Software Delivery —2 min read
Do you trust your linters?

Do you find yourself routinely, or even rotely, disabling linter rules on a case-by-case basis?

Continuous Improvement —1 min read
Two things to do when you break the build

I broke the build. Again.

Agile Principles —1 min read
My preferred "Agile framework" for a new team

Work closely with the users of the software, and establish tight feedback loops. No framework necessary.

Coding Practices —1 min read
Tests are like rumble strips

Only in failure do tests provide value.

Agile Principles —2 min read
Trade in your efficiency

Trade some of your existing efficiency in for greater effectiveness instead.

Software Delivery —2 min read
Fear leads to suffering

I've seen many teams paralized by fear when it comes to improving their software delivery practices.

Software Delivery —52 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #45 Dave Mangot — Should you deploy on Fridays?

Dave Mangot is a speaker, author, teacher, and Silicon Valley veteran. His focus is helping private equity portofolio companies use their technology organization to maximize growth, and he joins me today to discuss the contentious topic of Friday deployments and why you definitely should do them and why you definitely should not do them. Confused?

Software Delivery —1 min read
Are you doing CI/CD?

It's not continuous deployment if you aren't deploying... continuously.

Software Delivery —45 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #43 Jason Adam — A conversation about trunk-based development

Jason Adam is a software developer with a non-traditional background in biology, business development, and data analytics. Now he's active as a developer, and on the lookout for proven practices he can introduce to his team. On this episode we talk about Trunk-Based Development, and the related topics of continuous integration and deployment, infrastruture as code, and much more.

Software Delivery —2 min read
Are code freezes ever a good idea?

I found a tool to make code freezes easier. Ick. But could it ever be useful?

Tech Tools —37 min listen
Adventures in DevOps 128: The GitOps Framework with Tanmay Bhat

We discuss the GitOps framework, advantages and disadvantages, and favorite tools.