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Meet the Cortex Founders

Apr 17, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
What’s it like to build the future at Cortex? In this video, our founders share what makes Cortex a unique place to work—from our builder-first culture to the high-impact problems we’re solving every day. We’re a team that moves fast, supports each other, and is deeply committed to raising the bar for developer experience across the industry. At Cortex, you’ll find a culture that values autonomy, creativity, and a shared drive to push boundaries. We’re building tools that help some of the world’s top engineering teams ship faster and more confidently—and we’re just getting started.
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Leveraging an IDP for Navigating Staff Changes: Onboarding and Layoffs

Apr 9, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Change is constant in engineering organizations. Whether you’re growing quickly and onboarding dozens of engineers—or navigating the difficult process of layoffs—your systems, services, and institutional knowledge don’t pause. That’s where an Internal Developer Portal (IDP) becomes indispensable.
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When Readiness Really Matters: How Seasonal Spikes Become the Catalyst for Long-Term Discipline

Apr 1, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Every engineering leader knows the stress of an upcoming seasonal spike. Whether it’s tax season, open enrollment, or Black Friday, there’s always that moment where someone says, “Are we actually ready?” It’s usually followed by a scramble: auditing services, chasing down owners, updating spreadsheets, running perf tests, checking alerting thresholds, verifying infra configs—much of it manual, fragmented, and slightly different every time. It’s exhausting.
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Your guide to cloud modernization: from basics to best practices

Mar 28, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Being in the cloud is table stakes in 2025, and simply lifting and shifting workloads to the cloud barely scratches the surface of what's possible. Yet many engineering teams find themselves managing glorified data centers in the cloud—missing out on key capabilities like auto-scaling, serverless computing, and cloud-native security features. Cloud modernization is the true game-changer for turning legacy systems into agile, scalable architectures.
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11 DevOps Metrics & How an IDP Moves the Needle

Mar 28, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Not too long ago, engineering organizations were in a headlong rush to “innovate or die” by hiring more developers and shipping more code at breakneck speed. This expansion brought short-term velocity gains—but also created a tangle of orphaned services, inconsistent processes, and developers spending more time firefighting than innovating. Today, the reality is that you can’t just keep throwing headcount at complexity.
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16 Cloud migration risks and how to solve them

Mar 28, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Cloud infrastructure powers everything from streaming services to enterprise databases, yet many organizations still run critical workloads on legacy systems. With the cloud migration market projected to reach $806.41 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 28.24%, organizations of all sizes are racing to modernize their infrastructure and applications. This shift means companies need to stay competitive in a landscape where agility and scalability are non-negotiable.
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How Xero Scaled Engineering Excellence with Cortex

Mar 20, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Xero is a global technology company offering cloud-based accounting solutions designed specifically for small businesses. With engineering teams spread across Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Toronto, managing clear ownership, consistency, and effective collaboration presented significant operational challenges.
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