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There is a known problem with the interaction of Vagrant and recent versions of Windows where the system (Windows) OpenSSH client is installed (for example: https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/13027 ). Most advice suggests telling Vagrant to use it’s own internally shipped SSH client, but I’ve found that to be buggy (particularly its handling of Ctrl+C). Windows’ own SSH […]

As a reformed evangelical Christian, I look forward with great anticipation at my life yet to come. Not the 50 or perhaps even 60 years left in this lifetime. But the next lifetime, the one which starts the day I die or Christ returns to take me home. Over the years, it has been my […]

We are now living in an age and society where we may legitimately need to ask the question: “Did that man just preach a sermon written by ChatGPT?” I know this to be the case because – out of sheer curiosity – I myself asked ChatGPT to write me a sermon on a passage of […]

I’ve recently had justification to try out a pair of Ubiquiti airMAX LiteBeam M5s. The problem statement was a straightforward one: extend a LAN across the street to a second building. The distance is about 20 metres, almost certainly close enough that a pair of UniFi Meshes could handle it – but one of those […]

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably spent the last day of your life despairing as me and my colleague have during the last 24 hours. The problem definition is a seemingly simple one: we have some resource on AWS (in our case, an ALB) to which we want to apply an SSL/TLS certificate. Rather than […]

Sadly it seems every day (most certainly correlated to the COVID-19 pandemic) there are more reports of crime in the villages surrounding where I live. Of particular concern for me, dog thefts. A few years ago I was surprised by Mrs H’s interest when I floated the idea of a Ring Doorbell. (I will be […]

Is your team or company trying to get started with DevOps, but stuck feeling overwhelmed? I’ve gathered some of my hints and advice for you and your team to get started on the DevOps journey over on LinkedIn.

I’ve posted over on LinkedIn an article asking the question: “Is it time for Choose Your Own Device?”. Spoiler-alert! I really think it is. Let me know what you think!

Until writing this, I have made no public reflection on the death of George Floyd, the continuing situation in America (and by extension the UK and so forth), or the trending topic of whether black lives matter. Update: It has come to my attention that there is a subtle but crucially distinct difference between stating […]

Read my article over at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-can-technology-delivery-teams-learn-from-spacex-demo-2-hall While watching the Demo-2 SpaceX/NASA launch on Saturday, I started to develop a number of lessons that technology delivery teams can learn from this historical event. I’ve started with 10 lessons, which you can find over on LinkedIn.