Blog Archive

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One of our five foundations › Development
Development is what creates your product, with fantastic features which solve the customers' problems. It is what you sell. Read More ›

One of our five foundations › People
People are the foundation of your business, from the leaders at the top, to the doers in the trenches, and everyone in between. How do you get the best out of your people? Read More ›

The nightmares might even hide from you › What keeps you up at night?
There are so many things that can go wrong with software: bad specifications, bad code, bad operations, bad cybersecurity, bad leadership… The worst ones are the ones you cannot see. Read More ›

Forging a new website › Introducing our new site
It's a new year, welcome 2026! We thought we would update our web site. Find out why here. Read More ›

Always have a backup plan… › Backing Up Hasn't Gone Away In The Era Of AI
A code generating AI deletes the production database, lies about it, then apologies. Too little, too late. The damage is done and all the data is lost. It's almost like backups would be useful in this case, isn't it? Read More ›

A good culture means smooth running, just like a good OS › Culture is an operating system for companies
So quoth Donald Sull. But why is that so and why is it important? How does it help run your company and why one size fits no one. Read More ›

Software Bill Of Material › The Good and Bad of SBOM
What is good and what is bad about having (or not) have a Software Bill Of Material —­SBOM. Read More ›

Why the interest of business debt are brutal › The Hidden Costs of Debt
Top-ten hidden (or maybe not so much) costs to not managing your business (tech) debt. Read More ›

The worst things you can do › Top Things to Avoid when Raising Morale
Here are the worst things you could do to your team in the name of raising morale. Why? Because it is as important to know what to do as what not to do. Read More ›

An achilles heel for businesses › Problem Management Is/Isn't Hard
The ignored middle child of the incident management family, problem management is often not given the attention it needs. Most attention goes to its noisier siblings, change management and incident management. This doesn't work. Read More ›

culture eats strategy for breakfast › Think your culture is strong?
Smart candidates aren’t just asking about perks anymore. They’re asking questions that reveal the truth. Can you answer them? Read More ›

Faster and better are different... › GenAI Coding and the Metrics Gap
Why do we have Higher Productivity & Slower Delivery? Read More ›

Lifting the lid on software › An In-Depth Look At Our MOT
How does we take just an hour to assess the health of a software company? Read More ›

It's always good to self-reflect › How to evaluate your software function's health
Even if your preferred language doesn't support reflection, your business always does and it pays dividends to look at how things work from time to time. Read More ›

If it moves, graph it › Monitoring IS testing
Quantity of graphs is nice, but metric quality is what you will live or die by on your worst day. Read More ›

An castle analogy for how to improve your cybersecurity profile › Improve your cybersecurity posture
Load Testing and Failover
You might be doing load testing and failover wrong. Read More ›

How to overcome barriers to get funding
What are the main barrier to getting funding and how to overcome them? Read More ›

How to tip the scales in your favour. › What investors worry about?
What investors worry about? … And how to tip the scales in your favour. Read More ›

What is lean? › Lean / Kanban or How to Get Things Done
What is kanban? What are the good and bad of it, and should you adopt it? Read More ›

CTOs: Avoid A Serious Own Goal
Downsizing and reorganizing can come with some severequite serious missteps. Read more to find out how to avoid those. Read More ›

Technical debt is not… › Tech (Business) debt
Tech debt is Business debt … And the interest rate is brutal. First part of a series of posts. Read More ›

What do to? › How to keep MFA backup tokens?
Five ideas ranked from worst to best security. Read More ›

Which one is best? › How to Choose a Password Manager
This is a simple guide to finding the perfect password manager for your needs. Read More ›

It's not 12345678… › What Makes a Good Password?
Of course, it is something easy for you to remember and hard for a machine to guess. Read More ›

Alert fatigue in Cybersecurity and Operations
Alert fatigue is a common problem in cybersecurity and operations. Here are some strategies for dealing with alert fatigue. Read More ›

The minimum you should do › Basic Cybersecurity
What are the three simplest things you can do to improve your cybersecurity? Read More ›

How complex systems fail › Eternal Truths
Eternal truths about how complex systems fail. A must read for anyone in operations or adjacent fields. Read More ›

AI code… › The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of AI Generated code
What are some good, some bad, and some ugly issues of using AI generated code in your codebase. Read More ›

The DORA 2024 report › Development and Leadership Lessons from DORA
These are our reactions to the DORA 2024 report on Development and Leadership matters. Read More ›

Operations from DORA 2024 › State of DevOps Operations
The DORA 2024 report is out, so let's take a quick look. Read More ›

Microsoft's cybersecurity hygiene guidelines › Securing our World Together
A review of Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative (SFI) cybersecurity hygiene guidelines. Read More ›

Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative
Our thoughts on the Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative (SFI) six key security pillars. TL;DR, it's a great step forward for security. Read More ›

Musing on the Crowdstrike incident… › Part of the Crowd
While we were discussing the recent Crowdstrike incident, we touched on the topic of what it would take to be immune to such problems. I’ll give you the TL;DR — it’s hard. Read More ›