Tracy Bannon

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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

Forget monoliths vs. microservices. Cognitive load is what matters.

“'Forget monoliths vs. microservices. Cognitive load is what matters.' - Skelton & Pais. I’ve argued for nearly 10 years that Microservice patterns can be overwhelming and when coupled with the explosion in open source, can lead to dramatic cognitive overload."

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Distributed Everything

Why is it so easly to learn to hack?

A recent post by George Lawton on venturebeat.com highlighted insights by Gartner’s analysts on pressing trends for operationalizing business value (aka value stream/ mission delivery). The key take away is the need to address composability and “distributed everything.” I’ll add a personal “+1” to that assertion given my observations with my clients and federal sponsors. Growth in composable infrastructure is powered by cloud capabilities. Growth in composability of data and analytics is fueled by a few drivers: the need to harness and make use of the data available th enteprise already has, the need to deal with growing volumes of new data available to the enterprise, and the incorporation of multiple analytics techniques into all facets of software intensive systems.

Posted by Tracy Bannon on Sunday, May 9, 2021