Tag: build automation
Is it Time to Reconsider CI?
If you have issues with Jenkins, look around. There are options. Find the best CI tool for you, not just the most convenient ...
We Are Living in an Ephemeral World
We are lucky to live and work in the times that we do. Oh, we have our challenges, and I talk about them a fair amount here on these pages. But the ...
Lock Down Your Toolchain
We have done amazing things with Agile and DevOps, increasing IT responsiveness to levels that most people would not have believed and our business counterparts only dreamed of even a decade ago ...
Meet the New(ish) Pipeline
My company keeps a sample project running pretty much all of the time. Our current project (multi-target web/Android app using Java and Spring built with Gradle and Ant that we'll call "Finder" ...
6 Big, Bad Mistakes in Configuration Management, Part 2
In Part One of my article on big, bad mistakes in configuration management, I reviewed the dangers of using the wrong tools for the configuration management job. Provisioning management tools, application release ...
6 Big, Bad Mistakes in Configuration Management, Part 1
Configuration problems come in many flavors. Some are mere nuisances. Often though, configuration errors can lead to more serious mishaps like application performance problems, policy compliance violations or even security vulnerabilities. They ...