A Dark and Tortuous Journey in DevOps [Edit: This was posted back in October, but this post become way more relevant on March 22, 2016, when a key dependency was unpublished and the breakages discussed here actually happened to lots of people! …

It’s late now, after a couple beers. So this might get philosophical. I’ve been a software engineer in the Valley for a while now. Written code and led teams, especially in tech startups, both successful and failed. And been lucky enough to work with amazingly skillful programmers. At times, one…

Yesterday, I was confronted with a moral dilemma. I need your help. Actually, this thing — well, things — have been with me a long time. In my closet. Let me tell you how it started. I assure you, this is all true. ❧ A few years ago, after moving…