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IT Automation needs lean thinking
20 Jul 2021 - Tobias Kempfer
Virtually every company tries to implement lean principles. While everybody is aware of techniques like Kanban and Kaizen it looks like only a few really succeed with it.
...How to store configuration data for Ansible
19 Jul 2021 - Tobias Kempfer
Thinking in data structures is not very common among system administrators. Even with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code things are changing slowly. It requires a completely different way to look at problems.
...Ansible Tower | Why you should use it
18 Jul 2021 - Tobias Kempfer
Ansible has made Infrastructure as Code popular with businesses of all sizes. While its simplicity helps getting into it very quickly it does not scale very well. Even within a small team we can quickly run into limitations.
...Linux basics | Extended attributes explained
17 Jul 2021 - Tobias Kempfer
Extended attributes are incredibly useful when it comes to storing all kinds of metadata related to a file. Even a lot of experienced sysadmins are unaware of the real capabilities we get when understanding extended attributes at their core. This article is going to fix that.
...Cloud is just someone else's computer. Really?
16 Jul 2021 - Tobias Kempfer
A lot of small businesses are still hesitant when it comes to using cloud services. If we ask 10 different business owners we may get 20 different opinions on what cloud is and what could go wrong is it.
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