Tracy Bannon

It's the humans that matter...

Discovering Grace Hopper: An Overdue Epiphany

I've dedicated my career to technology and to software architecture in specific. Why, then, did I only learn about Grace Hopper as I entreed another decade into my career??

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.

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.

DevOps Enterprise Summit 2023 - Promo

Trac Bannon and other attendees talk about the value of DOES

How is it that I made the promo video? Must just be great insights. ;-)

Applying AI to the SDLC New Ideas and Gotchas

Generative AI