Whether it's in classrooms or on Zoom calls, the kids have headed back to school! Bright-eyed students are gearing up to study new subjects and test their brains. Hopefully on their report cards, failure isn’t inevitable. Before the first day, parents load up their kids’ backpacks with everything they’ll need. Being well equipped with good supplies is the best way to stay focused and educate “reliably”. Likewise, SREs need the right tools and practices for the job.

TL;DR: Old, deprecated code/infrastructure is a challenge that every engineer will come across. Remedy what you can and remember that some extra effort can go a long way. It can uncover issues that, when addressed, will save you in the future. Part of the challenge of software development is maintaining legacy code and infrastructure. When you ignore or neglect these, issues start to pop up and your reliability suffers, causing pain for your customers. The trick here is to actively steward each project.

Want to know more about the DevOps lifecycle? We explain the seven phases in DevOps, and how each one plays a vital role in the development process.

Curious about the differences between DevOps vs. Agile development methodologies? We'll explore and compare both approaches. What are the key differences between DevOps vs. Agile? Agile and DevOps are methodologies that share the goal of producing software quickly. In DevOps, Development and Operations work together closely throughout the software development lifecycle process. Agile is an iterative approach that focuses on deploying releases rapidly with small teams.

Wondering about container orchestration? When your organization manages too many containers, you start to need container orchestration. We'll explain. What is container orchestration? Container orchestration is the automation of many operational tasks in your container-based applications.

Picture this: it’s Sunday night. You’re relaxing in bed, in that sweet spot where you’re geared up for Monday, but the fun of the weekend hasn’t yet faded. As you idly scroll through content on your phone, you see a message preview pop up. It’s to your work email. That’s bad. It’s from the hosting company you contract. That’s really bad. They’re saying they accidentally deleted the production database. That’s “jump out of bed” bad.

Wondering about DevOps best practices? If you are looking to improve and streamline your current process, we recommend these practices and how to implement them.

The tech industry is competitive and not without challenges. People are always growing and improving by pushing their limits. Innovation comes in many forms. In order to foster a healthy culture while allowing people to flourish, organizations must carefully enact policies. Growth should be encouraged while discouraging competition and comparison. One of the core policies organizations implement to achieve these goals is blamelessness.

As the tech world changes, language changes with it. New technologies will always introduce new terms and descriptions to provide clear understanding. For example, the emergence of the cloud introduced language to describe the changing relationship between servers and clients. Then, of course, product providers will also dictate how their products are to be described, i.e. describing services as “cloud-native”.

Wondering what DevOps is all about? We will explain what it is, how it works, why it matters, and how it can help your organization.