The Cost of "More with Less": A Reflection on Platform Scale and Hidden Complexity

Jun 4, 2025 in From Our Experts

The Cost of "More with Less": A Reflection on Platform Scale and Hidden Complexity

Now, the platforms are smoother, providing powerful automation, GitOps pipelines, and golden paths. It looks like magic. But underneath that polish, something else is happening.

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All Aboard: Why Building a Developer Platform Starts with Knowing Where the Trains Begin

May 13, 2025 in From Our Experts

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.

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Docs-as-Code: Automating Documentation for User-Centric Experiences

Dec 23, 2024 in From Our Experts

Docs-as-Code: Automating Documentation for User-Centric Experiences

Our Docs-as-Code initiative is built on a simple principle: treat documentation as a living, breathing part of the development process.

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DevSecOps at the Tactical Edge

Jul 12, 2024 in From Our Experts

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.

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The Goal is Not the Platform

Jul 10, 2024 in From Our Experts

The Goal is Not the Platform

I recently had the opportunity to represent BrainGu at PlatformCon 2024, a premier event showcasing the latest in platform engineering and DevOps. During this influential conference, I delivered an presentation titled "The Goal is Not the Platform."

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Hardened Kubernetes and Edge Computing for Field-Deployable Applications

Jan 29, 2024 in From Our Experts

Hardened Kubernetes and Edge Computing for Field-Deployable Applications

Case Study: Real-World DevSecOps Brought to Life for Everyone

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Continuous Problem Solving

Sep 19, 2023 in Culture, From Our Experts

Continuous Problem Solving

Teams in modern software development face a wide variety of problems on a daily basis. These teams are smart, motivated, and possess a wide range of personal experience.

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View From The Edge

Apr 13, 2023 in From Our Experts

View From The Edge

This article explores when stepping to the edge, what should be the primary considerations. Edge deployments provide increased freedom to develop for latency-sensitive applications, reduce cloud costs by offloading processing, and help reduce operational overhead.

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React Rendering for Rapidly Changing UIs

May 26, 2022 in From Our Experts

React Rendering for Rapidly Changing UIs

This article presents situations where imperative programming can be used to improve performance when updating multiple UI components.

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Scaling Design Systems

Apr 26, 2022 in From Our Experts

Scaling Design Systems

What does a system of design systems look like in practice?

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WIDOW Enabling Warfighters through Direct Access to Developers

Oct 12, 2021 in Conferences, From Our Experts

WIDOW Enabling Warfighters through Direct Access to Developers

This presentation was delivered at AFITC 2021 and focuses on how a process that focuses on User Experience can lead to developing modern and secure software that helps warfighters achieve their mission objectives.

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Introduction to Being Agile - Part 2

Oct 4, 2021 in Culture, From Our Experts

Introduction to Being Agile - Part 2

First, let’s define some things. Agile is not Scrum (or XP, or Kanban). Agile is not JIRA (or Rally, or VersionOne).

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Sharing Logic Between Components in Different React Renderers

Sep 15, 2021 in From Our Experts

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.

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Personas and Scenarios in UX

Jul 1, 2021 in From Our Experts

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.

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Introduction to Being Agile

Jun 21, 2021 in Culture, From Our Experts

Introduction to Being Agile

First, let’s define some things. Agile is not Scrum (or XP, or Kanban). Agile is not JIRA (or Rally, or VersionOne).

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The Importance of Usefulness in UX and UI

Jun 15, 2021 in From Our Experts

The Importance of Usefulness in UX and UI

Tl;dr - To determine if a UX/UI is ‘Useful,’ we combine two qualitative measures, ‘Usability’ and ‘Utility.’ Usability measures how easy and pleasant a feature is to use, while ‘Utility’ measures its functionality.

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BrainGu partners with Girls Who Code to close the gender gap in tech.

Apr 1, 2021 in Announcements, From Our Experts

BrainGu partners with Girls Who Code to close the gender gap in tech.

Girls Who Code is changing the game. They're reaching girls worldwide and are on track to close the gender gap in new entry-level tech jobs by 2027.

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The BrainG-UX Philosophy

Mar 1, 2021 in From Our Experts

The BrainG-UX Philosophy

An authentic user experience goes far beyond giving customers what they say they want. So we go deeper and research the underlying wants and needs of the end-user. To provide a high-quality user experience, we have to be seamless in our disciplines, which we discuss in detail.

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