Section

Tech & Automation

Tutorials, engineering notes and industry insight, from Git to PLCs.

196 articlesPage 3 of 9
PowerShell and Bash scripts automating IT support tasks
Tech Insights

Scripting for IT Support (PowerShell & Bash)

Every support engineer hits a ceiling doing things by hand. Scripting is how you break through it, and you only need two shells to start.

4 min read
IT service desk team handling user requests
Tech Insights

ITSM & the Service Desk (ITIL)

The service desk is the most underrated team in IT. Run it as a service, not a switchboard, and it quietly makes the whole organisation better.

4 min read
Creator planning and recording an online course
Quick Lessons

Building an Online Course

Most online courses fail not because the teaching is bad, but because they were never designed to be finished. Here is how to build one that is.

4 min read
Creator recording a screen-capture video tutorial
Quick Lessons

Recording Great Video Tutorials

The gear matters less than you think. Here is what actually separates a tutorial people finish from one they abandon.

4 min read
Project plan combining agile sprints and waterfall milestones
Projects & Practice

Hybrid Agile + Waterfall Delivery

Most organizations are neither agile nor waterfall. Stop apologizing for it and start designing for it.

5 min read
Comparison of software, data, cloud and AI engineering roles
Tech Insights

Understanding the Roles: Software Engineer vs. Data Engineer vs. Cloud Engineer vs. AI Engineer

The fields of software engineering, data engineering, cloud engineering, and AI engineering each play unique roles in technology development and deployment.

4 min read
Diagram of the hierarchical planning levels in production and supply chain management
Projects & Practice

A Comprehensive Guide to Hierarchical Planning in Production and Supply Chain Management

Production and supply chain management require a structured, multi-level approach to planning that ranges from strategic decisions to daily scheduling.

7 min read
Project budget dashboard with earned value metrics
Projects & Practice

Project Budgeting & Cost Control

Why the question "how much have we spent?" is the least useful thing you can ask about a project budget - and what to ask instead.

4 min read
Analyst building a machine-learning model
Tech Insights

Machine Learning for Analysts

You do not need a PhD to build a useful model. You need to frame the problem, respect the test set, and know when to stop.

4 min read
Data flowing from sources into a cloud data warehouse
Tech Insights

Data Warehousing & Analytics Engineering

The warehouse stopped being a place to store data and became a place to write code - and that single shift created a whole new craft.

4 min read
Cloud cost dashboard used in FinOps practice
Tech Insights

Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Cloud bills don't spiral because engineers are careless. They spiral because the cloud removed every brake that used to slow spending down. FinOps is how you put the brakes back without killing the speed.

4 min read
Diagram of cloud identity and access management controls
Tech Insights

Cloud Security & IAM Deep Dive

The firewall is not your perimeter anymore. A credential is. Once you accept that, cloud security stops being a checklist and becomes a single discipline - getting identity right.

4 min read
Diagram comparing front-end and back-end development
Tech Insights

The Difference Between Front-End and Back-End Developers: A Comprehensive Guide

Front-end vs back-end developers: what each one does, the tools and languages they use, and how they work together to build web applications.

4 min read
Cloud CI/CD pipeline stages from build to deployment
Tech Insights

CI/CD Pipelines in the Cloud

A deploy that takes a weekend and a wiki page nobody trusts is not a release process — it is a liability. Here is how cloud pipelines turned shipping software from an event into a non-event.

4 min read
Cloud security posture dashboard highlighting misconfigurations
Tech Insights

Cloud Security Posture Basics

The cloud did not make you less secure. It made misconfiguration faster, more visible, and one click away from the entire internet. Here is how to see your own account the way an attacker already does.

4 min read
Zero trust security model verifying every access request
Tech Insights

Zero Trust Architecture Explained

The perimeter was never a wall. It was an assumption, and assumptions are exactly what attackers exploit.

4 min read
Small business owner digitalizing operations
Tech Insights

Digitalizing SME Operations End-to-End

Small businesses do not fail to go digital because the software is too hard. They fail because they buy tools before they understand their own work. Here is the order that actually works.

4 min read
Tech Insights

Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up Ubuntu on Your Local Machine | 02x00.06-02

Setting up a robust coding environment on your local machine is essential for efficient software development.

2 min read
Operations dashboard showing key performance indicators
Tech Insights

KPIs & Dashboards for Operations

Most operations track dozens of numbers and steer by none of them. The fix is not more data or a prettier dashboard - it is the unglamorous discipline of choosing the few metrics that actually change what you do.

4 min read
Career & Roadmaps

Find Your Perfect IT Job Based on Your MBTI Personality Type

Match your MBTI personality type to an IT career: from ENTJ IT managers and INTP programmers to ESTP support analysts and ISTP QA testers.

3 min read
Industrial engineer deploying a machine-learning model to factory equipment
Tech Insights

AI & MLOps for Industrial Engineers

Most industrial machine-learning models work beautifully in a notebook and die on the laptop they were born on. Here is why that happens, and what MLOps actually fixes.

4 min read
Vi text editor in command mode in a terminal
Quick Lessons

Introduction to Vi | 02x00.03-03

Vi is a powerful and efficient text editor that has been a standard in Unix and Unix-like operating systems for decades.

2 min read
Emacs editor window with basic commands
Quick Lessons

Introduction to Emacs | 02x00.03-02

Emacs is not just a text editor; it is a powerful tool that can revolutionize the way you interact with your computer.

3 min read
Volunteers contributing data to a citizen science project
Tech Insights

Citizen Science: Unlocking the Power of the Everyday Person in Tech Discovery

Citizen science lets everyday people drive discovery, from Galaxy Zoo to bird counts. How it works, why it matters and how you can get involved.

2 min read