There is no such thing as DevOps for Mobile Apps!

For the past half year I have been going around the country talking about the topic of ‘DevOps for Mobile Apps’. I have been at the same time developing consensus and interest within my peers about the importance of this topic and how there needs to be better practices and tools to help in this…

My first year (9 months actually) blogging: 2012 in review

I started blogging in the last week of April this year. It has been fun and I am looking forward to make 2013 a great year for my blog. Check out the stats for 2012! —— The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached…

Microsoft makes a push for Windows 8 Apps

Mobile devices today live and die by the Apps they have. Gone are the days when one used a mobile device to make phone calls, have a contact/address book and keep a calendar. The iPhone changed all that. If one has a mobile device, say a cool smart Phone, users will only want to use the…

Understanding DevOps – Part 5: Infrastructure as Code

Imagine you are a seasoned operations engineer (you know, neck beard and all). Over your career you have most certainly developed a toolkit of scripts that you can use, with minor changes, to perform all your regular tasks of provisioning and managing the plethora of environments you have seen and dealt with over the years….

Video presentation of my session on Mobile DevOps at MoDevEast 2012

I presented at the MoDevEast conference last month. The conference was a major success – over 400 attendees. It was followed by a hackathon (that my son and I won a prize at). My session was titled DevOps for Cross-platform Mobile Apps. The slides and original abstract were posted in my earlier blog post. The…