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After a (very) long hiatus from gaming I recently got back into Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs) and it has reignited some of my creative writing as well. Tips, tricks, and stories abound! Come along for the adventure!

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Dig into this new section about Perforce Puppet with news and FAQs and tutorials on one of the leading Enterprise infrastructure automation tools on the market.

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As a professional creator in DevRel and product marketing, I like to share my thoughts on what I’ve been learning about, how to improve your DevRel craft, and how to connect and help your community. Being in DevRel is honestly one of the most satisfying career tracks I’ve had!

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I lived/breathed/wrote about Sitecore for over a decade, even if I have now moved on to another community. Over that time, I have covered quite a few topics. Jump into this section if you want to see my collection of news, guides, and community content from over the years!

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  • Developing Modules for Puppet and the Forge in 2025

    Developing Modules for Puppet and the Forge in 2025

    This blog first appeared on 2025-07-03 at puppet.com: https://www.puppet.com/blog/puppet-module-developer-eula-faq Since announcing changes to our OSS plans as well as introducing the new licensing starting with PDK 3.5.0, the team has received questions from the community around how the changes will affect them. In this article, we’ll highlight some helpful resources about how you can develop and contribute to… Read more

  • Tutorial: Visualize Your Puppet Data in Grafana with the Observability Data Connector

    Tutorial: Visualize Your Puppet Data in Grafana with the Observability Data Connector

    This article was originally published on 2025-07-24 on puppet.com: https://www.puppet.com/blog/tutorial-puppet-grafana-observability When you manage complex IT infrastructure, it becomes critical to use tooling to understand what’s happening across all of your systems in terms of performance, reliability, and compliance. Monitoring key indicators manually is simply no longer possible at that scale. Puppet has long been known as… Read more

  • Puppet Security Compliance Management (SCM) 3.5.0 and Puppet Comply 2.25.0 are now available!

    Puppet Security Compliance Management (SCM) 3.5.0 and Puppet Comply 2.25.0 are now available!

    Originally appeared July 14th on dev.to: https://dev.to/puppet/puppet-security-compliance-management-scm-350-and-puppet-comply-2250-are-now-available-3n23 What’s new? Flexible Java management  The Comply module now includes the option to use a locally installed Java runtime, instead of the Java bundled with the CIS-CAT Pro Assessor.  This enhancement is ideal for customers with specific Java version requirements or those looking to align with internal security… Read more

  • The Tomb of Kaulu | Dark Invasion of Lani

    The Tomb of Kaulu | Dark Invasion of Lani

    The darkness of the tunnel was oppressive. Durwood’s hand was firmly on the shoulder of the dwarven cleric ahead of him, clutching tightly to the only thing that felt like safety. Somewhere ahead, seemingly very far away, were the flickering pulses of mage lights and the faint sounds of metal scraping and shuffling feet. Durwood’s… Read more

  • Are AI Coding Tools Devaluing Software Products?

    Are AI Coding Tools Devaluing Software Products?

    A recent LinkedIn post triggered me to thinking again about the devaluing of software engineering: People severely underestimate the last 20% of getting something to being launched, and also generally forget about all the work it takes after you think you are finished building a thing. Not to mention getting people to use your thing,… Read more

  • Welcome the Puppet Infra Assistant to the Team!

    Welcome the Puppet Infra Assistant to the Team!

    This article was originally published on 2025-06-26 on dev.to: https://dev.to/puppet/welcome-the-puppet-infra-assistant-to-the-team-1902 Your Job isn’t Easy It’s Friday afternoon and you just want to hit the weekend, but another compliance audit request just came in. Oh joy! Responding quickly to these “fire drill” requests is getting harder. Infrastructure isn’t just growing – it’s exploding. Thousands of new… Read more