Desktop Wallpaper
Timeless charm! Exploring the 'Aqua Blue' desktop wallpaper, a MacOS X standard since 2001.
Blog
Technical posts, thoughts, and ramblings about DevOps, automation, and cloud technologies.
What’s Been On The Ones & Twos
Get ready for a musical journey! Check out Russ Mckendrick's top picks this month on Spotify.
Day To Day Tools
Discover my must-have desktop & command-line apps, services, and utilities I use daily on my macOS machine.
Migration of Server & Swap Space
Migrate DigitalOcean instance for cost efficiency. Enable swap space to prevent oomkiller issues. Optimize performance with tuned settings.
NGINX & ngx_pagespeed on CentOS 7
Compile NGINX with ngx_pagespeed on CentOS 7. Automate setup with init script. Configure NGINX for ngx_pagespeed to enhance performance.
Backups
Secure backups for WordPress with VaultPress and DigitalOcean.
Production Ready Images with Packer
Automate AWS instance setup with Packer. Ensure rapid scalability with pre-configured images. Explore Packer's versatility across platforms.
Blah Blah Blah Cloud
Deciphering the complexities of 'Cloud' in computing, from VMs to SaaS. Embrace clarity by avoiding catch-all terms, following Dilbert's lead.
First Steps with Ansible
Explore Ansible for AWS automation, transitioning from manual scripting. Initiate playbook for VPC and ELB deployment.
More Grunt & Jekyll
Streamlined my Grunt configuration by combining tasks, now I can concatenate JS files, compress them with Uglify, and minify CSS files in one go!