#47: Deliberate Practice, Code Katas and Game Days

In this episode I want to talk about the team structures discussed on https://web.devopstopologies.com/ - with a focus this week on the anti-types. The devopstopologies.com website is based on the wor...

25 Maj 202211min

In the last episode, I introduced "Conway's Law" - an observation of how our organisational structures influence our software structures. In this episode, I want to talk about how we can utilise this ...

11 Maj 202210min

In this episode, I introduce Conway's Law, which talks about how our software structures will reflect the structures of the organisations that create them. Why you might be Interested in this episode:...

4 Maj 20227min

This episode, I want to take a look at Checklists - when to use and when not to. Much of this episode is inspired by the Sight Reliability Engineering practices that come out of Google. Why you might ...

27 Apr 20228min

Failure in our software systems is inevitable - be it a failing hard drive, broken network cable, power outage, virus, or simply a bug in the code. "Hope is not a strategy" - thus we need to think abo...

13 Apr 202214min

In this episode, I take a look at "Error Budgets" Much of this episode is inspired by the Sight Reliability Engineering practices that come out of Google Why you might be interested in this episode: ...

6 Apr 20229min

In this episode, I take a look at how to measure the availability of our systems. Much of this episode is inspired by the Sight Reliability Engineering practices that come out of Google Why you might ...

30 Mars 202210min

The State of DevOps report provides excellent insight through rigorous analysis of its wide reaching survey. The research provides evidence-based guidance to help focus on the capabilities that drive ...

23 Mars 202211min