Refining the Big Scary Story
Firstly, let’s get two things straight: Secondly, you might have noticed that a whiteboard session doesn’t need to use an actual whiteboard anymore. You can… Read More »Refining the Big Scary Story
Release Cadence Considered a Poor Quality Metric
If you’re doing DevOps and releasing frequently you may be aware of the DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics. These have been identified as four… Read More »Release Cadence Considered a Poor Quality Metric
The Office: Dare to be Different
Sometimes you have to just sit back and quote something that’s important. Seth Godin nails it today like he’s nailed it countless times before: From… Read More »The Office: Dare to be Different
How the MVP has lost its meaning
Following up from yesterday’s post on Minimal Viable Product, I received some great feedback on just how the MVP has lost its way. A couple… Read More »How the MVP has lost its meaning
Doing the Minimal Viable Product
Much is made of the MVP – the Minimal Viable Product – but so rarely is it executed in a meaningful and valuable way. So… Read More »Doing the Minimal Viable Product
Getting The Basics for Kubernetes: Linux
I’ve recently caught up with an episode of Humans + Tech podcast with the great Kelsey Hightower. Kelsey is a principal engineer at Google, Kubernetes… Read More »Getting The Basics for Kubernetes: Linux
Show No Fear
Got those servers hanging around with Windows NT still on them? Got that VM sitting in prod which might be a bastion host or it… Read More »Show No Fear
Rust vs Go: Does it Matter?
Back in the day, you had limited choices in how you wanted to program your computer. Not so much now. If you had a computer… Read More »Rust vs Go: Does it Matter?
Bullshit Jobs
In Bullshit Jobs, American anthropologist David Graeber posits that the productivity benefits of automation have not led to a 15-hour workweek, as predicted by economist John Maynard Keynes in 1930,… Read More »Bullshit Jobs
Making The Promise To Your Customer, Early
Yesterday’s email about incident management led me to find another interesting and related podcast. Reducing On-Call Engineer Burnout with a Volunteer Management Infrastructure from TopEndDevs.com… Read More »Making The Promise To Your Customer, Early