A nice blog on the importance of focusing on delivering value, mapping out value streams and reducing friction in deployment leading to more impact: https://isthisit.nz/posts/2023/delivery-driven-development/
Sharpening the axe before chopping down the tree is an essential part of software engineering. All too often, organizations miss their opportunity to optimize their processes because of unfamiliarity with automation. Nonetheless, it is important to optimize your CI/CD pipelines, for example with automated testing, automated change and automated compliance to speed up the delivery …
IT in organizations that are part of the vital infrastructure of a country – for example, banking – revolves around safe and secure practices. No longer is it enough to be able to show regulatory authorities that you can pass their audits, it is about taking responsibility for the financial ecosystem. It is about security …
Security in IT utilises the concept of “assume that you have been breached”. This means that applications and their related infrastructure should be setup in such a way that the impact of a real breach is minimised by making life difficult once an attacker has broken through the defences. Earlier, enablement of infrastructure had months …
Multi-cloud, combined with Kubernetes (K8s) container technology offers an interesting approach for financials to accelerate innovation. Best practices for solutions of this kind can be found in other industries. A cross-platform approach when building a self-service environment for product teams ensures long-term flexibility. Another pointer is that it may be important that standardization is encouraged …
Konveyor is a community of people passionate about helping others modernize and migrate their applications to the hybrid cloud by building tools, identifying patterns, and providing advice on how to break down monoliths, adopt containers, and embrace Kubernetes. Do take a look at their powerful tools to see if you can benefit from them: https://konveyor.io/. …
A very interesting article on Uber’s new Real-Time Push Platform in which they move away from polling for updates to gRPC-based bi-directional streaming. https://eng.uber.com/real-time-push-platform/
A new podcast series focused on the concept of chaos engineering, focussed on the psychology of chaos engineering and how to learn from incidents. Check it out: https://chaos.community/
An excellent introduction to the basics of Kubernetes. Check it here: https://luminousmen.com/post/kubernetes-101
It’s all about security, but also about access. Google has adopted a new model for their security. No longer do they choose for perimeter security, they implement security throughout their network. Do not trust your network. It is probably already owned! You can read more about it here: https://thenewstack.io/how-to-start-applying-googles-zero-trust-model/