All Posts — Digital Sanctuary

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AWS Lambda and EFS Troubleshooting

EFS unlocks 512MB+ file storage for Lambda, but connection errors have common fixes you should know.

DevOps & Infrastructure AWS

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File Uploads to AWS S3 Made Easy!

Pre-signed S3 URLs let users upload files directly from browsers without touching your backend.

DevOps & Infrastructure AWS

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Allow GitLab CI to use Docker Registry with Self Signed Certs

GitLab CI can trust private Docker registries with self-signed certs - here's the dind config.

DevOps & Infrastructure Docker Linux

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Solution for Docker Registry Error: certificate signed by unknown authority

Private Docker registries with self-signed SSL require special config - here's how to make Docker trust them.

DevOps & Infrastructure Docker Security

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New 10MinuteMail Beta!

10MinuteMail turns 14 with a major beta redesign - from Seam to modern architecture.

10MinuteMail

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Office Hours - Redux

Free office hours: ask me anything about eCommerce, enterprise architecture, or building startups.

Career & Business

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AWS, Wordpress, Bitnami, and Ansible - A Journey

Switching from Bitnami AMIs to custom AWS setups gave me flexibility but required rethinking WordPress ops.

DevOps & Infrastructure AWS

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Spring AWS SQS Queue Problem QueueDoesNotExistException

QueueDoesNotExistException in Spring + SQS? Check your queue creation and region configuration first.

Software Development Spring Boot AWS

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Updated JIRA to Omnifocus Integration

JIRA-OmniFocus sync went from 50 seconds to 2 with due date support and smarter task scanning.

Productivity Tools

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OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock Review

OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock first look - finally, a docking solution for the new MacBook Pro.

Tech & Gear macOS

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Session and Memory Leak on Wildfly 10

Wildfly 10 session leak traced to WebappLifecycleListener - a JBoss bug that needs workarounds for production.

Software Development JBoss

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Oracle Commerce Cloud - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Oracle Commerce Cloud: great idea on paper, but pricing and feature gaps make on-premise ATG still competitive.

Software Development ATG Oracle

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GitHub to OmniFocus Integration

Sync GitHub issues straight to OmniFocus with a simple Ruby script. Manage all your tasks from one place without juggling multiple to-do lists.

Productivity Ruby Tools

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Sovrn Advertising Doesn't Understand The Word NO!

An advertising firm can't take no for an answer - six employees, persistent emails, and zero respect for a simple boundary.

Life & Personal Opinion

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Control Nest Thermostat From the Command Line Using Nest API

Learn how to control your Nest Thermostat from the comfort of your command line with the Nest API!

Software Development Tools

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Life Without Things

A month without modern conveniences tests whether comfort comes from things or mindset.

Life & Personal

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Modern TV is Killing the Dream of Justice

When TV writers strip characters of all likability, viewers stop rooting for anyone - they just want the story to end.

Life & Personal Opinion

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New ATG Rest Module

Jersey-based REST module simplifies ATG REST service configuration with annotations instead of verbose setup.

Software Development Java ATG

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error invoking target irman ioracle of makefile

Missing ljavavm12 library during Oracle installation? A simple file copy solves the error.

DevOps & Infrastructure Oracle

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Double the Oracle DB connections from JBoss you expect?

JBoss doubles your Oracle connection pool size when separating transactional and non-transactional connections.

Software Development JBoss Oracle