I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.
Linux Weekly News reports that Red Hat acquires Ansible. Â There are quite a few configuration management tools around, and it was only the matter of time until Red Hat, with all its corporate client base, would buy one. Â Or pledge allegiance. Â My personal preference would be in Puppet, but Puppet comes from the Ruby world, where’s Red Hat is more of a Python shop.
Ansible’s simple and agentless approach, unlike competing solutions, does not require any special coding skills, removing some of the most significant barriers to automation across IT. From deployment and configuration to rolling upgrades, by adding Ansible to its hybrid management portfolio, Red Hat will help customers to:
- Deploy and manage applications across private and public clouds.
- Speed service delivery through DevOps initiatives.
- Streamline OpenStack installations and upgrades.
- Accelerate container adoption by simplifying orchestration and configuration.
The upstream Ansible project is one of the most popular open source automation projects on GitHub with an active and highly engaged community, encompassing nearly 1,200 contributors. Ansible automation is being used by a growing number of Fortune 100 companies, powering large and complex private cloud environments, and the company has received several notable accolades, including a 2015 InfoWorld Bossie Award, recognizing the best open source datacenter and cloud software.
Regardless, though, of my personal preferences, these are good news for configuration management and automation.
“Playing with type” article discusses some of the issues related to typography and typesetting, and how to work around those. Â Some of the services mentioned are:
Update (November 15, 2018): Also have a look at this tool.
The Fog Creek blog has a lengthy post explaining the technology stack behind their Trello project management tool. Â It mentions all the fancy buzz words from NodeJS and WebSockets to Redis and MongoDB. Â An interesting read overall.
Riley Brandt, the photographer, goes over his photography workflow, involving only Free and Open Source software. Â Here are his picks: