Dataops – Accelerating Changes for your Next Data Initiative
Data initiatives tends to be long and painful affairs. Let’s take a look at how applying DataOps coupled with Cloud technologies can help accelerate your data projects
AWS CLI Access With Google SSO Using ‘AWS-Google-Auth’
In this post we explore how to set up a flexible and secure way to access the AWS CLI using the Open Source tool `aws-google-auth` developed and maintained by the team at Cevo.
Velocity Data Not Available: 10 Steps to Estimate Feature Delivery Dates
A technique for estimating feature delivery dates when velocity data is not available but the scope of features/epics/stories is well defined.
Reducing ALB Costs Using Host-Based Rules
In this article, we show an opportunity to reduce costs when multiple Application Load Balancers (ALB) are in use. By using one of the ALB’s features and minor changes to the environment, it’s possible to save some money on your AWS bill.
With our Heads in The Cloud
Let’s peel back the covers on the Cevo hive mind, and watch the team take on the tricky subject of cloud agnostic solutions.
Open Sourcing in Enterprises – Managing your Code
The idea of open sourcing applications in enterprises can be daunting and challenging. This article delves into understanding and addressing those challenges by using the right tooling for managing your code.
Docker Multistage Builds: A Minimal Pipeline as Code
Have you wanted to get started with pipeline as code, but don’t have a CI/CD server? Want to do more with Docker than just putting code into containers? This post is for you
TDD – Test Driven Disaster
The current mainstream approach to Test Driven Development can lead to having tightly coupled tests locking us into an implementation. In this (possibly controversial) article I present how the popular approach to TDD can lead to increasing technical debt, and introduce an alternative which allows for more agile development.
Using CFN-LINT to Validate IAM Resources in AWS
Highly recommended for any automation engineer who wants to control their Cloudformation via a pipeline.
Futurespective – Identifying the Path to Good
In this post I talk about one of my favourite futurespective techniques, the Future-Backwards and how you can utilise it effectively to quickly identify the ‘Path to Good’.