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Opinions on building platforms. 27th December, Blog #3. I enjoy regularly visiting and speaking at tech conferences. They’re a great way to stay abreast of trends and keep a fresh perspective on how the industry is delivering value. Unfortunately I’m usually dismayed at the homogeneous composition of the conference attendees; the overwhelming majority are white males, like myself. If you’re interested in PaaS, distributed systems, and Extreme Programming, please do contact CloudCredo. Personally, I felt ...
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Configuration Management isn't Stupid, but it Should Be - Hatofmonkeys
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Opinions on building platforms. Configuration Management isn't Stupid, but it Should Be. Devops is about holistic, systems-orientated thinking; it’s been misappropriated to be about configuration management. I’ve noticed a decline in the number of people from a development background at Devops conferences – maybe they’ve lost interest in talking about Puppet vs Chef vs Salt vs Ansible vs CFEngine vs X vs Y vs Z? This issue manifests itself in deployments orchestrated by configuration management. Configur...
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The Problems With PaaS - Hatofmonkeys
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Opinions on building platforms. The Problems With PaaS. 3rd January, Blog #10. The Problems With PaaS. Platform-as-a-Service(PaaS) isn’t perfect. There are always going to be some things it does well and some things it does badly. This post takes a look at some of the things it does badly, and how we can make improvements in the future. Plans for “Service Foundry”. Is the right tool for the job but currently has a difficult user journey. CloudCredo. Have invested time and effort attempting to make BOSH e...