Thomas TheakanathRolling out Proactive Monitoring using DatadogWhile working on automating the release and deployment process and the provisioning of MobStor, an internal cloud storage platform at…Aug 29, 2021Aug 29, 2021
Thomas TheakanathinDevOps NotesRolling Out Proactive Monitoring Using DatadogThe first time I heard about monitoring was at Yahoo! while one of my colleagues always talked about rolling out YMon to monitor a new…Jun 14, 2021Jun 14, 2021
Thomas TheakanathinDevOps NotesInstalling/Upgrading Postfix from Source Code on UbuntuIn a real-life DevOps environment the need to have a local mail server is common. Typically to send out notifications from applications…May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Thomas TheakanathDevOps DefinedThough it may not be hard to find laborious attempts to define this largely new stream of work in the IT industry to be theoretically…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
Thomas TheakanathIndustrializing Code — An Alternate Definition of DevOpsWhen DevOps was a buzzwordApr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
Thomas TheakanathinDevOps Notes3x3 Principles of DevOps & IT Production EngineeringIntroductionApr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
Thomas TheakanathinAmerican LiberalThe Fragmentation of Moderate Democratic VoteWith almost all the precincts reporting in, 5 Democratic candidates divided all the state delegates between them — Pete Buttigieg (26%)…Feb 6, 2020Feb 6, 2020
Thomas TheakanathinDevOps NotesA Break-Even Analysis for DevOpsThe Agile methods to select and quantify a task such as backlog prioritization and estimating time for a story are not adequate to assess…Feb 14, 2019Feb 14, 2019
Thomas TheakanathinDevOps NotesVerifying Infrastructure Using AnsibleAnsible has been a popular tool for verifying Linux-based infrastructure environment. Usage of the standup module makes it extremely easy…Feb 14, 2019Feb 14, 2019
Thomas TheakanathinSolace CharitiesEvents Calendar 2019 — SF Bay AreaHaving a 12-months rolling calendar would help to get a big picture of what we want to achieve on the long-term, get plenty of time to…Jan 26, 2019Jan 26, 2019