Tag Archives: DevOps

Practice Those Scripts

Posted on June 21, 2019 by way0utwest

I’ve written lots of scripts that were deployed to production. I’ve often had another set of eyes look them over, and still, we made mistakes. In fact, a recent Salesforce outage was blamed on a poorly written database script that … Continue reading →

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The Change Failure Rate

Posted on June 3, 2019 by way0utwest

One of the measurements used in DevOps to determine if your team is improving is the change failure rate. This is the number of times that there is a problem with a deployment as a ratio of the total number … Continue reading →

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Really Important Software

Posted on May 6, 2019 by way0utwest

I remember reading about the Boeing 787 (the Dreamliner) being designed. I was fascinated by the process and excited to fly one. I finally did and enjoyed it. Since then, I try to fly on those when I can as … Continue reading →

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More Software Quality with DevOps and CD

Posted on April 29, 2019 by way0utwest

Tomorrow is the SQL in the City Summit in London. Right now I’m in a Heathrow airport hotel, finalizing some prep for the event. I have to run a panel as well as give a talk, Building quality into your … Continue reading →

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