Tech Tools —28 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #3 Zachary Randall — The benefits of serverless for staff-strapped teams

In this episode, Zachary Randall of Chameleon Collective talks about his success using serverless technology to help understaffed technology teams save money on hosting fees, and reduce the complexity of maintaining infrastructure. He also plays the guitar for us.

Agile Principles —47 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #2 John Goerzen — IT lessons from the aviation industry

In this episode of Tiny DevOps, guest John Goerzen applies his experience as an amateur pilot to IT risk management.

Tech Tools —33 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #1 Patric Conant — Don't throw the infra baby out with the bathwater

Guest Patric Conant discusses the dangers of ignoring low-level infrastructure during a DevOps transformation, and some simple steps to avoid this common blind spot.

Teams & Culture —2 min read
Book recommendation: Team Topologies

I read most of "Team Topologies" on a flight to Madrid, and was able to immediately begin to put it to use.

Hiring —1 min read
A simple way to improve your technical onboarding

Somewhere, long ago, I learned of a technique I like to employ when onboarding new team members

Agile Principles —2 min read
Three ways to manage dependencies

I share my thoughts on three types of dependencies and on how they are managed differently.

Software Delivery —2 min read
From the message queue: How to mitigate conflicting changes

How can we discover conflicting changes on separate branches as early as possible?

Agile Principles —1 min read
Cross-functional teams aren't the only valid option

If you depend on another team but they are not a bottleneck, you gain nothing by embedding them in your team.

Everything Else —2 min read
What are the odds?

Do you worry about UUID collisions? Your data center is more likely to be destroyed in a nuclear strike. Prioritize what matters.

Software Delivery —1 min read
Manual deployments are a false safety net

“Whether a human is involved in pressing the deploy button or not, you are going to deploy a bad update eventually.”

Remote Work —1 min read
How remote work can improve documentation

Documenation is one of the most trivial ways to increase team cohesion.