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Chef: Top 10 Ways To Get Help

Submitted by Jeff Carapetyan on Mon, 05/12/2014 - 10:54

Devops Days Austin 2014 - My Recap

Submitted by Jeff Carapetyan on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 10:51

You can't beat local, and DevOps Days Austin Proves it. Here's my recap.

Chef: Is There a Wrong Time To Use It?

Submitted by Jeff Carapetyan on Sat, 04/26/2014 - 10:36

When the only tool you have is a hammer.... When is it wrong to use Chef?

Chef: Community Cookbook Issues

Submitted by Jeff Carapetyan on Tue, 04/15/2014 - 16:39

This article is hopefully 'dated information' because the problems being discussed in it are being addressed now. But until that happens, here is some time saving, insider information about Community Cookbooks that most seem to learn the hard way.

Chef: Why Are Gem Conflicts So Hard?

Submitted by Jeff Carapetyan on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 10:48

You only THOUGHT you wanted to learn Chef. Instead, you are learning all about how to resolve Ruby Gem conflicts. How could anything suck this bad?

Chef: Why Even Write Tests?

Submitted by Jeff Carapetyan on Sun, 04/06/2014 - 10:01

Isn't it enough to just write cookbooks that work? What do I get from writing tests?