Shrinking Feedback Loops
I’ve been working on codifying my knowledge of software development into a multi-agent “Dev Team” plugin since March 2, 2026.
5-Minute DevOps
Musing and tips I've learned on my journey while implementing continuous delivery and value stream optimization in enterprises.
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Agentic Workflows: Do Agents Work Like Humans?
Using data to invalidae assumptions
Work Backward From Production
Operations is the entire point
Same Boring Problems, New Tools to Blame
I saw yet another post on LinkedIn the other day that illustrates a bad take on AI.
You can't ship todays work – CD & Leadership /w Bryan Finster
A recording from Bryan Finster and Adrian Stanek's live video
AI Broke Your Code Review. Here’s How to Fix It
When I started using AI-generated code as my primary development flow, it became immediately apparent that code review was broken.
The Polish Principle
I saw a comment recently from someone who asked an LLM to “polish” a paragraph.
The Knight Capital Continuous Delivery "Failure"
It’s common when discussing continuous delivery for CD naysayers to play “gotcha” with examples of when they think CD failed in mission-critical situations.
Software Takes the Shape of Its Container
Your code didn't choose that shape. Your pipeline, teamwork, and org chart did.
You Automated Your Old Process
Why new platforms usually don't matter
The Tools Aren't the Problem
Setting adoption targets for new technologies is one of the dumbest things you can do as a leader trying to accelerate delivery.
Clarity Was Always the Bottleneck
I saw a hot take recently:
Tokenomics: How to Stop Wasting Money on Tokens
If you’re building anything serious with agentic continuous delivery, you’re going to encounter a hard truth quickly: tokens are your currency, and most developers spend them carelessly.
ACD Is a Diagnostic Tool
Teams are adopting AI coding tools and wondering why they aren’t getting the productivity gains the vendors promised.
You May Have the Wrong Mental Model for CD
Continuous delivery isn't what most people think
Platform as a Product: Minimum Viable Principles
“Platform teams are to application teams what those teams are to their users: they provide capabilities, not tickets.”
Leading an Agentic Development Team
I was convinced AI coding tools were garbage.
AI is a High Pass Filter for Software Delivery
A high-pass filter (HPF) is a circuit or software algorithm that allows signals with frequencies above a certain cutoff to pass while reducing those below it.
Being a DevOps Redshirt
Many years ago, I was listening to a software engineering podcast when one of the hosts said something that really stuck with me: “The role of the senior developer is to clone themselves because they don’t scale.” I’ve always pushed knowledge outside of myself, so I would be the go-to person to call for an L3 gone wrong or be unable to leave old work behind to go do something new.
Your Testers Aren’t Doing QA
I’ve had many arguments with testers who DevSplain to me that developers can’t test and that we must have testers inspecting work product to ensure it’s deliverable.