Adventures in DevOps 118: Elements to Make an App DevOps Ready
We discuss the preliminary steps to consider when creating a new app.
What's the ideal ratio of devs to QAs?
Of course, as a consultant, I can confidently tell you: It depends!
Short-term alternatives to code freezes
Use a code freeze as a reminder that there are still quirks to be worked out, and make an effort to work them out.
How to handle long-running batch jobs during an upgrade
Two approaches to managing hours-long jobs with continuous deployment.
Don't deploy on payday!
Blocking deployments on certain days is an admission that standards are lower every other day.
Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery
A group of people with a lot broader experience than I have, come up with a pretty good definition of "Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery".
Continuous Integration doesn't work for mobile, because...
Actually, CI does work for mobile. But Continous Deployment may not.
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Tiny DevOps episode #36 Joy Ebertz — All About Feature Flags
Joy Ebertz is a Principal Software Engineer at Split. She focuses on the technical vision for the backend team, and she joins me today to talk about some of the obvious, as well as not so obvoius ways in which feature flags can be used on projects of any size.
Why Your Business Should Care About Small Batches
5 ways smaller software releases can impact your business
Things that blew my mind
The best, game-changing ideas always feel like utter blasphemy the first time I hear them.
Science is never settled
The odds are in your favor if you follow the science, even though it's not yet settled.