Inside DevOps June 2024

Welcome to another edition of Inside DevOps! This month, we’re shaking things up, challenging the norms and raising questions about our approach to modern software development. You can also expect insights on tackling those tricky deployment hiccups, understanding the importance of data sovereignty in the cloud, and evaluating the true value of external expertise.

Are DevOps Consultants Worth It?

Have you considered bringing in DevOps consultants, but decided that you couldn’t afford it? After all, your in-house team is competent, eager, and, let’s face it, already on the payroll. They can probably figure it out right? The hard truth is that this “economising” could actually be costing you much more than you realise. Here are 5 ways you might be losing money without a DevOps consulting partner.

Why Data Sovereignty Matters in Cloud Computing

Though it sounds like something you might hear at a UN general assembly rather than in a software context - data sovereignty is in fact a very important concept in cloud computing. Essentially, it holds your business’s privacy and legal compliance together, and can have serious implications for privacy, access, and control. But what does data sovereignty actually mean? Why should you care? And how do you go about it?

Deployment Delays? Consider Feature Toggles

Have you ever felt pressured by looming deadlines, with features not quite ready for production? Feature toggles let you hide half-baked features while gathering real-time user feedback and running A/B tests. Read on to discover how these clever switches can revolutionise your deployment process, enhance collaboration, and keep your releases smooth and risk-free.

DevOps Dogma: Are We Missing the Point?

DevOps is the heartthrob of modern software development (and our main focus here at Releaseworks): everyone's clamouring to adopt it, to integrate it, to live and breathe it. But in our rush to embrace DevOps, have we developed an unhealthy obsession with the “how” rather than the “why”? In the fixation on processes, tools, and rituals, have we lost sight of the real goal? And what is the real goal again?

As we wrap up this edition of Inside DevOps, let's not forget that asking the right questions is just as important as finding the right answers. DevOps is about constantly challenging our assumptions, rethinking our strategies, and never settling for the status quo. Until next time, keep those releases rolling!