I would like to share a recent case study on our organization, Logz.io, which battled a very serious performance issue, the solution for which turned out to be a small change in code but with a huge impact on all of our HTTP endpoints in our platform. Among other topics, I’ll cover: How we investigated […]
Performance Issues: Looking Beyond the Infrastructure
In most cases today, resolving performance issues will require architecture changes or code refactoring Imagine you’re a software reliability engineer with your service-level objectives clearly laid out on your Grafana dashboard. Suddenly, an alert appears: Your 99th percentile latency is going through the roof! A quick glance at the relevant metrics reveals the culprit: A […]
Closing the Gap on Continuous Delivery Metrics that Matter
Management guru Peter Drucker once said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” I would take a step back and say, If you can’t measure it, you can’t get it off the ground. Many companies that I work with are amid digital transformation initiatives, such as the adoption of DevOps and continuous delivery. […]
Top 5 Traits of High-Performing Teams
DevOps is here and it seems to be what everyone in IT service management (ITSM) is buzzing about. So what are the goals and how do we know it’s not just the next hot kitchen color for this year? DevOps is a cultural and professional movement that stresses communication, collaboration and integration between software developers and […]
Why Your Organization Needs DevOps
The recently released fifth annual “State of DevOps Report” by Puppet has once again brought with it fresh insights into what drives high-performance teams. The report, which comes at a time when DevOps has ceased to be a buzzword, provides proof of why more and more businesses across the world are adopting DevOps to improve their organization’s performance, revenues […]
The Big DevOps Question: How Do We Get Started?
Every conversation I have with clients regarding DevOps eventually reaches a point where the client wants to know my recommendations for getting started with a DevOps program. Some have already embarked on a DevOps program, but want me to critique their approach against what I see others doing. Others simply don’t have a clue how […]
A DevOps Approach to Delivering Frequent, High-Performing Releases
We live in an application-driven world. Applications power businesses, provide connectivity, and help fulfill goals and customer needs. In a competitive world, needs evolve quickly as our users demand more features — all the while expecting around-the-clock availability and reliability, whether they use smartphones, tablets, or computers. Keeping Up With User Demands As IT folk — […]
Are the Milliseconds Worth It?
The pressure to prove one’s coding prowess can make a developer do some very clever and creative things with their source code. Sometimes it’s just a unique approach, but every once in a while this cleverness may shave a few milliseconds off of some performance metrics as well. In the end it’s not worth it. […]