Why DevOps is not for everyone and how release automation helps in bimodal world So am I really going to write a blog calling DevOps a big hoax? Well, not exactly, but as a follow-up to my previous blog on the difference between DevOps and Continuous Delivery, I want to alert you to a few […]
The DevOps Equation: Agility + Empathy = Quality
I had the chance to catch up with Jeff Sussna (@JeffSussna), founder and principal of Ingineering.IT, ahead of his keynote address on continuous design, scheduled for DevOps Days Atlanta, April 26-27. He discussed the importance of designing for service, responding to the unexpected, and the importance of building empathy across teams. Derek Weeks (@weekstweets): Today I’m […]
Building a Foundation for Big Room Planning
When people think of agile, the first thing that comes to mind is a software development team. But agile is much more than that now, as every DevOps practitioner knows. Nearly a decade and a half of practice has shown us that high-performing agile software development teams are critical, but not sufficient on their own. […]
What If We Had Git for DevOps?
I used to hate Git. Compared to my previous source control systems (SVN, SourceForge and floppies), it was cryptic, opaque and hard to learn. It was comfortable to create a set of files and folder, then snapshot them as a unit. It was simple to understand and improved my individual productivity. But that snapshot created […]
Using DevOps to Avoid Architecting Application Slums
The U.K. high-rise tower blocks and built circa 1950-1980 were heralded as architectural wonders—large concrete towers easily housing the same population as the smaller houses they replaced. With large rooms, excellent views and surrounding open spaces, they initially were popular residences—low cost and futuristic. But looking futuristically sometimes has a habit of coming back to […]
IT DevOps: One Size Does Not Fit All
As absurd as this may seem, some in IT may be longing for the good old days of the mainframe. After all, the hulking machine, with its dumb terminals and thousands of punch cards, gave IT complete control. No citizen developers or business analysts allowed. Things got more complicated with distributed desktop computing and its […]
Boston DevOps Leader Pete Cheslock Talks Accomplishments
Pete Cheslock began his leadership role in DevOps in 2009 at cloud-based email archiving company Sonian. The company was founded by friends and former colleagues of his, who called Cheslock for help when they got funding for the Sonian venture. He filled in wherever they needed him—as did everyone else in the first few years […]
3 Ways Manual Processes are Risking Your Development Cycle
During my two decades in IT, I’ve seen the demand for Agile and its associated methodologies grow. At the same time, however, I’ve witnessed the database being left behind. DBmaestro, where I am co-founder and CTO, recently conducted a survey titled, “Database Deployment & Development Risks,” to gain insights into the risks associated with various […]
How to lower risk in agile development
The increasing complexity of application development and subsequent rise of Agile development is changing the risk appetite in many software development organizations. Unless you’ve got an application which is highly regulated or mission-critical, it’s rarely feasible or sensible to manage Quality Assurance within the zero-bug environment often associated to Waterfall. Software development teams can become […]
5 Ways Continuous Integration Reduces Risk in Development
***This post is based on themes and ideas from the great e-book, “Continuous Testing,” by our friends at Parasoft. There’s a lot of talk about DevOps and Continuous Integration in the tech space right now, but sometimes the implementation of those methods can be tricky. An effective Continuous Integration strategy requires DevOps teams to manage […]