The platform engineering toolkit for Kubernetes Last month we open sourced Koreo, our “platform engineering toolkit for Kubernetes.” Since then, we’ve seen a lot of interest from folks in the platf…| Brave New Geek
Harnessing the Kubernetes Resource Model for modern infrastructure management Infrastructure as Code (IaC) revolutionized how we manage infrastructure, enabling developers to define resources decla…| Brave New Geek
Like most industry jargon, “DevOps” means a lot of things to a lot of different people. While many folks view it as specific to certain tooling or practices, such as CI/CD or Infrastructure as Code (IaC), I’ve always viewed it as an organizational model for how software is built and delivered. In particular, my interpretation … Continue reading "Platform Engineering as a Service" --- Platform Engineering as a Service was first posted on November 14, 2024 at 1:47 pm. ©2018 "Brave New ...| Brave New Geek
Most people use “DDD” to refer to Domain-Driven Design, which is a useful tool for thinking about API boundaries and system architecture. It provides a way to map a business problem into software. At Real Kinetic, we regularly help our clients utilize Domain-Driven Design as well as other strategies to architect their systems, avoid some … Continue reading "Deployment-Driven Development" --- Deployment-Driven Development was first posted on November 11, 2024 at 3:57 pm. ©2018 "Brave Ne...| Brave New Geek
A lot of companies are trying to figure out how AI can be used to improve their business. Most of them are struggling to not just implement AI, but to even find use cases that aren’t contrived and actually add value to their customers. We recently discovered a compelling use case for AI integration in … Continue reading "Automating Infrastructure as Code with Vertex AI" --- Automating Infrastructure as Code with Vertex AI was first posted on November 5, 2024 at 3:23 pm. ©2018 "Brave New ...| Brave New Geek
I’m often surprised that people continually have fundamental misconceptions about how distributed systems behave. I myself shared many of these misconceptions, so I try not to demean or dismi…| Brave New Geek
In my last post, I talked about the benefits of an opinionated platform. An opinionated platform allows your engineers to focus on things that matter to your business, such as shipping and improvin…| Brave New Geek
When you talk to a doctor about a medical issue they will often present you with all of the options but shy away from providing an unambiguous recommendation. When you talk to a lawyer about a lega…| Brave New Geek
In a previous post, I explained the fundamental competing priorities that companies have when building software: security and governance, maintainability, and speed to production. These three conce…| Brave New Geek
There are three competing priorities that companies have as it relates to software development: security, maintainability, and velocity. I’ll elaborate on what I mean by each of these in just a bit…| Brave New Geek
Real Kinetic helps businesses transform how they build and deliver software in the cloud. This encompasses legacy migrations, app modernization, and greenfield development. We work with companies r…| Brave New Geek
I think it’s safe to say Kubernetes has “won” the cloud mindshare game. If you look at the CNCF Cloud Native landscape (and manage to not go cross eyed), it seems like most of the projects are some…| Brave New Geek