I recently wanted to try Wordpress and explore its features. For this I chose to install it an all its dependencies in a Vagrant box.
I followed the official install instructions and automated everything in provisioning shell scripts.

After attending the Automated Visual Software Analytics online course I had an idea on computing some new metrics deduced from the VCS (Version Control System).

Since I want to make use of these metrics at work, my implementation should be able to work against a Perforce server, the VCS we mainly use.

Recently I had a discussion with a colleague about an effort he was making to classify our enterprise wiki content.
His prime motivation was the difficulty to track what was published, who publishes what and where different information are located. Thus he was investing in building a directory for the wiki, by providing categorized links to the pages of interest.
Seeing this, I couldn’t agree less.

Here are three practices that I found to be of a great help in my day-to-day work as software development manager.

Do you get stuck in the traffic jam everyday while commuting to work?
Would you like to make use of this wasted time? Read on.
I usually spend a couple of hours commuting to/from work every day.
Sitting behind my steering wheel listening to the radio was not very rewarding.
So I started exploring how I could better invest this lost time.

In my spare time, I like to try and learn new software technologies. For this I use my Windows laptop. The problem is that after several cycles of installing and removing stuff, the laptop become slow. Its performance keep degrading with time until I take some time to reset its installation and reconfigure things.

Recently, after struggling with ruby installation on Windows I decided to reconsider Linux. Since I needed windows for other reasons, I decided to try using virtualization. I started by using VirtualBox to configure a Linux guest machine. While discussing this with a friend, he suggested trying Vagrant.