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John Bristowe: The Latest from Octopus Deploy - Episode 368

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John Bristowe brings over 20 years of experience in technology to his role as Community Director at Octopus Deploy. His career includes time at Progress and Microsoft, where he developed his skills in management and technology. Known for a straightforward and engaging style, John often speaks at industry conferences, sharing practical tips and insights. John is a HashiCorp Ambassador and part of the Progress Champions program.

 

He enjoys creating content such as articles, webinars, and podcasts, aiming to help others in the tech community. In his free time, John likes to stay informed about the latest tech developments and shares his learning with an online audience. His approach is always about sharing knowledge and learning together.

 

Topics of Discussion:

[2:47] John shares his career journey, starting at Microsoft in 2005, and his involvement in developer evangelism.

[4:03] The evolution of Octopus Deploy, from an open-source project to a commercial tool.

[5:47] The importance of setting up deployment pipelines and the challenges of deploying on weekends due to brittle pipelines.

[6:36] Check out the Octopus Deploy roadmap for updates on new features and innovations.

[9:04] The potential of AI in the deployment space and the importance of maintaining a balance between AI and human involvement.

[10:46] More about Codefresh.

[11:23] The integration of AI capabilities in Octopus Deploy, including the AI assistant.

[15:17] Designer Experience vs. Text-Based Workflows.

[24:43] Common use cases for runbooks, including server maintenance, database management, and cost management in Kubernetes.

[26:22] The importance of automated health checks and runbooks for ensuring reliable and cost-effective deployments.

[29:58] Platform Hub and Enterprise Scalability.

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Octopus Deploy

Codefresh

 

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.





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The Future of Coding Agents in VS Code

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Brigit and Josh join the podcast to talk about the latest enhancements to coding agents, aka background tasks, aka background agents in VS Code. They break down why you would use them, how to use them, and their future.

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481: Hello iOS 26 & macOS 26 + Listener Questions Answered!

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We give our hands on impression of the latest iOS 26 and macOS 26 and how it has impacted our recent development of software. We also re diving through the listener bag of questions and answering as many as we can on a plethora of topics.

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Unlock Cloud Savings for Linux VMs with the Azure Hybrid Benefit

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If you’re in IT, cloud architecture, or make decisions about your organization’s technology roadmap, finding ways to modernize infrastructure while controlling cloud costs is likely high on your agenda. The latest episode of the Azure Essentials Show, featuring Thomas Maurer and Shreya Baheti, dives into just that—exploring how the Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux enables …

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It's striking so quickly the industry forgets that lines of code isn't a measure of productivity

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Code is a liability, not an asset.

It's not a new idea that the more source code you have, the greater the maintenance burden. Dijkstra already touched on this topic in his Turing Award lecture in 1972, and later wrote,

"if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent""

On the cruelty of really teaching computing science, Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1988

He went on to note that

"the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger."

On the cruelty of really teaching computing science, Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1988

The use of the word ledger suggests an accounting perspective that was later also adopted by Tim Ottinger, who observed that Code is a Liability.

The entire premise of my book Code That Fits in Your Head is also that the more code you have, the harder it becomes to evolve and maintain the code base.

Even so, it seems to me that, once more, most of the software industry is equating the ability to spew out as much code as fast as possible with productivity. My guess is that some people are in for a rude awakening in a couple of years.


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How to use InlineData, MemberData and ClassData in xUnit

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Master the Theory attributes InlineData, MemberData, and ClassData in xUnit so you can create your own parameterised unit tests.

The page How to use InlineData, MemberData and ClassData in xUnit appeared on Round The Code.

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