AGENTS.md

This file provides guidance to Codex (Codex.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

About

Jekyll-based blog hosted on GitHub Pages at networkbrouhaha.com. Theme: jekyll-theme-modernist.

Commands

Run locally (with drafts and future-dated posts):

./serve.sh
# or equivalently:
bundle exec jekyll serve --drafts --future

Install dependencies (macOS):

./install.sh

Post Format

Posts live in _posts/ with filename YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md. Required front matter:

---
layout: post
theme: jekyll-theme-modernist
title: "Post Title"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
comments: true
excerpt: Short description shown in previews and Twitter cards.<p>
---

• comments: false disables Disqus on a per-post basis
• image: /resources/... sets a Twitter large-card image; omitting it falls back to the site title image
• Drafts go in _drafts/ (no date in filename needed)

Images/Resources

Post images live under resources/YYYY/MM/ (e.g., resources/2023/01/image.png). Reference them with root-relative paths like /resources/2023/01/image.png.

Image embedding pattern used in posts:

{: .center}
[![](/resources/YYYY/MM/image.png)](/resources/YYYY/MM/image.png){:.drop-shadow}

Architecture

• _layouts/default.html — base layout; includes nav links (About, Links, Presentations), social icons, Disqus integration, and analytics (production only via jekyll.environment == 'production')
• _layouts/post.html — wraps default.html; renders post date with ordinal suffix and `<p>Here are presentations I’ve given at various conferences and webinars.</p>

Lexington VMUG, 2018

• Cloud Automation

Cincinnati VMUG, 2018

• Cloud Automation with vCD, Terraform, ZeroTier and Slack

VMworld 2019

• HBI3518BUS - Modern Data Management for Service Providers with vCD and Rubrik

Microsoft Ignite 2019

• BRK1058 - Make Data Protection a Partner to Your Automation Workflows

VMUG Virtual Connect, June 2020

• Leverage GitOps to Deploy and Protect VMs with Ansible and Rubrik

Rubrik Forward 2020

• Codify Your Environment with Ansible and Terraform

VMworld 2021

• MCL1195 - Migrate your VMware Workloads to the Cloud? Let Me Goolge That For You
• MCL1475 - Breaking Down Cloud Connectivity
• MCL1579 - The Cloud Ready Data Center - Prepare for the Future of Computing
• MCL1764 - Google Cloud VMware Engine In Action

Women Who Code, September 2021

• Introduction to Google Cloud VMware Engine

Google Next 2021

• Connectivity Options with VMware HCX and Google Cloud VMware Engine

Webinars

• Create Your Own Chatbot
• Diving Deeper into Powershell
• Using VMware HCX for Workload Mobility Across VMware Clouds
• Migration to VMware Cloud on AWS: Real World Lessons Learned
• Getting Started and Achieving Workload Mobility with VMware HCX
• vSphere to VMware Cloud: How VMware Cloud Enables Workload Mobility to the Cloud Provider of Your Choice

Written content outside of this blog

• Planning a Successful Disaster Recovery Strategy
• Tips for Migrating Your App to the Cloud
• Advanced Protection for vCD with Rubrik and PowerShell
• Automating CloudOut to Amazon S3 Configuration
• SDKs for APIs: Generated or Bespoke?
• Posts on the official VMware blog

`

• _config.yml — site metadata, permalink scheme (/:year/:month/:title/), pagination (10/page), plugins, author info
• _includes/analytics.html — Google Analytics snippet, only injected in production builds
• _sass/ — SCSS overrides on top of the modernist theme
• _site/ — generated output, not committed (should stay in .gitignore)

Deployment

Pushing to master triggers GitHub Pages to build and deploy automatically. No CI config needed.