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Some high level differences from serverspec/testinfra: * Goss is self contained binary, no python/ruby needed * Goss is YAML, not python/ruby DSL * Goss can generate tests from sys…

I posted goss to show HN a year ago, but a lot has changed since. Changes since my initial post: * Goss is now primarily YAML based (was JSON originally) * Goss supports golang's t…

I've also posted a tutorial video for the tool here: https://youtu.be/in1ItGKDr98

"We had a slight issue with a routine software upgrade" - love the wording on that. Sounds like something I would tell my boss after accidentally taking prod down.

"We had a slight issue with a routine software upgrade" - love the wording on that. Sounds like something I would tell my boss after accidentally taking prod down.

Makes sense, any examples of good/simple sites that come to mind?

Does it though? I feel I usually prefer to go to a github page of a project and will only resort to their website if the documentation only lives there. Maybe I'm in the minority :…

So right now I have a simple 302 redirect from a domain I own. I guess my question is more about the benefits of having a "site with more detailed information" vs readme + docs in …

Aside from Google Analytics are there any other benefits to having a project webpage for an open source project? Are there any guides or statistics on the impact of having a webpag…

I've also posted a tutorial video for the tool here: https://youtu.be/in1ItGKDr98

I like to think to myself "If I had to verify this server manually what would I check?" and write automated tests for those. Usually, it's a few high level/important checks for cri…

This blog post explains the difference between goss and serverspec better than I did: http://www.unixdaemon.net/tools/testing-with-goss.html

The concept of resource/system_resource was borrowed from projects like puppet, chef. ansible, specinfra, etc. There's probably an opportunity to make this more generic by adding s…

This is my first go program, wanted to learn the language. Any feedback on code and/or tool would be greatly appreciated. The tool is intended to be a simple take on server validat…