Benchmarking Cloudfront (and S3)
Amazon has done it again bringing another computing service to the masses. This time it’s the …
Hi 👋🏼, I'm Steve Francia
You’re probably running my code right now. Cobra powers kubernetes, docker, and GitHub’s gh. Hugo builds millions of websites. Together, my personal projects have earned 200k+ GitHub stars.
I’ve spent three decades creating the developer stack: MongoDB’s developer experience, container standards at Docker, leading Go at Google, AI at Two Sigma. The tech was never the point. Here I write about the human stack: building products, teams, and communities that last.
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Using the right keys
Today I was visiting a friends office and like many offices in NYC they have a shared bathroom …
REST vs SOAP, the difference between soap and rest
What's SOAP? What's REST? and what the differences are between them with recommendations of when to use REST versus SOAP
My Online Business Card (Vcard)
I wanted to polish up my javascript coding so I decided that the best way to do that was with a …
7 security practices you need to follow
Some of this may seem like a broken record, yet every single time you hear about a bank losing …
Secure Automated, Key Based SSH
SSH is great and secure… Unless you need to automate it. Then it sucks because your only …
Fascinating interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
In 2007, All Things Digital held a fascinating interview with both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. …
The Importance of Focus
Imagine if Apple, Disney, Microsoft, etc had chased every oppotunity that they came across. One …
Getting Started With Drupal
Drupal is a very powerful content management solution. It powered an earlier version of this …
Vim Plugins: snipMate
Why use it It’s super easy to use It has tons of snippets It’s pretty well compatible with …
Checking Vendor References
One task that should be part of every IT managers is performing reference checks on potential …
A Better Follow Friday
Follow Friday is a common practice on Twitter where many people spend friday posting things …
Engaging Employees
There is one trait that if possessed can virtually ensure success, the ability to nurture a …
Installing Git on a Shared Host
Git is a fantastic tool and is very useful for deployment. If you can’t install git system wide …
Apple's iconic presentations
Recently a book came out The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in …
Vim Plugins: NERD Commenter
The NERD Commenter is an indispensable tool when programming in VIM. It understands like a …
Mastering the Command Line
If you use *nix, no doubt you’ve spent some time on the command line. Here are a few of the …
Conclusion of the Blog-a-thon
Today marks the last post of my blog-a-thon. It has been a learning and growing experience. I …