I recently attended an event where a speaker gave the metaphor of the age old customs from the Kamba people. He talked about how the […]
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unable to create packages with octopack
Sometimes when attempting to create packages with Octopack you may get an error as show below. “You are trying to build with OctoPack, but the […]
Customer reviews, should they matter?
A general consensus among job seekers is connections. It’s not just about jobs though but about getting things done that is knowing the right person […]
Load testing: x requests per second and related stuff
Performing a load test is all about simulation. Its about having an X number of virtual users doing some task on the system and collecting […]
Security config baselines
The following resources are helpful when determining the security configurations to set for your systems with reference to security. 1. Center for Internet Security’s Benchmarks. […]
Get-Command in a poweshell module
As a .NET developer, I thrive on Intellisense. Whether its a method I wrote or from a library from Nuget, the ability to see the […]
Kill SQL server Database connections
I wanted to drop a DB inorder to restore a recent copy on our test bed. However for some reason it didnt work for the […]
Troubleshooting the AppFabric Cache cluster
My boss recently impressed to me on the need to have a complete design document for the implementation of an AppFabric cache cluster. This documents […]
Remote perfmon counters, opening ports
The issue There happens a situation where one wants to collect performance counters about a server from a remote server within the same domain. However […]
Its not just about load testing, its about performance counters
During my initial days in QA one of my tasks involved doing load tests on systems. We all know that this kind of tests are […]