Devops

Previously, on “Man Yells at POWER8” In Part 1, I told you about the time I decided to run AIX 7.2 inside a KVM VM on a Gentoo ppc64le host, on actual IBM POWER8 hardware, in my basement in Chicago. I monkey-patched Python 2.7’s sqlitecachec.py to make yum work. I nuked my entire system by installing OpenSSL 3.5 instead of 3.0. I got WebSphere Liberty running and deployed IBM’s DayTrader 7 — a Java EE benchmark app from 2005 that speaks EJBs, JPA, JMS, and looks like it was designed by someone who thought JSP framesets were the pinnacle of web technology. ...

The Recipe for Modern Content Creation (Now with Extra Bytes!) In the world of food blogging, freshness isn’t just about ingredients — it’s about content too. What if you could automate your recipe blog to be as efficient as a well-oiled kitchen? That’s exactly what we’ve cooked up with ‘Los Platos de Sara.’ Join us as we dive into the technical ingredients that make this automated recipe blog pipeline a true chef-d’oeuvre of modern web development. ...

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are my own, fueled by late-night coding sessions and an unreasonable amount of coffee. DevOps is all about turning chaos into order and making complex systems look like child’s play. My journey started with the lofty goal of becoming a Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA), but what started as a study exercise turned into an adventure with two amazing tools: Harvester and Salt. This post is part tutorial, part story, and entirely fueled by enthusiasm. Let’s dive in! ...