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DevOps

System architecture, Linux expertise, Cloud services, and everything in between.
Google Cloud architecture serving assets via a Load Balancer

Serving Assets via CDN with Google Cloud

Serve static content via a Google Cloud CDN to improve load times. Fine-tune your load balancer and caching to match your app’s needs.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Apr 13, 2022 • 12 min read
Google Cloud
Managing Multiple Versions of Python on Ubuntu 20.04

Managing Multiple Versions of Python on Ubuntu 20.04

Easily install and manage multiple versions of Python on Ubuntu 20.04 or newer.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Feb 24, 2021 • 7 min read
DevOps
Build it with Terraform

Build it with Terraform

Provision Google Cloud infrastructure using Hashicorp Terraform. Spin up instances of CloudSQL, Redis, Kubernetes and more.
David Aquino
David Aquino
Jun 9, 2020 • 4 min read
Hashicorp
Deploy a Golang Web Application Behind Nginx

Deploy a Golang Web Application Behind Nginx

Deploy a self-hosted Go web application using Nginx as a reverse proxy.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jun 1, 2020 • 8 min read
Golang
Deploy Flask Applications with uWSGI and Nginx

Deploy Flask Applications with uWSGI and Nginx

Host Python apps on your own server. Set up uWSGI to serve your app concurrently while handling incoming traffic with Nginx.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Feb 22, 2020 • 12 min read
DevOps
Package Python Projects the Proper Way with Poetry

Package Python Projects the Proper Way with Poetry

Revolutionize your development workflow with an elegant CLI to handle dependencies, environments, configuration, and packaging.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jan 26, 2020 • 8 min read
Python
SSH & SCP in Python with Paramiko

SSH & SCP in Python with Paramiko

Automate remote server tasks by using the Paramiko & SCP Python libraries. Use Python to SSH into hosts, execute tasks, & transfer files.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jan 3, 2020 • 20 min read
Python
Managing Multiple Versions of Python on Ubuntu 18.04

Managing Multiple Versions of Python on Ubuntu 18.04

Easily install and manage multiple versions of Python on Ubuntu 18.04 or older.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Dec 2, 2019 • 5 min read
DevOps
CentOS KVM guests as Docker Swarm Mode nodes

CentOS KVM guests as Docker Swarm Mode nodes

Create CentOS images for use as Docker Swarm nodes.
Ryan Rosado
Ryan Rosado
Nov 24, 2019 • 3 min read
DevOps
Optimize GatsbyJS Performance & Build Times with Netlify

Optimize GatsbyJS Performance & Build Times with Netlify

Speed up Gatsby by utilizing Netlify features like CDN, asset compression, redirects, caching, and analytics.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Oct 14, 2019 • 10 min read
JAMStack
Using Amazon Redshift as your Data Warehouse

Using Amazon Redshift as your Data Warehouse

Get the most out of Redshift by performance tuning your cluster and learning how to query your data optimally.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Jul 29, 2019 • 12 min read
Data Warehouses
Fixing your NPM Installation

Fixing your NPM Installation

Resolve a common NPM issue where users receive EACCES error messages upon NPM library installation.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
May 6, 2019 • 6 min read
NodeJS
Upgrading to JupyterLab on Ubuntu

Upgrading to JupyterLab on Ubuntu

Improve your Jupyter workflow with JupyterLab's powerful interface & customizations.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Apr 14, 2019 • 4 min read
Data Science
Serve Docker Containers With A Custom Domain and SSL with Caddy

Serve Docker Containers With A Custom Domain and SSL with Caddy

Do even less work to deploy your Docker apps to production.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Mar 11, 2019 • 4 min read
DevOps
Running Jupyter Notebooks on a Ubuntu Server

Running Jupyter Notebooks on a Ubuntu Server

Configuring a VPS from scratch to host Jupyter notebooks with Anaconda.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Mar 1, 2019 • 5 min read
Data Science
S3 File Management With The Boto3 Python SDK

S3 File Management With The Boto3 Python SDK

Modify and manipulate thousands of files in your S3 (or DigitalOcean) Bucket.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Feb 18, 2019 • 8 min read
Python
Easily Build GraphQL APIs with Prisma

Easily Build GraphQL APIs with Prisma

Jump on the GraphQL Bandwagon with a little help from Prisma.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Feb 3, 2019 • 7 min read
GraphQL
Query MongoDB via Frontend with Stitch

Query MongoDB via Frontend with Stitch

MongoDB Stitch vs the impossible: secure database queries via frontend JS.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Nov 23, 2018 • 7 min read
NoSQL
MongoDB Cloud: Backend as a Service with Atlas & Stitch

MongoDB Cloud: Backend as a Service with Atlas & Stitch

MongoDB's silent transformation from an open-source database to enterprise cloud provider.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Nov 15, 2018 • 10 min read
NoSQL
Building an API with Amazon's API Gateway

Building an API with Amazon's API Gateway

Leverage AWS' API Gateway to create an API which fetches records from an RDS database.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Oct 29, 2018 • 6 min read
AWS
Deploy Isolated Applications with Google App Engine

Deploy Isolated Applications with Google App Engine

Doing everything to avoid server configuration or any mild discomfort.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Oct 25, 2018 • 5 min read
Google Cloud
Creating an AMI with HashiCorp Packer

Creating an AMI with HashiCorp Packer

HashiCorp's version control for infrastructure.
David Aquino
David Aquino
Oct 3, 2018 • 1 min read
DevOps
So You've Fucked up your Python Path

So You've Fucked up your Python Path

A timeless hazing ritual for new Python devs, and how to fix it.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Sep 12, 2018 • 6 min read
Python
Reboot EC2 instances with Docker

Reboot EC2 instances with Docker

Create an application in Docker to reboot AWS EC2 instances via Python & boto3.
David Aquino
David Aquino
Sep 5, 2018 • 2 min read
Docker
Client connecting to a Google Cloud Server

Connect to your Google Cloud Compute Engine

Configuring SSH and file transfers to a Google Cloud Compute Engine via the GCloud's CLI.
Todd Birchard
Todd Birchard
Sep 5, 2018 • 5 min read
Google Cloud

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Series'

Data Analysis with Pandas 11
Build Flask Apps 11
Google Cloud Architecture 6
Learning Apache Spark 6
Mastering SQLAlchemy 4
GraphQL Tutorials 4
Welcome to SQL 4
Working with MySQL 4
Mapping Data with Mapbox 3
Python Concurrency with Asyncio 2
Web Scraping With Python 2
Getting Started with Django 2
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  • Build Flask Apps
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  • Learning Apache Spark
  • Google Cloud Architecture
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  • Mastering SQLAlchemy
  • Hacking Tableau Server
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  • Web Scraping With Python
  • Getting Started with Django

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