When teams know which tools are acceptable and which data are off-limits, AI becomes a disciplined advantage rather than a quiet source of risk.
But Are You a Platform?
Don MacVittie asks, ‘Do you really need all the functionality of a platform, or will a single tool suffice?’
Monitor Toolchain Health, Too
Tool everything, because the software delivery toolchain is now the core of application development and deployment, Don MacVittie advises.
Managing Risk
We have built some beautiful toolchains that crank out a finished product on the fly without needing anything close to the level of intervention that was historically required. The most […]
It’s a Toolchain!
I was talking with some friends the other day, and we got to discussing how inaccurate the word “toolchain” is. We pundits–and even a lot of marketers–use the word toolchain […]
Atlassian Extends Jira’s Reach Into DevOps Workflows
Atlassian today added a range of capabilities to its Jira project management application that make it easier to manage software development projects, including a toolchain page that simplifies tool discovery […]
Focus on What You Can Do
Here we are in the second half of 2022 and the writing is on the wall. No matter how much budget you have had in the last few years, be […]
Lock Down Your Toolchain
We have done amazing things with Agile and DevOps, increasing IT responsiveness to levels that most people would not have believed and our business counterparts only dreamed of even a […]
At Some Point, We’ve Shifted Too Far Left
Those of us involved in DevOps have a tendency to see the world with blinders on. It is rather easy to fall into the “If all you have is a […]
Update Those Ops Tools, Too
We’re all pretty well settled on the idea that the rate of change in IT has been on the increase over time. From the advent of VMs to Agile to […]










