This is the third and final article in a series discussing personal experiences with QA and continuous delivery. The first article is located here; the second is here. I have a confession to make: In past articles discussing Quality Assurance and continuous delivery models, I implied – more or less – that the products I […]

This article is the follow-up discussion to the relevancy of formal Quality Assurance with products following the continuous delivery development and deployment model. The first article is located here In the last article, I described some of the development and release challenges one of my teams faced following what I assume is a fairly traditional, […]

I bet you are wondering what I’m thinking, or even if I’m sane. Who wouldn’t think QA is an invaluable and required facet of any development shop interested in quality? Explaining the origin of this question requires a short trip back in time …

I recently revisited an old blog I wrote on technical documentation after running into a problem with some REST API documentation. In case you missed it, you can read the blog here. The process of resolving the issue – along with other experiences accumulated over the year – has me firmly convinced that several of […]

This is part three of a multi-part series that describes a security interoperability project between a Secure Token Service (STS) built from Microsoft’s Windows Identify Foundation (WIF) and two open-source (java and ruby) web applications. The primary focus of the project was to secure the java/ruby web services using the STS.

This is part two of a multi-part series that describes a security interoperability project between a Secure Token Service (STS) built from Microsoft’s Windows Identify Foundation (WIF) and two open-source (java and ruby) web applications. The primary focus of the project was to secure the java/ruby web services using the STS. Part one of the […]

Approximately two years ago, I was asked to build security integration between the open-source applications I manage and a large web application written in .NET.  The knowns at the outset of the project included: The integration point was a custom built authentication/authorization server The server was a .NET application built on Windows Identity Foundation (WIF). […]

I was discussing trends in technology with a colleague the other day. We were reminiscing about the “pre-internet days” and how far technology has progressed since. Near the end of the conversation I mentioned that I now spend more time collaborating through video conferences than I talk over the phone. With that thought I realized […]

I can’t imagine life without a VPN. A working VPN is – arguably – the epitome of how technology can enhance the life of a software/IT professional. For techies, a VPN can prevent the need to drive to the office in the middle of the night to address a software emergency (HUGE), and it affords […]

If you happened to read my last article, Documentation – What’s The Secret Sauce of Enough But Not Too Much?, you may have caught that the products I work with run on an open source stack. Open source is the one constant characterizing most of my career. My first introduction to professional development was at […]