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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

New Book Review: "Spring Microservices"

New book review for Spring Microservices, by Rajesh RV, Packt Publishing, 2016, reposted here: The mix of theory and practice that this book provides is among the best I have ever run across, although those looking to potentially work through this book should be aware that a number of issues

Ubuntu on Windows: Part 2

About 3 months ago, I posted about my move to Windows 10 with the new laptop I received (Dell 5510 32GB RAM), configuring it for dual boot mode with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS after contemplating installation of Cygwin on another machine yet again, prior to my recollection of a Microsoft

Media Query Source: Part 6 - InformationWeek (US digital magazine); Build a DevOps-focused enterprise

* InformationWeek (US digital magazine) * Cross-enterprise DevOps adoption * Opportunity costs from mishandled change * Changes benefit from stakeholder visibility My responses ended up being included in an article at InformationWeek (June 20, 2017) alongside 5 others including two CTOs. Extent of quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above image

Media Query Source: Part 5 - The Enterprisers Project (US digital magazine); Teaching IT to embrace change: 9 execs share advice

* The Enterprisers Project (US digital magazine) * Advice from execs on embracing change * Being comfortable with uncertainty is a must * Working in agile manner helps ability to steer My responses ended up being included in an article on "The Enterprisers Project" (June 8, 2017), a collaborative effort between CIO

Media Query Source: Part 4

The responses I provided to a media outlet on May 3, 2017: Media: The place of databases in DevOps. My responses addressed the more detailed questions as follows: Media: How often is the database being changed? Gfesser: The frequency of database changes will vary. As a general rule, there will

Media Query Source: Part 3

The responses I provided to a media outlet on April 11, 2017: Media: How should companies choose new technologies to add to their tech stack? My responses addressed the more detailed questions as follows: Media: How can companies effectively choose the right tools and resist adding technologies just for the

Media Query Source: Part 2

The responses I provided to a media outlet on November 17, 2016: My responses ended up being included in an article by a small private college in San Diego alongside business owners and other consultants within the software industry. Extent of quote highlighted in orange. Above image from cited article.

Media Query Source: Part 1

The responses I provided to a media outlet on June 14, 2016: Media: What are the main reasons you participate in open source projects? Gfesser: I'm a heavy user of open source software and libraries. Documentation can be light or inconsistent, especially projects which move quickly from release

New Book Review: "Migrating to Microservice Databases"

New book review for Migrating to Microservice Databases: From Relational Monolith to Distributed Data, by Edson Yanaga, O'Reilly, 2017, reposted here: This book addresses a much-needed topic in microservices architecture: the database in the context of microservices. However, after reading several other books on microservices architecture, I found

New Book Review: "Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture"

New book review for Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture, by Mark Richards, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Unlike some other books focused on microservices architecture, Richards specifically investigates microservices architecture in the context of service-oriented architecture (SOA) that came to dominate the technology industry circa 2005. As the author explains