Continuous Integration

Development Practices

3 Simple Tips for Speeding Up Your GitLab CI

Here's what I learned on a recent project to speed up our GitLab CI pipelines. Use these tips as starter ideas you can adjust to your needs.

.NET / WPF

How to Build Visual Studio Installer Projects in Azure Pipelines

Testing a legacy app with Azure Pipelines can be difficult. Here are some tips for creating a CI pipeline for your own Visual Studio Installer Project.

DevOps & System Admin.

Using Vercel for CI and CD to Support Team Collaboration

Vercel is great as both a CI tool and a hosting solution, and it's helped us bring more of the team into the pull request and feature delivery process.

Developer Tools

CircleCI vs. Azure Pipelines: A Comparative Analysis

CircleCI and Azure Pipelines are leading continuous integration platforms, each with strengths and weaknesses. Which should you choose?

Ember.js

Testing & Tooling in EmberJS

Ember is an awesome web development toolkit with some really killer features. One of my favorite parts of Ember is how easy it is to test.

Developer Tools

Why IDEs are Wrong for Embedded Developers

Embedded system developers should not use IDEs. They are feature-lacking and slow down the development process.

Ruby on Rails

Making Rails and TeamCity Play Well Together

After much experimentation, I’m actually happy with how my Rails project is being tested with TeamCity.

Personal Optimization

5 Tips for Success When Joining a New Development Team

Success isn't just what you know – it's how well you work with others. Use your skills more effectively to build great software and relationships.

Ruby on Rails

A Single CI Task for Rails

Want to run database and test tasks together in continuous integration? This might help.