We moved our static resources to S3 back in May of this year. The transition was so 'simple' and seemless that it's hard to believe we've been using it for over 6 months now. Matthias is now thinking about doing the same and asked me for a howto including any pitfalls and caveats that I … Continue reading Moving Static Resources to S3
Month: January 2011
[Question] Big companies using Scrum?
Does anyone know, which big companies are using Scrum? And how broadly have they adopted it? Just for development? Find the answers below in the Comments
Stop Being So Busy Putting Out Fires That There’s No Time For Fire Prevention!
You're caught in a vicious cycle: The constant need to do fire fighting doesn't give you any time to avoid fires in the first place. This is a pretty typical scenario not only in operations, but in development as well. Even though you seem to be stuck in a downward spiral and your team is … Continue reading Stop Being So Busy Putting Out Fires That There’s No Time For Fire Prevention!
Migrate Your WordPress Blog to a Bitnami EC2 Instance
The cool thing about technical howtos like this is the ability to share with other folks who get just as excited. Looking to save costs on our blog hosting, Amazon's announcement of a 12 month free usage tier put us in the short list for migration. As Matthias did the bulk of the joyent public … Continue reading Migrate Your WordPress Blog to a Bitnami EC2 Instance
What DevOps Means for Enterprises
This is a guest post by Jez Humble (@jezhumble) The DevOps movement only came to my attention in the final year of writing my book, Continuous Delivery. The book, based on experiences that are described by Chris Read in his earlier guest post in this series, describes principles and practices that are necessary for repeatable, … Continue reading What DevOps Means for Enterprises
Protected: [Question] What’s the difference between TDD and BDD?
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2011: Time to Escape the DevOps Echo Chamber
This is a guest post by Damon Edwards (@damonedwards) DevOps is a hit! Everyone is talking about it! Everyone is doing it! Everyone is going to meetups and conferences! Everyone.... oh wait, EVERYONE isn't. It just feels likes it is everyone. Why? Because we live in the DevOps echo chamber. Now, I'll admit that I'm … Continue reading 2011: Time to Escape the DevOps Echo Chamber
