This page provides several samples of my work including articles, blog posts, guides, and personal projects. Click on any image or heading to view the published item.
How a Little Chaos Can Make Kubernetes Much More Reliable
Disruptions are a fact of life in Kubernetes. Learn how adding a little chaos can help make your clusters more reliable.
Why Transaction Tracing is Critical for Monitoring Microservices
Traces are one of the three pillars of observability, and they’re even more important when monitoring microservices. Learn why in this blog post.
Monitoring Azure App Service Performance With SolarWinds AppOptics
Why monitoring Azure App Service is crucial to optimizing performance and availability.
5 Open Source SIEM Solutions
SIEM helps organizations strengthen security, detect vulnerabilities, and prevent attacks. Learn the best open source SIEM tools available on the market.
Log Alerts & Log Monitoring – Best Practices
Application logs are more than just tools for root cause analysis.
Implement DevSecOps in Your Organization in 3 Simple Steps
DevSecOps is developers, operations, and security rolled into one. Learn how to implement DevSecOps in 3 simple steps for your organization.
Open Distro for Elasticsearch: What it Means and Why it’s Important
As Elastic strays away from its open source roots, AWS launches Open Distro for Elasticsearch, which is 100% open source.
An In-Depth Guide to Container Monitoring
Container monitoring is vital to ensuring the operation of your applications and hosts.
Open Data Shines a Light on Cities' Top Challenges
Op-ed: 311 requests can reveal a trove of information about cities and how they serve their residents.
Will HTTP/2 Make Your Site Faster?
Websites performs noticeably better over HTTP/2 than HTTP/1.1.
Logging Exceptions in Java
A look at common approaches to exception handling and logging in Java.
Ultimate Guide to Logging in Java
Your open-source resource for understanding, analyzing, and troubleshooting system logs.
Logging Tips for Power Users: Contextual Logging
How to use and implement contextual logging in your applications.
8 Tools for Every Java Developer's Toolkit
These eight tools cover the full gamut of Java development, from code building to bug squashing. A must-read for any Java developer.
Benchmarking Java Logging Frameworks
A follow-up to Loggly’s series of performance tests on some of the most popular Java logging frameworks.
Should I Learn How to Code?
Thinking about learning how to code? This comprehensive guide will help you decide if coding is right for you.
Why Should I Archive My Logs?
Archiving logs can drive cost savings while allowing you to extend the time frame in which you can use your log data to make informed decisions.
How to Use Dashboards and Alerts for Data Monitoring
Explore two data aggregation methods that can vastly improve your logging experience: dashboards and alerting.
Tools and Techniques for Logging Microservices
Logging microservices presents unique challenges. We’ll look at two approaches: Logging from within each service, and logging from the infrastructure.
5 Docker Logging Methods to Fit Your Container Deployment Strategy
A look at the top 5 Docker logging methods including the tools, techniques, and methods available for crafting a comprehensive Docker logging solution.
What Does the Docker Daemon Log Contain?
There’s a wealth of material on logging in Docker, but most of it is centered around containers and applications. This misses out on a key component of the Docker architecture: the Docker daemon.
Best Practices for Logging in Docker Swarm
Logging a handful of containers is easy, but what happens when you start deploying dozens, hundreds, or thousands of containers across different machines?
Troubleshooting Kubernetes Using Logs
Maintaining a Kubernetes cluster is an ongoing challenge. Fortunately, Kubernetes keeps comprehensive logs of cluster activity and application output.
How to Live Tail Kubernetes Logs
DevOps engineers wishing to troubleshoot Kubernetes applications can turn to log messages to spot error causes & their impact on the rest of the cluster.
An In-Depth Guide to Kubernetes Monitoring
By monitoring Kubernetes, DevOps team members can monitor the state of the cluster and help Kubernetes perform more effectively.
Software
PixelMaestro – A C++ library and desktop application for controlling and animating LEDs.
Open311 Data Analysis – A Python application for analyzing publicly available Open311 data. Created for the Next City op-ed Open Data Shines a Light on Cities’ Top Challenges.
Java Logging Framework Benchmark – A lightweight Java application for performance testing various Java logging frameworks. Created for the Loggly blog post, Benchmarking Java Logging Frameworks.
Personal
8-bit Buddhism – A blog exploring the intersection of spirituality and modern living. Contains essays, reflections, technical guides, and walkthroughs of projects I’ve worked on.