Book Review: The Art of Automation

I don’t typically think of software and art in the same sentence.  After reading Jerry Cuomo’s Art of Automation book, I’m going to think differently!  Jerry Cuomo leads an all-star cast of contributors (“Gang of…

Book Review: Microservices In Action

I’m glad I read this “one-stop” microservices book: Microservices in Action by Morgan Bruce and Paulo A. Pereira.  If you have time for just one microservices book, I think you can do well with this…

Book Review: Microservices Patterns

I’ve heard many good things about microservices but have had only limited opportunities to try them out.  I wanted to learn more and Microservices Patterns by Chris Richardson was the perfect opportunity. I know there…

Book Review: Site Reliability Engineering

Book Review: Site Reliability Engineering I’ve just finished reading the 2016 book Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems.  I’ve spent 20 years as a developer and I’ve appreciated the DevOps philosophy, but this…

Book Review: Java 8 In Action

Java 8 has been out for long enough – I needed to go learn the new features!  I read Java 8 In Action by Manning Publications.  (There’s a newer version, Modern Java in Action, covering…

Testing and Improving Chatbots

I recently published a three-part post on the IBM Watson publication on testing and improving chatbots (also known as virtual assistants) using both pre- and post- deployment techniques. Each post is accompanied with an embedded…