One Team’s Microservices Journey and CD Growth
Dev Manager Vadim Madison published a chronicle of his team’s move from a monolithic application to a microservices model. In the process, the tools and methodologies they used for continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) had to be expanded and even changed out in several stages. It’s a long read, but with the time, as there are […]
DevOps Debates: Monoliths or Microservices
From the time software came into existence, application software has been booming to leverage the benefit of the computing paradigm. During this cycle, it has transformed decades of design and architectural thinking, and has crossed all aspects of application development and management needs, be it configurability, reusability, maintainability, scalability or security (a good list is of […]
Microservices: Easier Than You Think
“Microservices are easier than you think and more valuable than you’ve heard.” Those are the words of Ben Gracewood, chief delivery officer at cloud POS and omnichannel retail provider Vend. His company has used microservices to trim a monolithic PHP application, improving performance and changing the way the company approaches updates. Approaching Microservices Vend is […]
Microservices, Hyper-Complexity, and Automation
Imagine building a human being one DNA codon at a time. Sure, you might be able to build a pretty awesome individual. But it would take a long, long time. And you’d only be able to build one. Worse yet, if you didn’t get your person exactly right on your first try, it would take […]