Using the bolt/terraform integration (https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-terraform) Daniel shows how to create arbitrary infrastructure as part of system-level acceptance testing for modules using Puppet Litmus (https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet_litmus). #litmus #testing #terraform
This year, I got a unique opportunity to call in at Mattercon 2020 and give a talk about my experience working on Mattermost and open source software (OSS) in general. I talked about how OSS helped me grow as a self-taught developer and how working on issues from Mattermost’s repos helped me gain experience and confidence in software development. In this article, I will highlight some of the things I talked about and also throw in a few pointers related to working on OSS.
A friend that can’t keep a secret isn’t one you’ll rely on. The same is true for your mission critical CI/CD tool that you have to entrust with credentials for each integrated component. Keeping your secrets safe can be a challenge for CI/CD tools, since they need to connect to such a variety of other services. Each one needs its own password or token that must be kept hidden from prying eyes.
I’ve always been an advocate for working from home. While some would say working from home is rarely a good idea, decades of personal experience have proven otherwise. For one of those decades, my husband and I ran a successful marketing consulting company. Our work was done solely from our home office, all while raising five children. We started our days early before the kids woke up, and when they left for school, we worked feverishly until their return.
