Breaking Down Communication Barriers With Observability

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Language can be a barrier to good communication. So can opposing interests. But as the saying goes, “Numbers don’t lie.” You can’t dispute what hard data tells you, whether you like it or not. In our business at 27Global, we rely on data every day to break down communication barriers between our geographically distributed development teams, […]

Shifting Left on Security

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Asana, Trello, Basecamp—there are a dozen project management tools out there. And you’ve probably tried at least one. Here at 27Global, we prefer Jira Scrum boards for how detail-oriented they are and how they push our team to complete complex projects in rigorous, incremental “sprints”.  When we use the phrase “shifting left”, we’re referring to […]

In Praise of Process: How Continuous Delivery Accelerates DevOps

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My productivity for any given day is determined by a three-step process. It may sound a bit odd, but hear me out. Every day I have to do the following (in this particular order): Fill my coffee cup. Put my headphones on. Listen to John Coltrane’s “Blue Train” in its entirety. You could call it […]