Brendan O'Leary Technical blogs can become very dry and rote. What if we could make technical writing fun again? Learning by doing is how most folks learn technology. And having a fun problem to solve is the way to make sure you can apply technical concepts to all kinds of issues. I try to remember that in all of my writing.
Blog Mission Statement
My goal is to help developers understand the importance of CI/CD as a discipline and an art to encourage us all to realize the original promise of "DevOps" and ensure that everyone can contribute.
Most Recent Posts
What's in a name?
Yes, my last name has an apostrophe in it. Yes, that is a VALID name.
Estimated time: 3 min read
Changing your default branch - all the places
We shouldn't use master as a branch name anymore - here's how to change your default branch wherever you deploy your project.
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Rename your Git default branch from master to main (with GitLab screenshots)
We shouldn't use master as a branch name anymore - here's how to change your default branch today.
Estimated time: 3 min read
I was wrong
It doesn't matter how we've defined master now, it makes git less inclusive, and it's time to change. I should have said this before today, but I'm saying it now.
Estimated time: 4 min read
How I Slack
Having used Slack for some time now, I've developed several practices that have helped me deal with a sizeable Slack environment. In this post, I'll share those with you!
Estimated time: 11 min read