2021 Software industry predictions

It is a cliché to do predictions for the coming year around New Year, but we are not beyond clichés if it lets us look forward. Let’s make some predictions!

Serverless vs Kubernetes - which should you choose?

Serverless or Kubernetes? The “TL;DR” answer to the question is, “it depends”. The longer answer is, it depends on a number of factors, which we will try to address in this article.

Five practices for serverless & distributed systems productivity

To productively build serverless & distributed systems, we need to adopt new practices, some which may seem counterintuitive at first. This post will suggest five concrete practices to up your game.

From punch-cards to serverless - a brief history of IT operations

To know where we are going, it is sometimes useful to reflect on where we have been and the progress we have made. Let’s take a walk down memory-lane and see how IT operations- and software deployments have evolved and where this might lead us.

The more you estimate, the longer it takes

Timelines and budgets are often necessities for making informed decisions. But an overzealous focus on “being on-time” can be the cause large overruns.

This article will take you through concrete examples of the estimation paradox and give recommendation on what can be done.

Chaordic - what is in a name?

Chaordic as a company has been around since 2017, but we still get asked about the origins of the name. Many have speculated about the meaning of the name, some correctly, some have gotten it wrong.

Chaordic is a term combining of the words “Chaos” and “Order”, coined by former Visa CEO Dee Hock. Hock wanted have a word to describe an organisation that harmoniously combines elements of both, without letting either dominate.