Ruby Applications
Ruby is a beautiful language. It’s worst, and best quality is that once you use it, you likely won’t want to use anything else. Read more »
Walking through MS-DOS the latest featured repository on GitHub
When I learned that Microsoft’s MS-DOS source code was one of the most popular repositories on GitHub, I was nothing short of ecstatic. Read more »
Building Another Website, This Time in C
Last time on The Adventures of Bare Metal Web Development, I covered the basic concepts of building a website in C++. Read more »
Apache is Still the Best General-Purpose Web Server
Apache is still the number one web server on the internet, and will likely be for quite some time. Read more »
Debian AppArmor Tutorial
AppArmor is a mandatory access control system for Linux. In a mandatory access control system (MAC), the kernel imposes restrictions on paths, sockets, ports, and various input/output mechanisms. Read more »
Lighttpd Can Lighten Apache’s Load
Is your Apache Web server slowing down under the weight of streaming media content or database-driven applications? Read more »