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What is Platform Engineering?

Posted on November 3, 2023 | 4 minutes | 666 words
| Cory O'Daniel

The tech hemisphere is abuzz with a new phrase – Platform Engineering. For teams ingrained in DevOps practices, this term ushers in a broader horizon, a fresh perspective on managing infrastructure. But what does Platform Engineering offer, especially for those adept in DevOps? Platform Engineering dives deeper into what can be seen as an expanded version of DevOps, making it easier for software teams to get their work done efficiently. It’s all about creating a solid, easy-to-handle setup that can grow as needed while meeting the various demands of developers and their projects. [Read More]

Changelog - First Deployment Onboarding Flow

Posted on June 1, 2023 | 3 minutes | 479 words
| Dave Williams

Features New First Time Users Onboarding Flow As with any expert system, the first interaction can be daunting. We want to make sure that your first experience with Massdriver shows you the power of the platform in as short a time as possible. To that end, we have created a new onboarding flow which will deploy a demo app for you to experiment with before trying your hand at your own infrastructure. [Read More]

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Kubeflow guide: Part 1

Posted on May 18, 2023 | 7 minutes | 1294 words
| Michael Lacore

Developing a machine learning model needs end-to-end thinking. From data collection to model deployment, productionizing an ML model is a journey. After the final step - model deployment, ML engineers and data scientists should not stop there but keep measuring the model performance and monitoring model drift. Due to the complexity and wide areas to cover, people working in the ML domain rely on software like Kubeflow that can streamline the ML process. [Read More]

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Changelog - App First Design 2023-04-06

Posted on April 6, 2023 | 2 minutes | 410 words
| Dave Williams

Features Application Bundle Generation in the UI A solid operational solution must help reduce the coveted time to production (TTP). To aid in this task we have created a wizard directly in the UI that allows engineers to start with the thing they know best, their application. Before releasing this feature, getting an application in to massdriver required building files at the command line, editing IaC and publishing by hand. Now you can create your application bundle visually. [Read More]

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Changelog - Metrics and Connections Recommendations

Posted on March 8, 2023 | 3 minutes | 594 words
| Dave Williams

News State of Production Survey 2023 Massdriver is on a mission to make the cloud much simpler and easier for engineers. In order to fulfill that goal, we need your help! We are currently running our State of Production Survey. Survey respondents will be entered to win one of the following prizes. Prize drawing is March 28th, 2023. (1) Moonlander Mark I (1) Amazon Gift Card $250 (1) Massdriver Swag Box (Miir Water bottle, Bella Hoodie, Moleskin Dot Grid Notebook) Features Metrics Integration Visualizing your cloud infrastructure is important but monitoring is even more important. [Read More]

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The CIDR problem, and how we fixed it

Posted on March 6, 2023 | 4 minutes | 790 words
| Michael Lacore

Who needs CIDR? Who are we kidding? We do. You likely already know that CIDR notation is a necessary evil for DevOps and operations teams. However, for those who don’t have experience in the networking field, CIDR notation may seem confusing, irrelevant, and potentially devastating when done incorrectly. What is CIDR notation? CIDR notation allows us to express a range of IP addresses using a single number, called the subnet mask. [Read More]

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State of Production Survey 2023

Posted on February 21, 2023 | 1 minutes | 112 words
| Cory O'Daniel

Massdriver is conducting a survey to understand the state of production software environments. Your input is valuable in helping us gain insights into the challenges and opportunities in software development today. Survey respondents will be entered to win one of the following prizes. Prize drawing is March 28th, 2023. Grand Prize: Customized Moonlander Mark I Keyboard Other Prizes: (1) $250 Amazon Gift Card (5) Massdriver Swag Box (Miir Water bottle, Bella Hoodie, Moleskin Dot Grid Notebook) Your responses will be greatly appreciated, and we thank you in advance for your time and input. [Read More]

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Webinar: Deploying 3-tier Web Applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Posted on February 21, 2023 | 1 minutes | 195 words
| Jimmy

Register Now to join our free webinar on deploying 3-tier web applications to Azure Kubernetes Service on May 23rd, 2023 @ 12PM Pacific Time. In this webinar you’ll learn to push docker images to the Azure Container Registry (ACR) and deploy applications to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Massdriver. We’ll discuss the best-practices, security, and compliance of various cloud resources deployed during the webinar. Outline Pushing container images to Azure Container Registry Network configuration Configure and deploy Azure Kubernetes Service Configure and deploy Azure Databases Customizing database Alarms & Metrics Managing application secrets Deploy your app (with GitHub Actions) Register Now If you’d like to follow along in your own Azure account you’ll need: [Read More]

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Changelog - Preview Environments 2023-01-19

Posted on January 19, 2023 | 3 minutes | 436 words
| Cory O'Daniel

Hi all, it’s Cory from Massdriver. We have had a busy month of shipping features at Massdriver. So much so that I’m going to send you the other half of this changelog next week! 💖 Before we hop into the features, here is some big news! We moved to usage-based pricing with a generous free tier (for life). Preview Environments for Apps & Infrastructure! Parity is the heart of Massdriver. We’ve always supported replicating applications and infrastructure to other environments and regions. [Read More]

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DevOps is Bullshit

A Critique of How We've Fooled Ourselves for Years.

Posted on October 19, 2022 | 11 minutes | 2281 words
| Cory O'Daniel

Update: A follow up article was posted on the Microsoft Blog . DevOps started as a well-intentioned set of practices and culture. Over the years, it has devolved into an unholy beast of division and tunnel vision. Why did we stop dreaming bigger? What happened to tearing down silos, increasing engineering velocity, and adding value? Remember? The things DevOps was supposed to do? But the reality is, outside of FAANG and the most well-funded companies, your team is probably doing one of the following: [Read More]

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