DevOps and security - Frenemies turned BFFs
This post is a summary of the Universe 2024 Fireside Chat with Brian Rossi from Caterpillar Digital.
Why Culture is so important in the Age of AI
GitHub Copilot is proven to improve individual productivity at the task level. However, organizations need to be intentional and systematic in how they scale GitHub Copilot broadly in order to realize organizational benefits. In this post I’ll discuss why culture is so important in the Age of AI.
Ingredients for scaling GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is proven to improve individual productivity at the task level. However, organizations need to be intentional and systematic in how they scale GitHub Copilot broadly in order to realize organizational benefits. In this post I’ll discuss some considerations for scaling GitHub Copilot.
Measuring the impact of Developer Experience and GitHub Copilot
on ai, development
Measuring the impact of Developer Experience and GitHub Copilot is a complex subject. Understanding leading and lagging indicators can help organizations measure the right things, and thus prove out the value of good Developer Experience in general, as well as the impact of GitHub Copilot.
Who needs GitHub Copilot?
on ai, development
Generative AI? Who needs it? You’re the consummate developer and nothing is beyond your staggering cognitive powers, so why would you need GitHub Copilot - or any copilot for that matter?
Mission Control - and what it means for DevSecOps
on devops
Culture, culture, culture - it eats DevSecOps for breakfast! But what sort of culture should organizations build to succeed at DevSecOps? In this post I take a look at Mission Control and what it means for DevSecOps culture.
Team Autonomy vs Enterprise Alignment
Tooling is an important aspect of DevSecOps - but culture dramatically influences how organization scale. In this post I’ll talk about a key cultural concept: Team Autonomy vs Enterprise Alignment.
Spicy Takes 🌶️🌶️🌶️ on RSA 2023
on security
I was recently at RSA for the first time. I have some spicy takes from the week.
Using GitHub Copilot Effectively
on development
GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that can dramatically increase developer productivity. However, it is still a tool - and developers must learn how to frame Copilot’s capabilities in order to make the best use of it.
Allowing Bypass of Secret Scanning Push Detections is a Good Thing
on security
Secret Scanning Push Protection allows you to block pushes that contain secrets. These blocks can by bypassed, which may be surprising. However, allowing bypasses is actually a good thing!
