Geekwire reports that Puppet, the company behind the eponymous configuration management software, is set to expand to Seattle, Sydney and Singapore. The company already has offices in Belfast and Portland.
Chef, perhaps Puppet's great rival in the burgeoning field known as DevOps, is headquartered in Seattle, which sets up an interesting battle for talent over the next few years. A lot of Bay Area companies have opened up offices in Seattle after tiring of the talent wars in California [...]
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If you have used either or both of Puppet or Chef, how has it worked out for you? If you've tried both, which did you decide to use and what influenced your decision?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday May 13 2017, @03:46AM (1 child)
All that is true, but Houston's a conservative town, man. As a tech guy looking to relocate to Texas, I'd go for Austin. Much more progressive, with lots of interesting currents of culture and tech flowing through the area thanks to SXSW and it's many offshoots.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by mr_mischief on Tuesday May 16 2017, @04:50PM
Houston's on the blue side of purple, and especially in the city center. The further out in certain suburbs you go, the more conservative it is. That's true in many places.
Austin is pretty well liberal through and through outside the capitol. Now if we can just continue to pull that building towards some sense...