Software Delivery —2 min read
How to safely deploy at any time

You write it, you ship it.

Software Delivery —1 min read
Don't deploy on payday!

Blocking deployments on certain days is an admission that standards are lower every other day.

Coding Practices —1 min read
The affect of comments in unclear code

Roses are red, violets are blue. Honey is sweet, and clear code is, too.

Teams & Culture —45 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 110: Building and Organizing DevOps Teams

The panel breaks down the process of building a "DevOps team".

Software Delivery —2 min read
You are advised to arrive at the airport two hours before your flight

Why do we have to arrive so early for a flight? How would you reduce the wait times?

Software Delivery —45 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #40 Stacy Cashmore — The painful crawl through the morass of past shortcuts

Stacy Cashmore has the interesting title of Tech Explorer DevOps at Omniplan, which means she has free reign to do what she thinks she needs to do! In this episode, we talk about a big rewrite decision she made, and the results of this decision, good and bad, and in particular the effect of shortcuts taken.

Agile Principles —2 min read
The Theory of Constraints

Most processes are dominated by a single bottleneck. Focus your improvement efforts on that bottleneck for best results.

Teams & Culture —1 min read
In-person management is sometimes like riding shotgun

While sitting in the front seat may make me feel I have more control, I really don't.

Teams & Culture —3 min read
Gervais, meet Westrum

The Gervais Principle, as dark as it may be, only explains a mere 80% of organizations.

Teams & Culture —2 min read
How trusting is your organization's culture?

Organizations that tend toward trusting cultures exhibit higher software delivery performance and higher levels of job satisfaction.

Hiring —2 min read
How to detect "real" programmers

New research suggests simple questions for basic technical screening.