Coding Practices —2 min read
BDUF vs emergant design

In the debate over the merits of BDUF vs emergant design, who's right? Both camps are right.

Tech Tools —2 min read
Should we use Kubernetes for our MVP?

If you answer "no" any of these questions, strongly consider alternatives to Kubernetes for the time being.

Agile Principles —2 min read
My thoughts on SAFe (The Scaled “Agile” Framework)

SAFe is a bad name, becuase there's very little "agile" about it, but that doesn't mean it's bad for everyone.

Agile Principles —2 min read
Can we parallelize agile?

What makes large, agile companies successful? The fact that each team, individually, is being agile. It's agile in parallel, not agile at scale.

Everything Else —54 min listen
Adventures In DevOps 089: Networking Across Clouds with Kubernetes ft. Alex feiszli

Alex Feiszli from GRAVITL joins the adventure to discuss how to securely connect Kubernetes clusters across clouds from one cluster to another. The discussion spans how to make secure connections and how the connections might be used.

Agile Principles —2 min read
Can we scale agile?

The Agile manifesto makes it pretty clear that agile software development happens at the team level.

Quality Engineering —1 min read
Reader response: How does QA fit into DevOps?

“We solve the problem of the ‘wall of confusion’ between dev and QA by enabling dev teams to do most testing on their own.”

Continuous Improvement —2 min read
Has Facebook outgrown "Move fast and break things"?

Did Facebook's recent outages prove that they're moving too fast? I don't know. And neither do you. We don't have all the information.

Coding Practices —1 min read
Reader response to: The science of software development

"Debugging is the act of answering questions and then answering them. Not: guessing what the answer is."

Agile Principles —2 min read
Should we use RICE to prioritize our agile backlog?

If your goal is agility, you should be changing priorities frequently enough that planning more than one or two tasks ahead is a waste of time.

Agile Principles —3 min read
Is Lean really relevant to software development?

Can a manufacturing methodology really apply to other industries?