about me

• i’m ulysses.
• senior cloud engineer at cardinal health.
• certified aws solutions architect associate.
• server: ubuntu. desktop: mint, phone: iphone.
• stack: ubuntu, apache, php, and mariadb.
• php framework: laravel and codeigniter.
• hobbies: surfing, snowboarding and saxophone.
• photography: nikon d90. d700. fujifilm xt30 ii. flicker
• wordpress user since release 1.2 circa may of 2004.
• this website now runs on jekyll hosted at github.

aws skills

• vpc, load balancing, auto scaling, route 53
• ec2, lightsail, elastic beanstalk, lambda
• github, docker, kubernetes, dashboard
• ebs, efs, s3, storage classes, glacier
• rds, dynamodb, redshift, athena
• cloud formation, terraform, aws cli
• cloudfront, cloudwatch, cloudtrail, vpc flowlogs
• iam, simple queue system, simple notification system
• elastic encoder, workspaces, workdocs, workmail
• systems manager, trusted advisor, config
• elastic transcoder, certificate manager, directory service

google cloud platform skills

• compute engine, app engine, kubernetes engine
• container registry, cloud functions, cloud sdk
• deployment manager, cloud source repositories
• cloud vpc, cloud load balancing, cloud sql
• iam, cloud dns, cloud vpn, cloud cdn
• cloud storage, persistent disk, cloud filestore

cloud provider experience

• aws – amazon cloud services.
• azure – microsoft cloud services.
• gcp – google cloud platform.
• linode – ssd cloud hosting.
• digital ocean – ssd cloud server.
• docker – containers for running distributed apps.

cloud documentation

• aws documentation
• aws blog – official aws blog
• all things distributed
• aws architecture blog
• google cloud platform blog
• microsoft azure blog

os

• ubuntu – my linux server of choice.
• fedora – another linux server sponsored by redhat.
• centos – centos is based red hat enterprise linux.
• debian – debian is a solid no-nonsense linux platform.
• howtoforge – provides user-friendly linux tutorials.
• tecmint – linux how to guide.

software

• apache – an open-source http server.
• nginx – a http, proxy, reverse proxy server.
• bower – package manager for the web.
• gulp – automate and enhance your workflow.
• varnish – is a web application caching accelerator.
• wordpress – cms for creating websites or blogs.

php

• php.net – the official php website.
• laravel – the future of php framework.
• composer – dependency manager for php.
• codeigniter – a well documented php framework.
• slim framework – a micro framework.
• hhvm – facebook’s open-source php vm.

html5

• html5 boilerplate – popular front-end template.
• html5 rocks – html5 tutorials.
• initializr – html5 template generator.
• modernizr – javascript detects html5 and css3.
• a list apart – for people who make websites.
• html5 – mozilla developer network guide.

css3

• w3c css – css homepage.
• bootstrap – css framework.
• sass – syntactically awesome style sheets.
• less – a css pre-processor.
• html kickstart – a bootstrap alternative.
• css-tricks – css resource.

javascript

• javascript – guides, tutorials, tools and resources.
• jquery – fast, small, and feature-rich javascript library.
• angular – a structural framework for dynamic web apps.
• react – facebook javascript library for building interfaces.
• node.js – platform for fast, scalable network applications.
• eloquent javascript – introduction to javascript.

web

• sublime text, google fonts, pageinsights, semantic ui
• grunt, codepen, pastebin, certbot, foundation

sites i read

• 9to5linux, 9to5mac, anandtech, appleinsider, arstechnica, bgr, bigthink, boingboing, businessinsider, cnet, computerworld, digitaltrends, engadget, extremetech, fastcompany, geekwire, gigaom, gizmodo, google news, googleblog, hackernews, howtogeek, informationweek, infoworld, itechpost, lifehacker, macrumors, mashable, macworld, mit technology review, pcworld, readwrite, reuters technology, slashdot, slashgear, tedtalk, techcrunch, techdirt, techmeme, technorati, techradar, techrepublic, techtimes, theregister, thenextweb, theverge, tomshardware, venturebeat, recode, wired, zdnet