Some people like to be lied to
Some answers that simply don't exist, or the cost to find them outweighs the value of the decision to be made.
Tiny DevOps episode #14 Ben Curtis — Incident response on a bootstrapped budget
Ben Curtis is one of the cofounders of Honeybadger.io, and in this episode we talk about the joys, and challenges, of managing infrastructure on a bootstrapped budget. Ben walks us through 9 years of history since Honeybadger.io's inception, to today, and offers concrete tips you can employ so you can take a holiday again!
Does your "dream tech" solve your actual problems?
Most of us don't need thousands of nodes, geo-redundancy, or even blue/green deployments. Is your chosen solution that fixing your actual problem, at your scale?
The psychological benefits of Continuous Deployment
An overlooked benefit of Continuous Deployment is the psychological change that developers feel when they know that "Merge" means "Go live".
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How do you eat an elephant?
What's the smallest step you can take today toward improving your software delivery?
10 deploys per day? BORING!
In 2009, many thought 10+ deploys per day was inconcievable. Today it's boring. I call that progress!
“Greenfield” doesn't exist in agile projects
I've worked on a number of greenfield projects, but there's a problem: A greenfield project is only greenfield for about a week.
Are you above average?
If you have less than 5 years experience, you're in good company. If you have more than 5 years experience, with great power comes great responsibility.
Tiny DevOps episode #13 Molood Ceccarelli — The freedom of remote working
In this episode, I'm joined by remote work strategist and agile coach, Molood Ceccarelli, who helps unpack the reasons why remote work during the pandemic is different than "normal" remote work, and discuss techniques for making remote work more effective, flexible, and free!
Why are you doing that?
What business outcome does your work support? If you can't determine this, push back. Do your best work, by working on what matters most!