by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 6, 2020 | DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Strategy
To escape The DevOps Organization Build Trap, I suggested that you minimize the distinct sets of components your organization uses to deliver and operate software. Those components represent a dependency tree and are integrated, enhanced, and worked-around by your... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 2, 2020 | DevOps
Fireworks by Roven Images Happy New Year! Many of you have freshly resolved to be more agile, adopt DevOps, or ramp-up your software delivery improvement efforts. The NoDrama Agile and DevOps theme page will help you accomplish these resolutions by: building a solid... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Dec 6, 2019 | AWS, DevOps, Security
botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the PutObject operation: Access Denied Ugh… that looks like it could be the start of a two hour or two week long goose chase. Understanding why access was denied and implementing a... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Nov 29, 2019 | DevOps
Photo by Brian Suh Here’s a little blessing you can say for your teams and website responsible for operations this peak-filled holiday season: Thank you to all who have improved our system’s capabilities and robustness for our customers. May our dashboards... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Nov 27, 2019 | DevOps, Strategy, Systems
The Unicorn Project tells the transformation story of Parts Unlimited first described in The Phoenix Project through a different set of people and with a different focus. These characters, their story, and the focus on The Five Ideals a compelling way to learn about... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Nov 25, 2019 | AWS, DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Security
Why is AWS IAM so @!#^$!# hard?One of my favorite Directors of Cloud Platform AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a security tool that controls access what AWS API actions that Principals (roles, users) are allowed to perform on which AWS resources: an S3... 