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June 24, 2025
Meet Dash 804RD — the Spotter Crew’s data storyteller. Dash turns automation chaos into clear, actionable insights with real-time …
July 6, 2023
We explore using Spotter in CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
July 4, 2023
We explore the Visual Studio Code extension of Steampunk Spotter, a powerful tool that enhances your playbook writing experience.
June 26, 2023
The Steampunk Spotter CLI enables use from the console with the ability to scan Ansible content such as playbooks, roles, …
June 8, 2023
We are excited to introduce Spotter's Assisted Playbook Writing feature. In this blog post, we will delve into the powerful …
June 5, 2023
Steampunk Spotter includes a variety of checks that improve the quality, reliability, and security of your Ansible Playbooks. Take …
June 1, 2023
We’re excited to announce that Spotter 2.0 is here, bigger and better, ready to conquer all of your automation challenges!
May 9, 2023
We talked with Sebastian Gumprich, a Systems Architect and DevOps enthusiast, who was one of the first early adopters of Steampunk …
April 14, 2023
To achieve corporate standards and security compliance of your Ansible Playbooks, we integrated an OPA-compliant policy definition …
April 4, 2023
Ansible and Jenkins are popular, well-acclaimed automation tools used to implement DevOps principles. Can, or better yet, should …
March 23, 2023
With the final deadline for the upgrade from Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 to AAP2 right around the corner (September 2023), …
March 15, 2023
Every day we are edging closer and closer to finally migrating to Ansible Automation Platform 2 (AAP 2). It brings updated …
March 6, 2023
So, you decided to write your first Ansible Playbook. Maybe not even your first, maybe you just want to know how to write secure …