Andrew Khoury — useful tools, side projects, essays on good software delivery, and the occasional rabbit hole.
Two old sites became this one over about a fortnight of conversations with Claude. A field report on the collaboration, the decisions, what worked, what didn't — with the original sites preserved as before/before/after.
Tips for how to use 3 Musketeers to supercharge your Developer Experince
Optimizing for a cloud-native developer experience
Value Stream Map (VSM) Visualization
Good Software Delivery (GSD) is the term we use for the set of practices that help deliver, well, good software. There’s a focus on short…
We all want to reduce toil and improve the developer experience (when starting new applications or joining the team). Developers have had…
AWS updates their services so quickly they literally have thousands of updates each year (1,284 the last time I checked)…
I’ve decided this week is Good Software Delivery week! #goodsoftwaredelivery
Why should you transform?
When I discovered that someone had developed a README for humans my geeky heart was overjoyed. A Manager Readme is your quick reference to…
From DevOps to Good Software Delivery
Creating a vision with your team is rewarding and filled with benefits you might not have thought of. Learn how to run a vision workshop!
Join me on an exploration of all things consulting & leadership and all the fun stuff in-between.
DevOps/Agile & “what execs want”. The “frozen middle”? People with the best of intentions can get it wrong, so what does good look like?
How Optimizing for the Developer Experience can change your life as a developer and free you up work on everything that’s awesome.
Business Value, Curiosity & asking “Why” beat DevOps, Agile & “Requirements”. Unlock simple but powerful ways to supercharge your teams.
A non-technical friend of mine approached me wanting to know everything they could about DevOps. He asked if he could have a few hours of…
“One DevOps Please” — Part 1 recap:
Some time after I got my first job “in DevOps” (I was one of those shiny new DevOps Engineers and really excited about the role) I…
One DevOps Please — An Enterprise Journey to a DevOpsy-Cloud
Google App Engine is an amazing service. Let me show you how to deploy code into Google Cloud in a few minutes with a few lines of code.
Are you strapped for time but wanting to learn Ansible? I’ve got your back! I’ve been using Ansible for several years now…
Okay, now that I have your attention let’s talk about Google App Engine for a minute and how you can achieve your DevOps dreams with a…
Let’s talk about the real cost of cloud computing, and by that I don’t mean hourly pricing models, network charges, and licencing…
aka Ramblings from a “DevOps Engineer”
Here’s something you’ve never heard of before (because I just made it up). UOCT is pronounced “You-Oct” and it stands for…
What does effective communication have to do with Agile, and do I really need that retro? Who makes the rules in this Agile world?
A guide to working with me. What you can expect, what I expect, and how we'll know it's working.
If you’ve ever been responsible for software running in production, you should already be well aware of failure. But how important is it?