thoughts on agile web operations and devops by @ernestmueller, @wickett, @iteration1 and @bproverb
I just got back from DevOpsDays Austin, and it’s always great to go out and talk with a wide array of folks from the tech community to see what’s up. The takeaways were interesting. Austin is an advanced tech hub, … Continue reading →
How I use AI as a sounding board for home organization, while keeping every decision mine. I work in internal developer relations at Google, which means I spend most of my time thinking about how engineers adopt AI tools. Prompting, … Continue reading →
There’s a new DORA report out from Google, but it’s not the usual DevOps one we’ve come to expect – this one is entirely focused on the state of AI-assisted software development. That’s not too surprising, straight up DevOps is … Continue reading →
Boy, that AI, it’s to blame for so many things isn’t it! But here’s the truth, AI doesn’t cause any of this – people do. All these things are human decisions. “AI” didn’t cause that layoff or any of these … Continue reading →
How does OpenAI compare versus a penguin in the role of a legal secretary? Let’s see… Dear Mr. Johnson, We are writing to follow up on the outstanding balance on your account. As your legal representatives, we were able to … Continue reading →
A recent project delay at work put me in mind of this recurring issue I’ve seen with a lot of agile teams. That is, reluctance to call something a blocker. Karthik and I are working on a new revision of … Continue reading →
This came up today at work and I realized that over my now-decades of cloud engineering, I have developed a very specific way of using tags that sets both infra dev teams and SRE teams up for success, and I … Continue reading →
Today, DryRun Security, came out of stealth as the co-founders James Wickett (me) and Ken Johnson (@cktricky) launched the company. To the readers of The Agile Admin, you’ll know that I post about security and its connection with devops from … Continue reading →
“What is my manager’s deal, anyway?” Here’s some career advice that can help you build a more effective relationship with your manager. Remember, they may be a manager but they don’t know everything, or everything that you do, and they … Continue reading →
I have been in technology management for more than 20 years now and have worked in a wide variety of shops, and I think I’ve identified a key element that creates a good leader, and that is gratefulness. Gratefulness Empowers … Continue reading →