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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]

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 | 592 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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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 | 2280 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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