Coding Practices —27 min watch
Over or Under Rated: Code Writeability

Which is more important? Code readability, or writeability? Watch the debate!

Everything Else —2 min read
I'm back!

I respond to the feedback you gave me last week.

Tech Tools —79 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 170: Testing and Development in the Data Domain with Pete

Pete Hunt of Elementl joins the show to talk about DevOps in the world of data

Everything Else —1 min read
Taking a break

What would you miss most, if you were to no longer receive these daily emails from me?

Agile Principles —2 min read
Ask 10 people, get 15 answers

Ask 10 people what "Agile" or "DevOps" means, and you'll get 15 answers. The terms have essentially become meaningless.

Coding Practices —1 min read
Is it dry?

DRY doesn't necissarily mean less verbose.

Software Delivery —1 min read
Missing the point

Let's say we agree about the benefits of PRs, what would need to change to get those benefits some other way?

Software Delivery —1 min read
What would it take to eliminate PRs on your team?

Why don't you trust your software deliver process?

Tech Tools —1 min read
99th percentile

If you have historical data regarding incident recovery times, change from a mean calculation to a 99th percentile calculation.

Tech Tools —60 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 169: Everything you Need to Know about Salt with Nicholas Hughes

Learn how Salt is used for deploying, configuring, and managing complex IT systems.

Tech Tools —2 min read
Don't be so mean

The mean is useless when severe outliers are present, as is virtually always true when calculating MTTR.