Cloud native predictions for 2025
Or better yet, listen to the Giant Conversations predictions episode here! Writing predictions is an interesting exercise (I've been doing this since …
Rightsizing your platform team: escape the growth trap
This post explores why even well-intentioned platform engineering initiatives tend to result in teams becoming larger than expected over time. It exam …
How Platform-as-a-Product drives cloud native platform maturity
In the dynamic landscape of cloud native technologies, a standout trend emerges: platform engineering is the new cool kid in class! In the last few mo …
Maximizing value with Kubernetes-as-a-Product: fulfilling the promise of the cloud
The cloud and DevOps promised to make our infrastructure faster, cheaper and easier. However, in many organizations, this promise, unfortunately, fell …
Bridging the gap: Kubernetes on VMware Cloud Director
While the general trend of the last decade has been to move workloads to the cloud, along with major companies jumping on the bandwagon to offer their …
Platform reality has a surprising amount of detail
This article was originally published on DevOps.com on April 15th 2023. Developer platforms and the platform teams that create them have been the cent …
Platform engineering: the path to DevOps success
This article was originally published on The New Stack on October 3rd 2022.
Platform engineering: it’s not a tool stack; it’s a set of capabilities
Platform engineering is the hottest topic in 2023. While some say DevOps is dead and platform engineering is now replacing DevOps, others focus more o …
