azure devops

Pull Request is your friend not foe!

Pull Request is a change validation workflow, not a feature of the version control service.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
azure devops

The "Move to Team Project" feature nukes your work item state and dates

But ... there is always a but ... the second comes with a few gotchas that turned a simple migration into a mind-numbing slog.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
azure devops

Use Active Directory Groups in your unified classic CI/CD pipelines

Simplify the pipeline security using Active Directory (AD) groups

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
azure devops

Searching for common nodes across area paths

Let us assume that you have a common node, for example architecture runway, in a number of Azure DevOps area paths. A common question in such a setup is "what are all the

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
1 min read
devops

Here's a list of my opensource.com articles

We have shared insights into the mysterious DevOps mindset.

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    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
azure devops

The clash of Azure DevOps Kanban fields and Shared Area Paths

Azure Boards Kanban fields are powerful and valuable. Used in the land of shared Area Paths they can, however, introduce inconsistency and confusion. UPDATED: 2018.08.15Let us explore  a simple example We

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
4 min read
devops

Should we use npm audit, Whitesource Bolt, Whitesource, and/or other products?

Remember, products enable people - there are no silver bullets!

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
azure devops

Skip Release Notes when re-deploying a release

We overwrite the good release notes with the now empty release notes. Not cool!

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
azure devops

One CI/CD pipeline to rule them all

I have a dream for one continuous integration and deployment pipeline.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
devops

Poke the hornet's nest poll results

The community has spoken!

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
azure devops

Auto-generating release notes in Azure DevOps pipelines

It’s about continuously learning, adapting, improving, sharing knowledge, and raising the quality bar. Quality in, quality out!

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
4 min read
azure devops

New and other interesting blogger homes

Please update your bookmarks to the new and interesting channels.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
1 min read
experiment

Regular Expressions

Regular expression cheat sheet.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
azure devops

I have a dream of a single build to create simple and effective pipelines

My dream is to have one build definition, one build environment, and one build artifact that is deployed to multiple environments by shifting the configuration right.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
azure devops

Shift LEFT and RIGHT to take yourself off the humbling 2AM calls

The 2AM wake up call is the best motivation for a production ready mindset.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
meetup

Why I dumped agent 77 @ the DevOps Victoria meetup

After a parody of hiccups I landed on the other side of the pond

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
devops

Poke the brain on a stick chat - with Mathew Mathai

The name of our chat series is based on my colleague Charles K's quote from the 90's, that he would like to have our brains on a stick for projects.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
1 min read
devops

Spoiler alert - a sneak peek at some of our DevOps quick poll trends

Here are a few sneak peaks into some of the quick poll trends.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
1 min read
devops

Feature Flag Manifesto mentioned at Vancouver meetup

We're calling the recommendations our FF Manifesto. It's the engineering friendly term for technical governance.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
3 min read
devops

Loved the DevOps Vancouver Meetup January 2019

Great sessions including Entropy in DevOps Teams, the Virtues of Being T-shaped, and Progressive Exposure Using Feature Flags:

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
devops

Poke the brain on a stick chat - with Brent Reed

The name of our poke-the-brain-on-a-stick series is based on my colleague Charles K's quote from the 90's. He always said that he would like to have our brains on a stick for projects.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
1 min read
devops

Is automation really needed for a healthy DevOps environment?

Is automation a lifeline and light in the darkness of manual repetition and the pressure to continuously produce and deliver value?

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
azure devops

Visualise work item dependencies in Azure DevOps ... or not

After teams have created a few dozen or even hundreds of dependencies it’s important to visualize them.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
devops

Why don't we nurture our DevOps teams as professional sports teams do?

We often wonder why we do not build and nurture engineering teams the same way as professional sports teams - it's unusual to see a team that wins their league pack up and re-group with a new team in the new season.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
2 min read
devops

Poke the DevOps Hornet's nest supporting polls and articles

THANK YOU for helping us gather the facts from the real-world.

  • Willy-Peter Schaub
    Willy-Peter Schaub
1 min read
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