One thing that we're very good at in IT is breaking new ground, coming up with ideas that work astoundingly well, getting broad adoption, then standardizing them for interoperability. When a new ...
In true DevOps fashion, I nearly forgot to cover the mainframe after saying it warranted its own blog! There is a lot going on right now in the mainframe space, so the ...
In light of the points brought up in these articles, what is my advice for which language to use on a given project? The same advice I have always given development teams: ...
It is fun to discuss the changes in network operations over the last couple decades. We've come full circle, and, honestly, ended up in a better place. Network specialists were super command-line ...
The evolution of platform is an interesting study. From physical to virtual to cloud to containers, the progression has been steady, and each successive platform has benefits for both Dev and Ops ...
Cloud and DevOps are almost a match made in heaven. Cloud started truly gaining steam in the age of DevOps and Agile, and has adapted – or grown up in it - ...
One of the places development has made significant changes is in the land of APIs. These days, a program almost isn't considered a proper application unless it offers APIs to do most ...
For quite a while now, all the cool kids have been going on and on about "full stack development," "API first," and a ton of similar methodologies/practices. And yet, a huge swath ...
Web development has changed a lot since DevOps first hit the scene. The languages used have shifted, where languages are used has shifted, the likely back-end hosting environment has changed - but ...
Every once in a while, it is a good idea to take stock of the environment and the market around us to determine if what we are doing is what we should ...