Recently I have been investigating what all the fuss is about Docker and it has been well worth my time as Docker is pretty awesome for automating stuff. My development environment has typically required installing SQL Server. SQL is a bit of a beast with lots of options and takes time to setup how you want. However...
No blog post this week. However why not check out Troy Hunts blog article about Windows Update . I am probably fairly unique in that I like installing updates whether it be on my phone, my PC or for one of my favourite programs. One of my tasks when I used to work in a sysadmin role was ensuring all windows updates got...
I have just bought myself a new laptop, but it is not just any laptop it is a Microsoft Surface Book . I think this is probably the first time I have bought myself a top of the range laptop and after a few days of use I am loving it. The Surface Book is the latest in Microsoft’s Surface line of tablets but the first...
Last night I started reading The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas . One practical tip that immediately jumped out at me as useful in my quest to be a better programmer: Don’t live with broken windows. The theory goes like this: an abandoned building with a single broken window attracts additional...
Like many systems administrators I watched as the news came out yesterday about the latest version of windows. What would it be like? What would it be called? Would it be better or worse than previous versions? I was shocked when the name of the new operating system was revealed to be Windows 10. What really!? At first...