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The Hidden Costs of "Free" Software: Flexibility vs Commercial Polish
From Chaos to Control: Secure, Auditable Deployments with SmoothGlue Console
From Chaos to Control: Secure, Auditable Deployments with SmoothGlue Console
In highly regulated industries, the need for strict security controls and clear audit trails often clashes with the desire for developer agility. This friction creates complexity—a chaotic environment where moving quickly feels at odds with staying secure.
Matthew Shaver's School for Developers Who Don't Code Good
The Aerodynamics of Building Products vs Consulting in the Defense Innovation Ecosystem
The Aerodynamics of Building Products vs Consulting in the Defense Innovation Ecosystem
Product lift beats services drag. In defense, the teams that standardize on productized platforms compound speed, security, and learning. Services can be useful, but service-heavy delivery adds friction that kills timelines and blows budgets.
The Paradigmatic Difference Between a Software Project and a Software Product
The Paradigmatic Difference Between a Software Project and a Software Product
In software, 'project' and 'product' aren't just different labels—they represent two entirely different paradigms. Understanding the difference determines whether your team spends its time building capability or delivering value.
Don't Let the Pipeline Be the Final Boss
The Shift from Platform Engineering Glory to Developer Empowerment
How We Slashed Our CI Pipeline Costs with Developer MacBook Pros
Is Your App Lost in the Cloud? How to Bring Order to the Chaos
The Paved Path to Production: Why a True Platform is More than a Blueprint
From AI-Generated Code to Auditable Deployment: How Pillars of Creation Secures Our Agentic Workflow
3 Laws of Vendor-Lock Safety
Reliability, Engineered in Code: How SmoothGlue Delivers Enterprise Trust
The Control Plane Manifesto
"Crimson Tide" Moments in Software: When Teams Just Want the Radio to Work
The Cost of "More with Less": A Reflection on Platform Scale and Hidden Complexity
All Aboard: Why Building a Developer Platform Starts with Knowing Where the Trains Begin
All Aboard: Why Building a Developer Platform Starts with Knowing Where the Trains Begin
When building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP), it’s tempting to imagine a sleek, unified subway metro system, perfectly ordered and coordinated. Tracks in straight lines, trains traveling at the same incredible speed, arriving perfectly on schedule at their appropriate destination.
Docs-as-Code: Automating Documentation for User-Centric Experiences
DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge
DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge
BrainGu recently attended Eurosatory 2024, the top international defense and security exhibition, spotlighting cutting-edge innovations where I had the privilege of taking the stage to present DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge - The New Reality of Software Defined Warfare.
The Goal is Not the Platform
Hardened Kubernetes and Edge Computing for Field-Deployable Applications
Continuous Problem Solving
View From The Edge
React Rendering for Rapidly Changing UIs
Scaling Design Systems
WIDOW Enabling Warfighters through Direct Access to Developers
Introduction to Being Agile - Part 2
Sharing Logic Between Components in Different React Renderers
Sharing Logic Between Components in Different React Renderers
The bottom line is that there are more targets for React and it may still be necessary to reuse logic across multiple renderers for different platforms. Fortunately, building a custom hook provides an easier path to share component logic than the original render props technique did.
Personas and Scenarios in UX
Personas and Scenarios in UX
A key to BrainGu's product designs is that we design products around people rather than teach people how to use our products. To do so, we understand our customers - their behaviors, attitudes, needs, and goals. We get to know the end-users/operators to create a design that will satisfy their needs.
Introduction to Being Agile
The Importance of Usefulness in UX and UI
The BrainG-UX Philosophy