Category: General Tech

Southwest Airlines and Technical Debt

We have all heard the news about the 2022 Christmas Cold front and the devastation it has lead to across the country. One company in particular was hit hard and that was Southwest Airlines. 1000s of flights have been delayed or canceled and 1000s of people stranded across the country. This is what Gene Kim

Self-Service CI/CD Pipelines

I recently had to spend time educating new teammates on the evolution of CI/CD. I figured I would spend sometime here sharing what that looked like. CI/CD Platforms (Crawl) The first thing I had to teach them was that a CI/CD platform is NOT a CI/CD pipeline. However this is generally where companies start when

Is Docker The New VMware

Recently I addended Docker’s MTA (Modernize Traditional Apps) program. My company was the first 4-5 companies that has ever attended this training and it was an honor to be part of such an exclusive group. The biggest take away for me was that Docker is the new VMware. Now, this isn’t the first time I’ve

DevOps and Efficacy

As I always do I was checking out the DevOps group on LinkedIn and a question caught my attention “How can you gauge a company’s commitment to DevOps philosophy?” I thought that was an interesting question, and it turned out to be a very interesting discussion. Below is my reply.