Category Archives: Editorial

The Ultimate Home Office

Posted on July 25, 2020 by way0utwest

When the pandemic hit, we were fairly well prepared at Redgate. We’ve had lots of experience connecting offices, we have an amazing IT staff that has built a great VPN setup, lots of SSO authentication, and a tremendous KB of … Continue reading →

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Something Old Something New

Posted on July 24, 2020 by way0utwest

My neighbor had a 1978 Ford Bronco when I was growing up. He drove his kids and I around to various events, and I loved that car. The look, the removable back, the spacious interior. It was a car I’ve … Continue reading →

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Communicate Through Commit

Posted on July 23, 2020 by way0utwest

Using Version Control is a skill, and it’s one that most technical professionals should learn. Even sysadmins and infrastructure people can benefit from version control, especially as people use infrastructure as code and GitOps with products like Terraform. Writing a commit message is a … Continue reading →

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Hacking the Admin

Posted on July 22, 2020 by way0utwest

Recently Twitter had a security breach, with a silly scam. At least, I’d think it was silly. I saw a tweet from Elon Musk noting that he’d return $2k in bitcoin for every $1k anyone sent to him. He was … Continue reading →

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