21 posts by John Papageorge
Four Opportunity Costs of Building vs. Buying Software for Development
At first glance, creating an internal cloud development experience platform may appear to be a sage business choice. Hey, a custom solution allows teams...
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Building Versus Buying Software for Development
5 Maintenance Requirements of In-house Software Development Building an in-house development platform can provide several benefits, such as customizability,...
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5 Reasons to Prioritize a Positive Developer Experience
5 Reasons to Prioritize a Positive Developer Experience Is building and maintaining an internal development platform negatively impacting developer happiness...
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5 Technical Challenges of Building Software for Modern Cloud Development
While developing a purpose-built in-house development environment may appear like an obvious way to address specific development challenges, the introduction...
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The Build vs. Buy Software Guide to Development Platforms
Top Ten List of Considerations When Debating to Build or Buy a Dev Platform To build or not to build? Ah, that is the Shakespearean question when it comes...
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Building a Dev Platform Is Easy - Maintaining it is Hard
To build or not to build? Ah, that is the question when it comes to software. Many development teams debate this dilemma. It's a tricky quandary when the...
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5 Internal Software Development Platform Challenges
Some of the smartest engineering and DevOps managers sometimes make the mistake of treating a new software initiative as a single, well-defined one-off...
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The Cost and Complications of In-House Development Environments
"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson. The importance of tools that boost a positive developer experience can't be overstated....
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10 Easy Reasons to Escape the Status Quo and Switch to Cloud Dev Environments
Kubernetes, containers, and cloud infrastructure have made deploying modern cloud-native applications relatively easy. Unfortunately — if you're stuck...
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An AI Developer Turns to Okteto for Assistance
Dishant Gandhi’s claim to fame started when he attended Snap's developer hackathon in 2021 to offer advice and help out participants with their development issues. ...
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Software Got More Bugs Than Klendathu? Swat Them With Okteto
With all due respect to the film Starship Troopers, software bugs are much scarier than alien arachnids. And killing them early can improve software's...
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Kubernetes Development Environments Convert Monoliths to Microservices Without Blowing Up the App
The migration to microservices allows cloud applications to scale and be more resilient than ever before. The challenge of developing cloud apps with...
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Cloud-Based Kubernetes Dev Environments Simplify How Developers Use Kubernetes
Kubernetes has made deploying modern cloud-native applications relatively easy. For instance, Kubernetes enables organizations to provision containerized...
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10 Reasons Local Dev Environments Don’t Work in a Kubernetes World
As fast as kids outgrow their sneakers, more companies are discovering that — as they scale — local dev environments are unable to meet the accelerated...
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A Fly Fisherman Returns From the Wild to Develop in the Cloud
Bradley has been in the coding game since 1997 when he started bravenet.com, which he ran until 2003. The site featured simple pre-Facebook tools, such as guest books, message boards, and classified ads. At the height of success, Bravenet.com was the second largest website in Canada and 50th largest website in the world....
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Making Sense of Cloud Development in a Complicated Kubernetes World
Burr Sutter has been developing applications for 30 years. He started with ChUI (green screen, amber screen, DOS) applications in the early 90s. Since then, he’s rode the wave of every innovation through Windows GUI apps, client-server, dynamic web apps, SOA, ESBs, enterprise integration patterns, AJAX, and mobile apps. ...
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Mastering the Game of Cloud Development
Jeevanjot caught the coding bug - pardon the pun - at a young age. At 14, he started working with Visual Basic, doing game development and graphic design before jumping into full-stack web development....
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Discover How Mirroring Dev and Production Environments Improves Cloud Migration
Cloud computing has changed the world in which we live. Slack, Box, and Salesforce are just a few business applications that have made our lives easier...
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DevOps Renaissance Man Offers Sage Advice from the Frontlines
Clement Chang knows how to hold court. He speaks eloquently and moves fluidly from topic to topic, speaking with nights on ideas ranging from technology to psychology to global politics. With sector interests that include web 3.0, precision medicine, and AI, Clement eventually settled on a career in DevOps. ...
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Development Lessons from a Lover of Latin Jazz
Mohammad-Ali A'râbi has been writing code since 2003. The release of Docker in 2013 transformed his life as a software developer and he soon began using Docker Compose for development. Eventually, he turned to Kubernetes to have the same comfort and control in the production servers. ...
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Developing at the Speed of Kubernetes
Natan Yellin is the founder of robusta.dev and has developed software for over a decade. He started with open source in high school, got started on Kubernetes while at Alcide.io (now part of Rapid7), and launched his own company late last year....
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