Hackference 2018
A review of my time at Hackference's 1-day conference and 24-hour hackathon.
I'm a Software Quality Engineer with a passion for backend engineering, especially with regard to APIs and automation. I've been building up my experience working in a DevOps environment as a Software Development Engineer and am now diving into the details of how we prove out the quality in our software. I use my site as a method of blogging about my learnings, as well as sharing information about projects I have previously, or are currently, working on in my spare time.
I'm a GNU/Linux user, a big advocate for the Free Software Movement, and I try to self host my own services where possible, instead of relying on other providers.
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How to run tests from the ChefDK in Docker
How to get up and running with the ChefDK to perform common tests, such as unit tests and linting.
Using Fake Cookbooks for Writing ChefSpec Tests for your Custom Chef Resources
A directory structure I've found quite useful for writing ChefSpec tests for custom resources, by creating a fake cookbook within the cookbook you're testing.
Creating a versionable, self-contained (fat-/uber-) JAR for Gatling tests
Why you'd want a fat JAR for your Gatling tests and how you'd achieve it.
Tweaking Gatling HighCharts Response Time Bounds
How to configure the bounds that Gatling marks your response times within for console output and graphing purposes.
Setting your default AWS profile for the AWS CLI and SDKs
Setting the default AWS profile when working with multiple profiles and the AWS CLI / SDKs.
Chef 14 Upgrade: Custom Resource Properties are Silently Coerced to `Hash` if they are a `nil`
Finding out that a nil gets silently coerced to an empty Hash if given to a custom resource's property of type Hash.
Chef 14: ChefSpec Coverage Reporting Deprecation
Noting the deprecation of using ChefSpec::Coverage.start! when using Chef 14 and above.
Chef 14 Upgrade: Change in `ValidationFailed` error messages when setting `required` properties
The updated error message returned by a Chef ValidationFailed error, when you're specifying which properties are required on a custom resource.
Why You Should Be Unit Testing Your Functional Acceptance Tests
A few reasons explaining why you should be writing unit tests for your functional tests.
Talks and Workshops
I have a number of talks and workshops that I have done previously, and am open to do.
Projects
I also have a number of projects I've documented on my projects page.