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Shawn Sesna

Constructing build information

Shawn SesnaAugust 16, 2021 • 6 min read
Deploying a Ruby web application

Shawn SesnaJuly 12, 2021 • 10 min read
Using classes in custom step templates

Shawn SesnaJune 16, 2021 • 5 min read
Debugging "element does not exist in the collection properties" for SSIS

Shawn SesnaMay 26, 2021 • 4 min read
Deploying a Node.js application with Octopus Deploy

Shawn SesnaMay 19, 2021 • 30 min read
Deploying PHP applications with Octopus Deploy

Shawn SesnaMay 12, 2021 • 6 min read
Deploying to IBM WebSphere Liberty

Shawn SesnaMay 5, 2021 • 4 min read
Deploying to MongoDB with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase

Shawn SesnaMay 4, 2021 • 7 min read
Deploying to Oracle with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase

Shawn SesnaMay 3, 2021 • 4 min read
Lessons learned with home automation

Shawn SesnaApril 12, 2021 • 8 min read
Creating workers on a Kubernetes cluster

Shawn SesnaApril 7, 2021 • 3 min read
Deploying to Payara

Shawn SesnaMarch 31, 2021 • 7 min read

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