Redis Cache - Potential Chernobyl in your Architecture
Redis cache, so fast, so easy to setup but a potential Chernobyl, lying within your system.
12 posts in category "devops"
Automating the Deployment and Scheduled Execution of an R script on a VPS using Laravel Forge
I love data, its in my blood, I love analysing, cleaning it and preparing it for others to use, still have to get to the last mile to displaying and visualizing it but that is a story for another day
TechTip: Secure Access to S3 Folder
This is more a reminder to myself, so that I do not always have to struggle. Amazon S3 is probably the cheapest cloud storage service, that exists, and in these days of multi-tenant architecutures, provides a great way of accessing data from multiple instances.
Application and Data Security in the Software Development Lifecycle
This is presentation to Computer Engineering 4th year undergraduate students at Makerere University, Faculty of Technology, College of Design, Art and Technology to introduce them to concepts and approaches for application and data security in the software development process.
Software Delivery Skills Plan 2018
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail! ~Benjamin Franklin
Alternate Approach to Legal Independent Election Tallying
The Uganda elections are more or less over with less than 6 hours for the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) to announce the results for the presidential elections.
Trunk or Branch based development
An interesting discussion that I had with my team mates over the last few days, whether we should create branches then merge later or keep working on the trunk within our Git based version control process. As the team is small, we are in the same premises but different locations, we agreed to move to work exclusively on the mainline for the following reasons:
Backup vs Murphy's Law - My Take
This blog post has been inspired by events, not to me, but to a colleague of mine. Our discussion, was interesting, funny and insightful, but I thought hey why not share my experiences and what I use to teach others how to live a safer, “backup” driven life.
MeetMTN - MTN Uganda Executive Management Town Hall Meeting
Well 2012 is upon us, and the incubmbent US President Barack Obama, has started his battle for a second term in office, so that he can complete the change that he promised the American people. The battle for his first term was epic, first against Ms. Hillary Clinton, which intially changed from a David vs Goliath story to a battle of titans that he won. The one against the Republican was a massacre as Mr. John Mccain shot himself in the foot and head one campaign after another.
The Poor Man's Job Queue
Not all software development projects are treated the same, some have access to modern tech Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Zend Server (http://www.zend.com/products/server/), Memcached, Gearman and all the other goodies I can only dream of. You have a box with LAMP, and you cannot install anything else.