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Software Delivery

Articles, podcasts, talks, and more about Software Delivery.
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Faster Is Not Better: On Experimentation Culture and What It Costs

Faster experimentation sounds like an obvious advantage. But experimentation culture is not a universal paradigm. It is a product of a very specific context. And the people who bear the heaviest cost of poor product development never appear in any experiment.

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The Agentic Trio

The Product Trio separated discovery from delivery because delivery required a larger team. Agentic development removes this constraint. That changes what a product team can look like.

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Nebu: Self-made sovereignty

How I’m building an enterprise chat server with agentic development that simply doesn’t exist.

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Speed vs. Skill

Every AI coding tool promises the same thing: unprecedented speed, effortless productivity, freedom from tedious work. The pitch is compelling. But what if feeling more productive and being more capable aren’t the same thing? Research shows that automation makes us feel more productive while eroding our skills. Let’s examine this tension through the lens of cognitive psychology.

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Implementing GitOps without Kubernetes

“GitOps only works with Kubernetes as the operating platform!” This persistent misconception about GitOps might explain why it hasn’t become a standard workflow tool for software delivery yet. Most available GitOps tools require Kubernetes. However, GitOps fundamentally means using a version control system (VCS) like Git as an interface for a software agent to handle deployment and operational tasks within a target environment.

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Testing your GitLab CI/CD pipeline

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The NUMMI Factory — A Parable About Software Development

Software development is not difficult because of the technical challenges, but because so many people are involved. A story about a car plant shows how other industries deal with these challenges and what they have learned.

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No Silver Bullets - Except Continuous Delivery?

There are no silver bullets. But continuous delivery promises so many advantages that it could be such a silver bullet. So what is true: Do silver bullets actually exist or is continuous delivery overrated?

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Continuous Integration Contradicts Features Branches!

…but both approaches might work.

Case Study

DEVK: Standardizing Security and Compliance Across a Complex Software Landscape

Case Study

Building a learning platform that enables continuous pedagogical evolution