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Getting Started with DevOps... or Whatever You Wanna Call It

Many of my previous posts have included reference or hints to leveling up throughout your career. This post is going to be short, sweet,...

The Timeline of Infrastructure Engineering: Past, Present, and Future

The role of infrastructure engineer has undergone a significant evolution over the past twenty years. As technology has advanced and the...

Managing Tech Debt: Tips and Best Practices

Tech debt is the cost of maintaining and supporting the technology that powers a product or service. It is the trade-off between taking...

Navigating the Challenges of Supporting Developers: Tips for Platform Engineers

Supporting developers can be a challenging task for platform engineers. As the go-to person for all things technical, it's easy to become...

Understanding Git without the Struggles of Technological & Terminological Gatekeeping

I've come to find that overexplanation and complexity for the sake of complexity is rampant in Information Technology. Gatekeeping, ego,...

Security Breaches & Secrets Management

As technologists, it's our job to keep the systems that we work on secure. That means protecting sensitive data, keeping systems up to...

The Importance of Effective Communication & Mutual Understanding

Effective communication is crucial in all aspects of our lives, and it is especially important in the field of technology. As...

Plainly Explained: CI/CD & CircleCI

Let's talk about CI/CD and CircleCI. CI/CD is Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment, depending on what...

The Iron Triangle - Cost, Quality, and Time

There are many names for a problem that organizations, executives, and teams face every day. For the purpose of this article, we'll refer...