Posts in 2010

Versioning production settings

July 24th, 2010

In deploying my latest side project, I came across a conundrum. How do you manage production specific settings files (complete with passwords, API keys and other secrets), while still publishing ...

FRM at TechCrunch Disrupt Hack Day

May 23rd, 2010

I've just woken up after getting some much needed sleep after the TechCrunch Disrupt conference's Hack Day. There was a lot of great energy at the hack day and some ...

The Server Switch: Light and Fast

January 31st, 2010

I recently moved my hosting from Slicehost to Rackspace Cloud. There were a variety of reasons for switching and decisions to be made along the way. My hope is that ...