Tracy Bannon

It's the humans that matter...

Trust, Trustworthiness, and the Trust Equation

Trust is not something you just ask for or earn. Rather you need to exude trustworthiness and others examine that and decide for themselves if they can or will extend trust. Charles Green published a 'trust equation' that I have adopted for years and can say it is wonderfully helpful.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Is Platform Engineering the new DevOps?

Is '𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀'? Not exactly, no. It is another evolutionary technique to drive quality, security, and time to delivery all while improving developer efficiency. I've been noodling on how darned similar the intent of Platform Engineering compared to Framework Architecture from 15 + years ago.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, June 11, 2023

Architectural Tradeoff Analysis Minified

Architectural Tradeoff Analysis is a crucial step in designing robust systems. It's all about balancing conflicting requirements & goals. How about a quick minified approach.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Monday, April 10, 2023

Growing the next generation of software architects

I'm passionate that we grow the next generation of software architects. Brian Chambers and I have been discussing types of skills needed and came across a blog by Matt Shealy. Software architecture a high-demand role that blends engineering and business leadership

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, April 9, 2023

Does Ops Still Exist??

Does Ops Still Exist? What has happened to Operations folks? The rise of the term SRE (site reliability engineer) seems to indicate Ops has somehow gone away. DevOps did not diminish the need for Operations and neither will SRE.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, November 13, 2022

#NoHobbyists - Cybersecurity Cannot Depend on Hobbyists

We have a talent and knowledge deficit with cybersecurity. The pace of technical innovation is ever increasing as is the need to constantly upskill. Often, the most successful and sought after talent spend many many hours on their own to keep pace; this is not sustainable.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, November 6, 2022

Life After WordPress

When to outsource, and when to just do it!

“This is the beginning and the best is yet to come! ” Time to simplify! Time to drink my own champagne. I don’t need someone hosting my website or managing my content. I am committed to providing by guidance as code and using Git to managed my espressions with y’all. Photo by averie woodard

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Friday, September 2, 2022

Cyber Ops needs love too!

“Cyber Ops needs love too! We spend much time focused on DEV and often ignoring OPS. I am guilty of this too. I work with the MITRE now; I never realized their emphasis on world class cybersecurity. We work on behalf of the public good."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Wednesday, March 30, 2022

The only thing that matters is working code in production!

“'The only thing that matters is working code in production! This was a shocking statement by friend and colleague, David Sisk. We worked side by side focused on application architecture and software engineering at Deloitte. David, managed to anger an entire set of senior leaders plus a highly visible methods and tools organization by saying the most important outcome is not documents and decks. Ultimately all that matters is working software.."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Tuesday, March 29, 2022

DevSecOps Misinformation Is Real!

“DevSecOps Misformation is real. Ok, ok, maybe we should say misconceptions? Joan Goodchild wrote a brief blog myth-busting her top 5 DevSecOps fallacies."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Monday, March 28, 2022