Software Delivery —2 min read
We can't afford automation right now

Avoid a big up-front investment in automation by building it piece by piece, as needed.

Software Delivery —2 min read
How quickly could you respond to a Log4j-style vulnerability?

What's preventing you from releasing on demand, in 20 minutes or less?

Software Delivery —34 min episode
Tiny DevOps episode #21 Bryan Finster — Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery

Bryan Finster is a co-creator of Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery, and in this episode we talk about how this concept was born, what problems it aims to address, and how you can use it on your team to improve your continuous delivery.

Software Delivery —65 min listen
Adventures In DevOps 093: Deconstructing the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment

The panel jumps in and discusses the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment from the manifesto on the web and discuss where they agree and disagree with the requirements listed there and clarify some of the ideas in the document.

Software Delivery —3 min read
A brief history of CI/CD

CD takes the concept of a CI pipeline to its logical conclusion. But that doesn't mean you have to implement a complete CI pipeline first.

Software Delivery —1 min read
Do less rework

By working in smaller iterations, we don't just re-organize our work, we actually reduce the amount of work we do.

Software Delivery —3 min read
Different models of CI/CD

There's almost always more than one way to do something. What workflow does your team use for CI/CD?

Quality Engineering —1 min read
Is Continuous Deployment incompatible with manual QA?

CD leaves room for manual approvals, but once approved, all changes should be applied automatically.

Software Delivery —49 min listen
Adventures In DevOps 084: Continuous Deployment Without Automated Tests

Jonathan Hall joins the Adventure this week to discuss the advice he gives to clients to start continuous deployment before they have automated tests around their code.

Software Delivery —2 min read
A monolithic success story

We automatically created a test environment for every pull request, and it had a revolutionary impact on the development process.

Software Delivery —2 min read
1 deploy per month to 160 per week in 9 months

As usual, the biggest obstacle to Continuous Deployment was the fear of losing control.