Greetings! đź‘‹
My name is Nick Stanley, and I'm a Platform Engineer specializing in DevOps, site reliability,
and security & compliance automation. This website is my space to improve my writing and curate my
knowledge portfolio, as described in 'The Pragmatic Programmer.' Here, you'll find my blog posts,
projects, technical book notes, and resume.
Posts
Copy-pasting code seems harmless, but could it be the hacker's next exploit? Don't let habit blind you from the hidden risks of copy-paste in your terminal.
The other day, I was reviewing my book notes from “The Pragmatic Programmer,” and came across the following excerpt from the “Evil Wizards” section.
Can you image being that engineer and in future interviews being as "What was the biggest mistake you made in your career?" and saying "I moved the wrong file, and caused the first FAA ground stop since 2001 and cost airlines millions".
Over the past few weeks I’ve been evaluating money management tools. On my list was Goldman Sachs’s Marcus. A few years ago I created a Marcus account, but at the time it didn’t fit my needs. Since then things have changed and it was time re-evaluate it.
Smart water sensors are worth every penny and every minute I need to maintain.
“Continuous Delivery is the ability to get changes of all types – including new features, configuration changes, bug fixes, and experiments – into prod, or into the hands of the users, safely, and quickly in a sustainable way.” –Jez Humble
A casual chat over beers sparks a critical security fix IP whitelisting saves the day by securing AWS Access Keys.
The other day I talked to a former colleague about what makes a good engineer in addition to technical and communication skills. The conversation centered around how people handle being wrong and making mistakes.
Navigating the challenges of teaching and fair grading.
When I read a book to learn I try read it more then once. It take multiple passes and multiple formats to learn material.
Imitate until you embody it.
Uncovering hidden gems like SSH port forwarding with L and R options.
I have been wanting to write a blog since I first started following tech blogs when I was a freshman in college. Over the years I have started and stopped many times, I have created a WordPress website, purchased a domain, made a posting schedule, paid for hosting, but I never did any actual writing.