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We regularly write about our technical experiences (good and bad) and what we're learning from the market.

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Kickstart Your DevOps Career with Deloitte Platform Engineering

Posted by Daniel Dao on 18 March 2022

Continuous Integration, DevOps, Join Our Team, Careers, developer, cloud computing, deloitte platform engineering, Deloitte, Platform Managed Services

Against most common belief, DevOps is not a team nor a department, and it isn’t merely a stack. DevOps is a movement, a mindset that has shocked the tech industry to its core. I believe DevOps will keep playing this vital role in guiding industries toward innovation, launching them into novel space without...

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Terraform – Your friend for managing Infrastructure on Cloud

Posted by Sangam Kumari on 28 October 2021

DevOps, cloud computing, terraform, cloud infrastructure, multicloud

The accelerating move to cloud computing over the past few years represents a major shift in the IT world. Driven in part by the lower total cost of ownership and flexibility, an increasing number of small and large organisations and companies globally are now utilising cloud-based platforms to host their...

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Start from where you are

Posted by Liz Douglass on 17 December 2020

DevOps, Modern Engineering, Software Delivery

Recently I've been reading Designing Your Life, by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, who are both lecturers at Standford's famed d.school. The book introduces some of the theories of design thinking and one of the points they revisit a few times is the idea of "start(ing) where you are". I really like how practical and...

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Map your way to understanding and agreement

Posted by Liz Douglass on 04 November 2020

DevOps, Modern Engineering, Mapping

"Surely this is a simple change" or "I've got a nephew that built a mobile app in days".

These are common reactions from stakeholders immediately after they hear the expected cost to get a new feature/product into the hands of their customers. These needn't be difficult conversations - you just need a map to...

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Transform your data with dbt and Serverless architecture

Posted by Emad Elagouz on 28 October 2020

Serverless, DevOps, automation, aws, Fast-Data

This article is co-written with Robert Li 

Robert is a Lead in the Data Team at AMP Capital.

He is passionate about building data and analytics applications that empower people to do their best work.

What this article is not

We love dbt and believe it is a great tool to manage your data transformation. This article...

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Contract-First API Development using Dell Boomi and Azure API Management

Posted by Sarah Fernando on 22 October 2020

Azure, Azure API Management, CICD, Integration, Azure Resource Manager, DevOps, Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Boomi, Dell Boomi, DPE

Context

At Deloitte Platform Engineering (DPE), we hold a substantial digital footprint within the Platform Engineering and Systems Integration national practice, offering professional services to meet clients' needs. Our strength comes from an expansive portfolio in providing innovative consulting services to cloud...

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Internal and external capability: both is best

Posted by Liz Douglass on 15 October 2020

DevOps, Modern Engineering, Software Delivery

Something I’ve consistently observed in my career is the difference in capabilities between in-house and consulting engineering teams. I absolutely believe there is a need for both and the challenge for CIOs is to strike the right balance between the two. Why both? See my example below.

Internal team members...

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Speed up your IT delivery with modern engineering

Posted by Liz Douglass on 29 September 2020

DevOps, Modern Engineering, Software Delivery

What I love about digital technology is that you can see the impact of your work more or less immediately. I also love that it’s always changing; we’re never done. There’s always work to do that improves the sales funnel or customer experiences. Or a new technology to incorporate. Or a new way of working. You can’t...

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Semantic Versioning with Conventional Commits

Posted by Sohrab Hosseini on 11 June 2020

CICD, DevOps, Technology, developer, semver, git, scm, versioning, branching, GitLab, release

Versioning is important. I do not have to tell you this. Yet, I see it done poorly over and over again. 

The deficiencies I usually encounter are a lack of unambiguous developer and release processes and poor tooling support. If your developers sit there wondering how to do certain tasks, then the process is broken....

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GitOps: Reconciling Desired State with a Runtime Environment

Posted by Everett Toews on 10 February 2020

DevOps, Technology, platform, gitops

I recently did an Ignite talk at DevOpsDays Auckland 2019 about GitOps. While preparing the deck for the talk, I had a chance to really reflect on the question “What is GitOps?”.

Definition

GitOps is reconciling a desired state in Git with a runtime environment.

“But this is what we’ve always done!” you say. You’re...

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