https://mtpereira.com/ Recent content on mtpereira Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Manuel Tiago Pereira Thu, 12 Mar 2020 21:30:03 +0000 https://mtpereira.com/2020/03/12/on-working-remotely/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 21:30:03 +0000 https://mtpereira.com/2020/03/12/on-working-remotely/ Having worked remotely before as a software engineer in different settings and finding myself in a fully remote position nowadays, I’ve discovered that it is not as easy as one might think at first. There are a few obstacles and pitfalls you might encounter. Fortunately, I’ve also found a few methods, tools and tips that really helped me and you might find useful as well. Routines Find a schedule for your work hours and stick to it as close as possible. https://mtpereira.com/page/about/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:42:46 +0000 https://mtpereira.com/page/about/ Hi there! My name’s Manuel Tiago Pereira and I’m a Software Engineer passionate about systems automation and delivering production-ready applications. I’ve been around GNU/Linux systems since 2004 and, as of late, I’ve been dedicating my focus on how to enable the development of resilient applications on dynamic deployment environments. When I’m not breaking IT stuff, I’m listening to music, playing card/board games, cycling, running or practicing Aikido. You can find more about me and my work on the following pages: https://mtpereira.com/2016/11/06/terraform-ejson/ Sun, 06 Nov 2016 10:21:42 +0000 https://mtpereira.com/2016/11/06/terraform-ejson/ I’ve been using Terraform to provision and configure some application deployed on Heroku, as well as some other infrastructure pieces on AWS. Since these configurations are kept on a git repository, I do not want any configuration values stored in clear text, to avoid having any sensitive information leaked. For this reason, I’ve searched for a solution to keep these secrets stored in a safe manner without too much configuration overhead. https://mtpereira.com/2016/10/15/local-development-k8s/ Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:10:12 +0000 https://mtpereira.com/2016/10/15/local-development-k8s/ Lately I’ve been working with Kubernetes in order to provide a self-service deployment platform. This ranges from setting up a production-ready cluster, to figuring out how to fit it in a development workflow. Although it’s getting easier, cheaper and faster to use cloud-provisioned environments for development, it can be a productivity-killer to have the cognitive overhead of dealing with remote hosts and what-not for running your code. Also, when developing Docker containers, we often do not wish to publish them, which can be a pain if you don’t have a private registry already setup. https://mtpereira.com/2015/06/02/ansible-tips-testing-roles/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:26:46 +0000 https://mtpereira.com/2015/06/02/ansible-tips-testing-roles/ It’s very useful to keep your roles on TravisCI or other publicly available CI system: it enables you to verify that your commits and other contributions to your role don’t break it. On the other hand, it’s a little tedious to be constantly waiting for the CI to finish and give you some results. Heck, you might even feel tempted to git push without actually checking if your changes are OK!