Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023
With February rolling in, it finally feels like we’re turning a corner. The mornings are just a bit lighter, the evenings stretch a touch longer and suddenly, the days don’t feel quite so heavy. There’s something quietly powerful about not beginning and ending the workday in darkness. It opens up new pockets of possibility: a brisk walk before meetings, time in the garden after dinner, or a trip to the park with the kids before the sun slips away. Even the dog seems to notice the difference.
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Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023
I may not have the most advanced artistic skills, but there’s something truly special about the power of visual communication.
Whether it’s a pipeline, technical architecture, cloud model or even just an idea, the ability to convey and communicate a concept or approach, especially to make it more inclusive and reduce the technical barrier to understanding makes it such a great skill. Overall we can think of a few reasons why it is great:
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Thursday, Jan 5, 2023
As we start off this new year, it’s natural to think about making significant changes or setting big goals for ourselves. But for me, I’m finding that I’m feeling a little hesitant about making too many sweeping changes all at once.
In DevOps in general we think about iterating and cycling through small changes towards a larger sense of transformation. I think it’s important to remember that every day is a chance to make small changes, and that it’s okay to take things one step at a time. After all, it’s the little things that add up to make a big difference in the long run.
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Friday, Dec 9, 2022
I always love it when I get external validation for things that I “bang on about” inside work. This one is around the cost of waiting for builds. It is something that I have experienced myself in my open-source projects (hello, docker multi-arch builds).
Experiment: The hidden costs of waiting on slow build times.
It puts hard data behind what many of us intuitively know—build wait times have a very real impact on developer efficiency and satisfaction. The article highlights how even modest improvements in build speed can translate to big wins across engineering teams. It’s a great reminder that investing in faster pipelines isn’t just about shaving off minutes; it’s about respecting developers’ time and keeping teams in flow.
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Friday, Apr 14, 2017
TL; DR. Coding standards are about more that the code on the screen, in the application. They are about culture, trust and collaboration. Smell and readability.
So, coding standards, fun topic eh. Arguing over tabs and spaces (check out Silicon Valley if you haven’t already) for alignment of your code. It may seem like a bit of a petty idea to begin with. However, what I believe is that coding standards should give you better tools as a team to be able to collaborate. To share coding ideas easily and to quickly be able to trust new members or new projects.
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