Bottling the Chaos
My Staff-plus mission statement for 2026
Dec 27, 20257 min read295
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Best before end: Your Software has a shelf life.
Ever got caught up with a full fridge, picking through the items, looking for what’s in-date and what needs slinging? Everything has a shelf life, even software. Continuous delivery of value is hard in the long term. Swift at the start, change often ...
Sep 26, 20233 min read147
Your software didn’t rot. You levelled up.
You start to build something new, and it feels great Perhaps you know the feeling? A team begins to build a new product. The technology stack is selected, and coding begins. You set up spaces where you will code and ship into. Soon you are flying. Wr...
Sep 25, 20234 min read342
Prevent Software Disasters by asking ‘What if?’
Play a Game of Disasters to discover your operational risks
Jun 27, 20226 min read306
Here be dragons!
Map out your microservices to navigate complexity
Apr 9, 20216 min read1.2K
Ice cream sandwiches mean good automated tests
This article presents a recipe for test driving microservices. An icy treat that can help us write tests that will keep us shipping. Testing recipes are fun, but I'm not here to mock the importance of test automation. Getting confidence in a change, ...
Mar 24, 20216 min read2.6K