# \#top-5 **URL:** https://community.f5.com/tag/top-5/544.md [Latest](https://community.f5.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.f5.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.f5.com/tags.md) --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: Feb 25, 2015](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-feb-25-2015/66141)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-feb-25-2015/66141 "2015-03-25T15:14:52Z")
The articles on DevCentral have been absolutely fantastic as of late. Understandably, readers can expect to find great F5-related technical content here at DevCentral, but several industry-relevant pieces are also found… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: Dec 15, 2014](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-dec-15-2014/66151)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-dec-15-2014/66151 "2014-12-16T06:42:00Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and it’s the most wonderful content on DevCentral. Our DevCentral authors never disappoint, and this edition of the Top 5 is sure to please again. Sit back, grab another shot o… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: Nov 3, 2014](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-nov-3-2014/66155)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-nov-3-2014/66155 "2014-11-03T21:06:00Z")
Make sure you grab a tissue, because you will literally weep when you read the awesome content so prominently and consistently delivered in our community. And, even if you don’t weep uncontrollably, you’ll at least work… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: Oct 6, 2014](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-oct-6-2014/65709)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-oct-6-2014/65709 "2014-10-07T02:42:00Z")
These past two weeks have proven to be more than eventful with the "shock"ing discovery of a critical bash vulnerability that stole the security headlines for several days. Times like these might have you repeating the … --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: Sep 22, 2014 \[End of Life\]](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-sep-22-2014-end-of-life/65680)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-sep-22-2014-end-of-life/65680 "2014-09-23T05:21:00Z")
The F5 and Cisco APIC integration based on the device package and iWorkflow is End Of Life. The latest integration is based on the Cisco AppCenter named ‘F5 ACI ServiceCenter’. Visit Cisco ACI and F5 BIG-IP Integration… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: Sep 8, 2014](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-sep-8-2014/65733)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-sep-8-2014/65733 "2014-09-09T02:22:00Z")
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and this week’s edition of the DevCentral Top 5 is the sun. Yep, you guessed it. The top 5 is back…but unlike Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, this is… --- ## [Top5 07/21/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-07-21-2014/63982)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-07-21-2014/63982 "2014-07-21T23:46:00Z")
From secrets on how to win at “The Internet of Things” to defending against “ANY” amplification attacks, this Top5 is chalk full of geeky goodness. A little coding, a little security, a little config management and a hea… --- ## [Top5 06/23/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-06-23-2014/63961)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-06-23-2014/63961 "2014-06-24T01:16:00Z")
Every day that I get to write a Top5 post feels like an auspicious day, as it is rather one of my favorite things to write, I must admit. This is partly because I get to dig into all the cool stuff that everyone else has… --- ## [Top5 06/09/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-06-09-2014/63981)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-06-09-2014/63981 "2014-06-10T04:36:00Z")
This week’s edition of the Top5 is packed from stem to stern with geeky goodness. I suppose that’s not much of a surprise, given that it is the Top5 and all. That’s kind of our M.O. ‘round these parts, and most weeks are… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: May 27, 2014](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-may-27-2014/65683)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-may-27-2014/65683 "2014-05-28T03:13:00Z")
And here we are again…that fateful time when we admire and, yes, celebrate the amazing contributions of our DevCentral authors. The easy part is writing about all the great content; the hard part is picking just 5 artic… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5: May 12, 2014](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-may-12-2014/66304)
**Author:** [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-may-12-2014/66304 "2014-05-13T12:25:17Z")
And here we are again…that fateful time of the week where we admire, and yes, celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our DevCentral contributors. The easy part is writing about all the great content; the hard part is … --- ## [Top5 03/19/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-03-19-2014/63460)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-03-19-2014/63460 "2014-03-19T16:56:49Z")
Come with me, dear reader, on a journey. An odyssey wrought with perils and conquest, valor, victory and venerable voracity. Or, you know, some really cool technology and geeky stuff, at least. This voyage will take you … --- ## [Top5 03/04/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-03-04-2014/63484)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-03-04-2014/63484 "2014-03-04T23:41:36Z")
Whether you were traveling to RSA or elsewhere last week, heads down in a stack of projects a mile high, or just didn’t have the time to dig through the virtual onslaught of information bouncing around … I’ve got your ba… --- ## [Top5 02/03/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-02-03-2014/63458)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-02-03-2014/63458 "2014-02-03T17:24:32Z")
I come to you heavily laden with programmatic gifts, software defined goodies and web based subsidies. I know, that last one is weird, right? Subsidies on the web? Oh yes, it’s a thing, trust me. This week the Top5 is pa… --- ## [Top5 01/06/2014](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-01-06-2014/63482)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-01-06-2014/63482 "2014-01-06T21:01:12Z")
New year. New calendar. New resolutions and all that. Same ole’ Top5. Here’s hoping that that’s a good thing, though! Ringing in the new year, this Top5 brings you more goodness from DevCentral ranging from some DNS-y fu… --- ## [Top5 12/16/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-12-16-2013/63477)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-12-16-2013/63477 "2013-12-17T01:00:14Z")
Many things are afoot in the world of F5, with many feet marching along to a myriad of drummers, and many hands making light work, or so we hope. The cacophony of clichés aside, there’s a heck of a lot being done these d… --- ## [Top5 10/21/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-10-21-2013/63998)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-10-21-2013/63998 "2013-10-21T23:10:00Z")
Not only is today’s Top5 educational, as always, but it also veers slightly into a celebratory theme, as well as working on your Latin vocabulary. Surely by now you expect nothing less than such a valuable, multi-faceted… --- ## [Top5 10/07/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-10-07-2013/63983)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-10-07-2013/63983 "2013-10-07T22:57:45Z")
Here for you today I have another installation of my overly complex ploy to allow for widespread wordplay amongst a few thousand of my closest friends, otherwise known as “The Top5”. I mean, where else do I get to talk a… --- ## [Top5 09/24/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-09-24-2013/64000)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-09-24-2013/64000 "2013-09-24T21:30:00Z")
The funny thing about funny little human brains, other than, of course, getting around in them, is that they are forever trying to keep up with their surroundings. That can prove a formidable task under the simplest of c… --- ## [Top5 08/30/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-08-30-2013/63991)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-08-30-2013/63991 "2013-08-30T22:56:27Z")
From making heroes and rock stars, to a complete interface facelift, to throwing up the horns and rocking out (the dude abides, by the way, most certainly), DevCentral has undergone more than a few small changes since th… --- ## [Top5 06/14/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-06-14-2013/63996)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/top5-06-14-2013/63996 "2013-06-14T10:50:50Z")
This caffeine fueled, bass driven installment of the Top5 is brought to you by our sponsors at “Wait how do I get that all done?” and associates. Fortunately, if I have to be burning the midnight oil, and let’s face it w… --- ## [My Top 5 iRules Development Practices](https://community.f5.com/t/my-top-5-irules-development-practices/67722)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/my-top-5-irules-development-practices/67722 "2013-05-24T13:00:00Z")
I’ve been writing iRules now for about eight years and have found many ways around success along the way. But I’ve also learned a few things as well, many of which save me a lot of time and frustration on the bigger and … --- ## [DevCentral Top5 04/26/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-04-26-2013/64005)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-04-26-2013/64005 "2013-04-27T00:55:00Z")
It doesn’t take The Doctor to decipher that there has been a lot of content coming out on DevCentral the past few weeks. Between the ever present and highly appreciated blogs of our dedicated blog army, the standard flow… --- ## [DevCentral Top5 03/14/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-03-14-2013/63488)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-03-14-2013/63488 "2013-03-15T19:05:22Z")
You know the saying “Nothing can keep us down!”? So about that, as it turns out some things can. Namely a nasty flu followed up by a body rocking infection. It isn’t super fun to be basically house bound for a few weeks,… --- ## [DevCentral Top5 02/05/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-02-05-2013/63486)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-02-05-2013/63486 "2013-02-05T23:30:31Z")
There’s nothing like a little iRules goodness to spice up your month, and boy did I ever get in some iRules goodness last week. I got the chance to cruise (see: fly. coach. middle seat. I feel your jealousy) over to Sing… --- ## [DevCentral Top5 01/23/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-01-23-2013/64047)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-01-23-2013/64047 "2013-01-23T17:48:21Z")
Whether you’re looking to wade into a deep discussion about hardware and resource utilization, or delve into the hows and whys of a programmable ADN and the benefits it can offer (Note: This one wasn’t even \*me\* talking … --- ## [DevCentral Top5 01/11/2013](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-01-11-2013/64007)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-01-11-2013/64007 "2013-01-12T04:45:46Z")
Another holiday season down, another complete lack of jet pack under the tree. That’s a lot of years in a row. All of them, to be exact. All the years, and no jet pack…for shame. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been a great mon… --- ## [DevCentral Top5 12/5/2012](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-12-5-2012/64027)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-12-5-2012/64027 "2012-12-05T13:36:31Z")
This edition of the Top5 is brought to you in part by: insomnia, and the letter “Q”. Of course, it’s brought to you even more by killer (as in cool, not as in sentient and blood thirsty) technology and wicked cool articl… --- ## [DevCentral Top 5 11/27/2012](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-11-27-2012/64030)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top-5-11-27-2012/64030 "2012-11-27T22:13:46Z")
Just as my tour through the outback (well okay, major populous cities in Australia, but the outback sounds way cooler) was winding down, it was time to ramp back up for leg #2 of this year’s fall pilgrimage to bring the … --- ## [DevCentral Top5 11/12/2012](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-11-12-2012/64015)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Walker\_12](https://community.f5.com/u/Colin_Walker_12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/devcentral-top5-11-12-2012/64015 "2012-11-13T01:40:45Z")
Some of you may have noticed a distinct hush from this particular quadrant of the web. I’ve been far more quiet than normal for a couple of weeks, but there was a good reason, honest. I went down under to present at the … [Next page](https://community.f5.com/tag/top-5/544.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=top-5)