You think you're doing continuous integration, but you're not
You have a CI server, and you think that gives you continuous integration.
Season 2
A collection of 12 issues
Why aren't we all using Heroku?
10 possible explanations for the biggest mystery in software development
What's the deal with containers?
Why are they everywhere now? Are they just tiny VMs? Well, kind of. The key thing about containers is that they're fast. Like virtual machines, they let you create a simple, isolated world for your application or process to run in. Unlike virtual machines, they start in seconds, rather than
Why you shouldn't use Terraform to manage Kubernetes workloads
Terraform's "state" is deceptively hard to manage, introduces security risks, and is redundant with Kubernetes internal state management.
Throw away your prototypes
Design prototypes tend to be the product of one person. Production code needs to be the product of a team.
Read the Code
The code always tells the truth.
How to get acquired (without losing your mind)
If you, too, are a deeply anxious and conscientious person and you are staring down this newest acquisition and freaking out about it, I have some advice.
Tests need to be faster than you probably think
Serious TDD practitioners and teachers tend to consider tests "slow" if they take longer than 15 seconds. Ideally they're faster than that, if you're going to run them on every code change.
Test first, design second
We always figured out how we were going to test things before, or while, we designed them.
DevOps for Application Developers
Unfortunately, Númenor has drowned, so you're probably going to have to learn about something called Kubernetes.
Use retros to quickly gauge team health
I often need to be able to quickly assess how a team is doing: its morale, its ability to solve problems, and the obstacles in its way to being able to solve those problems. In the first weeks on a team I typically be ask myself a handful of standard questions.
