Reflecting on what home means as an expat in Portland, and the short list of criteria I actually use to judge a place to live
3 min read#america
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Home and Place The Cloud May Be For You A pushback against absolutist takes on Heroku and the cloud, arguing the right answer depends on performance, compliance, and your needs
2 min read#cloudSending events from Puppet to Riemann A Puppet report processor that sends run status and metrics to a Riemann server using the riemann-client gem
Boundary module released Releasing v1.0.0 of the Puppet module to install, manage, and report to Boundary, now available on the Forge
Yana and Puppet A small external node classifier that pulls node definitions from the Yana node authority and maps Yana tags and attributes into Puppet
Imposter Syndrome Practical habits I am trying to manage feelings of being a fraud at work, including trusting fear, finding a mentor, and naming the problem
4 min read#HRThe grass is greener on the other side Wrapping up seven months of paperwork to get our US Green Cards via the Diversity Lottery, and what the new status changes for us
2 min read#immigration