Tag: diy

  • Tatermaxxing

    We had the idea to make a Bodoni interpretation with potato stamps, so we bought 8kg of potatoes, some knifes and carved a long, long evening in the kitchen. When we finally had the full aphabet we stamped it on paper, made a font out of this and called it Bodedo. Maybe my new mindset…

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  • DIY platforms: $37.5 million, 60 people, and you’re still not done

    What it actually costs to build your own internal developer platform over five years, and why most “we’ll just build it” pitches are pricing the cheap version. Sixty people and $7.5 million a year, every year, is what it costs to build and operate your own internal developer platform if you do it the way…

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  • The Port State of Platform Engineering in two surveys

    The Port State of Platform Engineering in two surveys

    When I look at recent platform engineering surveys, the results are positive: people see the value in platforms and platform groups. I’d say this is because platforms are helping speed up the app release cycle by automating a lot of the infrastructure work app developers would otherwise need to do, baking in/automating security and compliance,…

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  • Link: ‘Amazon-proof’ Home Depot builds on its DIY digital foundations

    “Versus prior year, our online sales grew 21% in the fourth quarter and 21.5% in fiscal 2017, now representing 6.7% of our total sales. While we are seeing significant growth in our online sales, these online shoppers see the relevance of our stores as approximately 46% of our online U.S. orders are picked up in…

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