devops
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- — Enumerating DigitalOcean Apps with a Deprecated Ubuntu 18 Stack
I use DigitalOcean to run a bunch of apps. It’s working out great.
- — Backing up DigitalOcean MongoDB to Dropbox
After migrating my apps to DigitalOcean apps I started looking for a MongoDB automated offsite backup solution. DO backs up all MongoDB daily automatically, but I am paranoid, a...
- — Migrating from Dokku to DigitalOcean Apps
In 2016 I moved half a dozen apps from Heroku to a DigitalOcean droplet to save money. I found dokku, a docker-powered PaaS. It was already quite mature, and worked flawlessly. ...
- — Downgrading a Yum Package with Chef
I was upgrading a system to MongoDB 3.2.0 and found a bug, TOOLS-1039: mongoexport chokes on data with quotes. Yikes.
- — Three DevOps Rake Tasks I Use Daily on Heroku with MongoDB
- — Avoiding Production Disasters and The Value of Patience in Software Development
I am not a patient person. But years of software practice have taught me how to take my time while coding or how to, otherwise, remove time from the equation.
- — Setting up Cron to run Rake Tasks