Stephen Watts's Blog Posts
Stephen Watts works in growth marketing at Splunk. Stephen holds a degree in Philosophy from Auburn University and is an MSIS candidate at UC Denver. He contributes to a variety of publications including CIO.com, Search Engine Journal, ITSM.Tools, IT Chronicles, DZone, and CompTIA.
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Status Pages: The Ultimate Guide
Status pages show real-time status of applications and services. See how these best practices make status pages succeed — and why that’s crucial for business.
When and Why To Adopt Feature Flags
Learn all about feature flags, a powerful way to fine-tune your control over which features are enabled within a software deployment.
Production Environment Review: The Ultimate Checklist
Make releases smoother! Check this list for all the areas you want to review in production environments to improve release quality and cadence.
The Bulkhead and Sidecar Design Patterns for Microservices & Incident Resolution
This article looks at Bulkhead and Sidecar design patterns, including how they’re used in microservice designs — and how they help overall incident support.
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) vs. Load Balancers: What’s The Difference?
CDNs and load balancers fulfill similar roles, but they are different tools. This article breaks down the differences so you can decide which is right for you.
Best DevOps Books: The Definitive List
In this blog post we’ll look at the core, fundamental books that have played the largest role in creating the modern DevOps movement.