by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 8, 2020 | AWS, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Strategy
When I architected my SaaS’ deployment platform and delivery pipeline, I specifically sought to: maximize Aspects of a High Performance Software Delivery Processminimize components and platforms and offload as much undifferentiated, heavy lifting to focus my... 
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 | Apr 29, 2019 | DevOps, Strategy
Recently, the Hertz car rental company sued Accenture for $32M in damages. The suit (pdf) alleges breach of contract in Accenture’s agreement to build and deliver a new website. This new site was supposed to: support the Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands,... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Apr 19, 2019 | DevOps
‘A Key in Hand’ by CMDR Shane, Unsplash Controlling access to secrets within Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) systems is very important. CI/CD those systems often use credentials with highly-privileged access to create and publish business... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Apr 12, 2019 | DevOps
Reading Time: 90s Dan North recently shared the story of why and how he and Jez Humble gave the blue-green deployment method its name, circa 2005. There are several interesting points. First, the original problem: The build team I was leading had figured out there... 