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Des Holmes
Technical Leadership: Product Development, SaaS, DevOps, Azure

Tags: Startups

Managing Technical Debt: A Startup Founder’s Guide

Estimated Reading time: 3 minutes and 24 seconds
by Des Holmes
Managing Technical Debt: A Startup Founder's Guide

Surviving in the startup world means being skillful and fast. During the initial development phase, accruing ‘technical debt’ - shortcuts the job quicker today, but will need fixing in the future – is almost inevitable. This post covers how a startup founder or technical lead can balance technical debt and a clean codebase.
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Tags: #technical-direction  #web-development  #product-development  #saas  #innovation  #startups  #technical-debt  #product-development 

Making Your Deployments Boring: What’s Good Enough?

Estimated Reading time: 3 minutes and 2 seconds
by Des Holmes
Making Your Deployments Boring: What's Good Enough?

Do your product deployments induce a sense of dread? The chances are you’re doing something wrong
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Tags: #technical-direction  #web-development  #product-development  #saas  #innovation  #startups  #technical-debt  #product-development 

A Simple Docker Tagging Strategy

Estimated Reading time: 2 minutes and 42 seconds
by Des Holmes
A Simple Docker Tagging Strategy

An easy Docker tagging approach to use with a trunk-based git branching strategy
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Tags: #ci-cd  #docker  #azure-devops  #github  #gitlab  #technical-direction  #web-development  #product-development  #saas  #startups 

Estimated Reading time: 48 seconds

Des Holmes provides Technical Leadership and Product Development to grow Startups, SaaS, DevOps and Azure Public Cloud
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Tags: #web-development  #devops  #start-ups  #saas  #code-quality  #technical-leadership  #technical-direction  #technical-delivery  #technical-product-owner  #sdlc  #agile  #product-development  #startups  #technical-partnerships  #cto 

Working with Des Holmes: Testimonials

Estimated Reading time: 2 minutes and 14 seconds

Working with Des Holmes for successful Technical Leadership and Product Development for Startups, SaaS, DevOps and Azure Public Cloud
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Tags: #web-development  #azure  #devops  #saas  #code-quality  #technical-leadership  #technical-direction  #technical-delivery  #technical-product-owner  #sdlc  #agile  #product-development  #startups  #technical-partnerships  #cto  #product-development 

Work History

Estimated Reading time: 3 minutes and 22 seconds

Des Holmes delivering successful Technical Leadership and Product Development for Startups, SaaS, DevOps and Azure Public Cloud
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Tags: #web-development  #azure  #devops  #saas  #start-ups  #technical-leadership  #technical-direction  #technical-delivery  #technical-product-owner  #sdlc  #agile  #product-development  #startups  #technical-partnerships  #cto  #vp-engineering 

Skills & Knowledge

Estimated Reading time: 31 seconds

Des Holmes Technical Leadership and Product Development. Skills and knowledge for Startups, SaaS, DevOps and Azure Public Cloud
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Tags: #web-development  #devops  #azure  #saas  #code-quality  #technical-leadership  #technical-direction  #technical-delivery  #technical-product-owner  #sdlc  #agile  #product-development  #startups  #technical-partnerships  #cto  #docker