by Stephen Kuenzli | Aug 19, 2019 | DevOps, Systems
Tophat: I’m back 🙂 I love control systems. I really love ‘feedback loops,’ which are probably the most popular form of process control systems in our daily lives. The feedback loop is a very common tool for controlling and improving the operation of... by Stephen Kuenzli | Jul 24, 2019 | Strategy, Systems
Reading time: 3.5 minutes Are there any ‘silver bullets’ in software development? Fred Brooks led the IBM’s System/360 development effort and recounted that delivery story and strategies in The Mythical Man-Month (brilliant) said: “There is no... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jul 19, 2019 | DevOps, Secrets, Security, Strategy
Thar be Dragons in Application Secret Delivery Processes I am pleased to share the 2019 State of Application Secret Delivery and Audit Practices report with you. As you may recall, I have been investigating DevOps Practitioners’ processes for delivering secrets to... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jul 17, 2019 | DevOps, Systems
Contraption by John Barkiple Configuration is data interpreted by a program to change its behavior so that it supports a particular use case. Problems Configuration Solves Configuration solves problems for both program developers and operators. Most program developers... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jul 10, 2019 | DevOps, Strategy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Was Digital Transformation a good idea? Many organizations are making fundamental changes to the way their applications are structured and operated. These changes are intended to address real problems. Structurally, monolithic applications can... 