Writing
5 reports, 22 essays, 2 notes — 2019 to now. Pinned reports first, then chronological.
I built this site with an AI. Here's what that was like.
Two old sites became this one over about a fortnight of conversations with Claude. A field report on the collaboration, the decisions, what worked, what didn't — with the original sites preserved as before/before/after.
Optimizing for a Cloud-native Developer Experience
Optimizing for a cloud-native developer experience
The Manager README
When I discovered that someone had developed a README for humans my geeky heart was overjoyed. A Manager Readme is your quick reference to…
Principals for (Technical) Principals
Join me on an exploration of all things consulting & leadership and all the fun stuff in-between.
Drew's Manager README
A guide to working with me. What you can expect, what I expect, and how we'll know it's working.
Tips for how to use 3 Musketeers to supercharge your Developer Experince
Tips for how to use 3 Musketeers to supercharge your Developer Experince
Value Stream Map (VSM) Visualization
Value Stream Map (VSM) Visualization
How to implement Good Software Delivery in 30 seconds
Good Software Delivery (GSD) is the term we use for the set of practices that help deliver, well, good software. There’s a focus on short…
3 Musketeers for an epic Developer Experience
We all want to reduce toil and improve the developer experience (when starting new applications or joining the team). Developers have had…
Good Software Delivery — Trust and Verify
I’ve decided this week is Good Software Delivery week! #goodsoftwaredelivery
How Cloud Transformation at Scale can enable Good Software Delivery
Why should you transform?
From DevOps to Good Software Delivery
From DevOps to Good Software Delivery
Creating a Vision
Creating a vision with your team is rewarding and filled with benefits you might not have thought of. Learn how to run a vision workshop!
Driving change and building a high-performance DevOps culture
DevOps/Agile & “what execs want”. The “frozen middle”? People with the best of intentions can get it wrong, so what does good look like?
Optimizing for DX — The Developer Experience
How Optimizing for the Developer Experience can change your life as a developer and free you up work on everything that’s awesome.
Why Business Value eats DevOps for breakfast
Business Value, Curiosity & asking “Why” beat DevOps, Agile & “Requirements”. Unlock simple but powerful ways to supercharge your teams.
Teaching DevOps in one afternoon
A non-technical friend of mine approached me wanting to know everything they could about DevOps. He asked if he could have a few hours of…
One DevOps Please — Part 2
“One DevOps Please” — Part 1 recap:
New to DevOps? Start here.
Some time after I got my first job “in DevOps” (I was one of those shiny new DevOps Engineers and really excited about the role) I…
One DevOps Please — Part 1
One DevOps Please — An Enterprise Journey to a DevOpsy-Cloud
Automating Google App Engine
Google App Engine is an amazing service. Let me show you how to deploy code into Google Cloud in a few minutes with a few lines of code.
Learning Ansible — The quick way
Are you strapped for time but wanting to learn Ansible? I’ve got your back! I’ve been using Ansible for several years now…
DevOps in 10 minutes with Google App Engine
Okay, now that I have your attention let’s talk about Google App Engine for a minute and how you can achieve your DevOps dreams with a…
The True Cost of Being Cloud-Agnostic
Let’s talk about the real cost of cloud computing, and by that I don’t mean hourly pricing models, network charges, and licencing…
Introducing the UOCT
Here’s something you’ve never heard of before (because I just made it up). UOCT is pronounced “You-Oct” and it stands for…
A comprehensive guide to “Being Agile”
What does effective communication have to do with Agile, and do I really need that retro? Who makes the rules in this Agile world?
The cost of failure is education
If you’ve ever been responsible for software running in production, you should already be well aware of failure. But how important is it?
AWS 2021 Highlights
AWS updates their services so quickly they literally have thousands of updates each year (1,284 the last time I checked)…
Things I learnt working for an I.T Consultancy
aka Ramblings from a “DevOps Engineer”