In part 2 of this series we looked at some examples of how poor company culture resulted in wasting a great deal of both money and time for the company, hurting both it and its shareholders. But unfor...

Under the heading ‘The Future of Cloud’, Gartner ran a symposium for CIOs and IT executives in 2022 including much discussion about strategies relating to Cloud and Cloud Native trends. At least two o...

In Part 1, we discussed what can be done at the individual and team level to commit to a certain level of quality and to ensure that quality practices become part of the daily routine and are not seen...

Goodness, have I read and written a lot about platform engineering so far this year. Platform engineering is the sociotechnical discipline of crafting, building and combining all the common tools need...

Have you ever felt pain in your hand or arm at the end of a regular day’s work?

Recently, in Container Solutions’ engineering Slack channel, a heated argument ensued amongst our engineers after a Pulumi-related story was posted. I won’t recount the hundreds of posts in the thread...

I should say before we start that I’m aware that, rather sadly, “Clean Coder” Bob Martin has become rather a problematic figure in our industry. It also pains me to write about the importance of well-...

We all know—in theory, at least—that the best debugging tool is a good night’s sleep. The second best debugging tool is a good shower. The third best debugging tool is a gentle run. 

Platforms are all the rage.