Every day, more people are hopping on the DevOps magic bus, drinking the spiked punch and singing “Kumbaya.” I imagined everyone I interviewed would offer tales of instilling this undefeatable, undeniable, brand-spanking-new rapid development culture. It was refreshing to discover that I was mistaken. Apparently, DevOps is just another methodology for accelerating business success—one for […]
Redefining Product Value in the Continuous Economy
The internet is now more than 20 years old. It’s older than my kids, which is a scary thought. It’s older than Kendall Jenner. It’s older than Uber, Grey’s Anatomy and the iPhone. And so now, after more than two decades of software and e-commerce, it’s high time we take stock of where consumers really […]
DevOps is a Risky Business
I spend a considerable amount of time with clients discussing DevOps and the potential value it can bring to them, but there is one theme that always resonates: the ability of a DevOps approach to eliminate risk. While many of us understand the benefits in terms of being faster (improved productivity), cheaper (reduced cost) and […]
The Cost of Not Building with Security in Mind
The unfortunate reality for today’s organizations is the fact that a security breach is bound to happen. Major breaches are happening with alarming frequency and fill the news headlines almost daily. And behind many of these major breach stories is a software vulnerability that has been exploited. There is a silver lining, however. Addressing security […]
Git: One Giant Leap Toward DevOps
If you work in an organization that has not yet embraced DevOps, then you might be wondering where to begin. Fortunately, there are many good answers. But I want to introduce one simple starting point that you probably haven’t heard: introducing Git to operations. By itself, Git might not seem like a meaningful way to […]
Developers Cite Startling Lack of Digital Leadership
Despite app backlogs, developers say their efforts are underfunded and undertrained, and lack a priority for security We’ve long written about the challenges enterprises face when developing the apps they need, digging out of app backlogs and technical debt, and the overall importance of running a productive development pipeline. And, how to keep up, enterprise’s […]
Software Complexity Driving DevOps Automation
The drivers behind increasing software complexity also are the drivers behind expansive DevOps automation. As the saying goes, “Software is eating the world.” DevOps is gobbling up software, too, engulfing it in practices that are necessary to make it thrive under the pressure of the current environment. That environment and those drivers are of keen […]
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. […]
QA in the DevOps Era
In software approaches that produce monolithic applications, it is not uncommon to find siloed teams, with development, testing and operations each an island unto themselves. The responsibilities of test and development are distinct from each other and are not meshed into a hybrid team as you might see in advanced DevOps shops. “QA (quality assurance) […]
Don’t Make Me Code Podcast: A New Heavybit Series on Developer Experience
Welcome to Don’t Make Me Code, a new podcast that discusses developer experience design and the unique challenges you face when building developer facing products. Don’t Make Me Code is hosted by Steve Boak, co-founder and CPO at Opsee, and David Dollar, co-founder and CEO at Convox. This podcast is brought to you by Heavybit, a […]