startup

monitoring

How to Monitor Third-Party SaaS applications

The business world is powered by an ever-increasing number of SaaS applications. But who is monitoring the SaaS applications and can you afford a critical SaaS application going offline and impacting your business?

By Brian Christner 21 Jun 2022

docker

Why I created online courses

How I transitioned from presenting courses and workshops to converting to online courses.

By Brian Christner 11 Nov 2020

Life Hacking

The Why Quality

Sometimes the easiest way to attain information is just by asking Why. Start with Why and unlock insightful information.

By Brian Christner 3 Nov 2020

Bootstrapping

Hacking the McDonalds API

What if I told you McDonalds doesn't have a public API. Better yet, what if someone spent the time going through the McDonalds online order

By Brian Christner 1 Nov 2020

random

Similarities Between Software Development and Skunk Works Projects

Take a peak behind the curtain inside the Skunk Works projects. How these planes were developed have a lot similarities with modern software development.

By Brian Christner 20 Jan 2020

Life Hacking

Looking forward to 2020

2020 is now upon us. It is up to us to start making things happen. Here's my quick recap of 2019 and looking forward to 2020 things to do.

By Brian Christner 13 Jan 2020

docker

Säntis Systems Summit Recap

The inaugural Säntis System Summit in Appenzell, Switzerland kicked off. The unconference was full of great people, topics, and beautiful scenery.

By Brian Christner 20 Jun 2019

startup

Limit your Tech Toolset

It's easier than ever to buy new tools. Stop, first evaluate existing tools, do some information gathering, and combine the number of tools you have.

By Brian Christner 4 Jun 2019

Security

Transforming into an Open Business

Being Open and Transparent is more than Git projects. We are now opening our blog and company metrics to add more transparency to our business and industry.

By Brian Christner 18 Feb 2019

startup

I Broke It

It's easy to get swept up in daily life. But I broke something that was important to me and that is sharing information.

By Brian Christner 5 Feb 2019

Ghost CMS

Enough is Enough, Time for SaaS

After a couple tragic website outages I finally decided to investigate alternatives. SaaS is the way to focus more on delivering content and less about maintaining.

By Brian Christner 6 Oct 2017

startup

Time to Make Something

I'm going through a internal battle of what project I should start next. I've tried all the tricks of making short lists, pro/con comparisons

By Brian Christner 2 May 2016

Mountain Bike

2015 in Review and Goals for 2016

As I look back on 2014 year in review/2015 Goals post [https://www.brianchristner.io/2014-in-review-and-goals-for-2015/] I'm quite happy with what I've accomplished. However

By Brian Christner 1 Jan 2016

Mountain Bike

2014 in Review and Goals for 2015

Wow what a year 2014 was. It had many up's and down's but had a lot of great accomplishments and moments. I'm happy to have

By Brian Christner 2 Jan 2015

startup

First Project Launched - InstaGP

It's been quite a ride to get to this point. After the first InstaGP Pivot [https://brianchristner.io/instagp-time-to-pivot/] until now it's been a lot

By Brian Christner 7 Dec 2014