Random musings

Going back to a laptop

After some technological changes at the day job, I can no longer access a lot of important …

iPad Pro vs laptop, three months in

It’s been a few months since I sold my trusty MacBook and bought an iPad Pro, with …

Using wired headphones with an iPad Pro

The latest iPad Pro release has carried with it the same furore as the iPhone 7 did … the …

Migrating the runbook: a journey from legacy to DevOps

“Just type this invoice up for me will you please?" asked a sheepish looking …

My slides from IPExpo London

On October 7th I gave a talk at the IPExpo show about getting from legacy IT to the modern …

Simplicity - the art of automation

As a young lad I had my heart set on being a car designer when I grew up. This dream …

Testing Ansible roles

At an Ansible meetup last week somebody put this question to me: “I’m coming …

My talk and slides from IPExpo Manchester

On May 21st I gave a talk about automation at the IPExpo Manchester show.

Managing VMware vSphere guests with Ansible Tower

There are lots of ways to enable self-service VMs within an organisation - what some might …

Simple service discovery using Ansible Tower and DNS

Service discovery is one of those things that can be extremely handy to have, yet …