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Flying Cars are Boring

Flying Cars are Boring

Continuous delivery can be a frustrating topic. Those of us who use this workflow will never go back to legacy ways of working.
Business Value Isn't My Job

Business Value Isn't My Job

I was recently in a conversation on social media about the role of a software engineer. As a SWE, what you bring to the table is knowledge of efficient algorithms and data structures for general computation.
What is a Production Issue?

What is a Production Issue?

Continuous Delivery requires an entirely different mindset from classical artisanal delivery. For example, we always prioritize operations over development. If we cannot deploy something to our production environment, then nothing else matters.
Choosing the Right Tools

Choosing the Right Tools

Whenever we want to solve a problem or build something useful, we have decisions to make about the tools we choose.
Constructive Pessimism

Constructive Pessimism

Hope creep is the plague of value delivery. We assume that since something worked in the past it will work again.
Scrum or Kanban?

Scrum or Kanban?

Should we use Scrum? Kanban? Is Kanban for support and Scrum for development? Is Scrum for newbs and Kanban for elites?
Measuring Goals

Measuring Goals

In my last post, we talked about common metric anti-patterns that are focused on the process instead of value. In this installment, we will cover alternatives that can help us remove waste and improve the flow of value.
The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

I was speaking at a DevOps meetup in Finland recently and was asked, “what does DevOps mean to you?” I love that they started the conversation that way.
Metric Mythconceptions

Metric Mythconceptions

As we try to improve the flow of value to the end-user, the first item that usually gains focus is the productivity of development teams and how to measure it.
Chaos Engineering

Chaos Engineering

Delivering value to the end-users means we need systems that are useful, secure, and resistant to the shark-filled acid bath of the cloud environment.