Year: 2023
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AI at KubeCon EU, Security and Governance Kubernetes Koncerns
Kubernetes Security and Governance Tools on the Rise This is an excerpt from a series analyzing the VMware State of Kubernetes 2023 survey. It’s a three part blog series that’ll be published over the next three weeks or so. I hope! Anyhow, in the meantime: From the VMware State of Kubernetes Survey 2023. People are…
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Links leftover from #KubeCon
Just links this episode. DevOpsDays Austin is back for the 11th year! You should go for two days of DevOps, cloud computing, DevSecOps, and more on May 4th to 5th, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Learn more at https://devopsdays.org/austin, the schedule is live! You can get 15% off the registration price when you use the code FRIENDLY_NEIGHBORHOOD_SDT_23.…
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How to do a vendor pitch at a tech conference, working the booth, at HallwayCon, etc.
If you work at a company, or in an open source projects, you’ll have a lot of chances at a tech conference to sell your organization’s stuff: products, cloud services, consulting, promoting your project, or just yourself. You’ll get a lot of opportunities to do this, especially if you’re a sponsor of the event and…
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Platform engineers don’t have time for infrastructure
That’s from a 15 minute version of my platform talk. I focused just on the seven tips to get your platform group started and scale it. I’m recording this for a conference, but I think I’ll need to record it again – which means this version is a bonus video! 🤖 Fully dedicated to “juggling…
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Amsterdam for #KubeCon Nerds: Tourist Time!
Now that you know how Amsterdam works, here’s some sites and fun things to do. You know, straight up tourist shit! I’ll throw in a few things I left out from yesterday’s Amsterdam advice too. My wife, Kim, helped out with a lot of these. Also, apologies for typos and stuff. I have some other…
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Amsterdam for #KubeCon Nerds: How Amsterdam Works
How Amsterdam Works Coming to KubeCon EU? Here’s tips on Amsterdam from an American expat – me! I moved from Austin to Amsterdam almost five years ago. For those of you coming here for KubeCon, here’s some tips, things to do, and other advice on having an enjoyable time. This first part is, like, how…
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Building the business case for an app platform: money & happiness
I talked with Kerry Schaffer last week about building the business case for platform engineering, more broader, platforms. She’s worked at OneMagnify for awhile building and running their platform, so she has a lot of experience to draw on. There’s all the usual money stuff, making sure you’ve got the capabilities, and so forth, but…
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Picture wastebook 05
Logoff I missed last Saturday. So I’ve set this one to just auto-send on Saturday morning. I’ll add stuff during the week. We’ll see how that works!
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Two things infrastructure and developer tools product people ignore too much
Pricing determines your business model First, check out this post on pricing from Jason – it’s great! The two things I’ve seen infrastructure and developer tools product people ignore too much are: the need for customers to use the tool in minutes, self-service pricing as a feature and strategy driver. Sellers think of pricing as…
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IT is asked to do more, and sometimes with more budget!
Updates to the VMware app runtimes If you’re into platform engineering, the two VMware platforms have some announcements today that you’ll be interested in: Tanzu Application Platform v1.5 – There’s faster ways to get it installed, security improvements, tighter integration with Spring Boot apps, and a lot more. Rita gives some highlights: “Enhanced IDE support…
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5 ways to escape technical debt, and stop making more of it
Technical debt is the accumulation of compromises on quality to save time – postponed tests, outdated software, features over process. Five ways to work it down gradually, from Bryan Ross.
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Managing Tech Debt
Much like financial debt, technical debt is helpful when managed responsibly, but like real debt, tech debt can also stop growth and innovation in its tracks. My colleague Bryan Ross has a piece out on tech debt with five ways to address is. Here’s a summary of it. Think of technical debt as the accumulation…
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IncrativeOps
Suggested episode soundtrack: download share download share Embed this albumsmallmediumlarge Email: – – – Sorry, this track or album is not available. Sorry, this player does not support your browser. Your browser must either support native HTML audio or have the Flash plugin installed. IncrativeOps: Better Living by Changing Less –…
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Candorsplaining
Midjourney: currency symbols, such as dollar signs ($), euros (€), and pounds (£) riding harley motorcycles in the sky through the cloud going crazy leaving a trail of chaos behind them, in the style of Robert Crumb When complaining is candor, and when candor is compelling Leaders often hear complaining when what they’re actually getting…
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What I did this summer, the PowerPoint
Cut the “what I did this summer” slides Flick through a typical strategy document, and you will often be impressed – awed, even – by the intricacies of logic and articulacy of argument within. Yet on reaching the end, you may feel a sense of emptiness. You go back through the document; there are justifications,…
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A presentation is just a document that has been printed in landscape mode
Presentations are just docs that were printed wrong Most presentation advice focuses on actual event of a speaker giving the presentation. In conference setting, you’re informing, making a point, and, hopefully, entertaining. In a corporate setting, the actual delivery of the presentation is not the primary purpose of a presentation. Instead, a presentation is used…
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20230327 – Big 🤖 edition here
You know, maybe this would be a good notebook for my ChatGPT/AI stuff. I do a lot of it, and it’s fun to share. I’ve yet to find a good source of prompts (I don’t want to go to reddit or Discord – I really want just a curated list), but it’s sort of fun…
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