Cynthia UnwinJun 5, 20235 minThere is no more "keeping the lights on"Several years ago I came across a presentation by an Architect at IBM named Simon Grieg. It was a presentation that I found when I was...
Cynthia UnwinMar 18, 20233 minWhy Cloud Projects FailI talk to teams on a daily basis that explain to me that their solution is different. The normal rules don't apply to them because they...
Cynthia UnwinJan 17, 20235 minThe Search for Broken Feedback LoopsDigital transformation is only partly about technology and in many very real ways technology is the easy part. The real crux of...
Cynthia UnwinJan 8, 20236 minWhy is declarative state so important to the future of operations?I spend a large amount of time working with teams that are struggling to manage the increase in solution complexity that is affecting all...
Cynthia UnwinApr 26, 20223 minTime to ThinkLast week I went to the office for the first time in more than 2 years. I had to wear shoes. I lived through it though, and coming out...
Cynthia UnwinNov 17, 20215 minThe power of testing your understanding.I've been waging war against technical debt for the better part of two decades. I've watched good teams drown slowly beneath waves of...
Cynthia UnwinJun 26, 20217 minWhat does it take to make technical operations teams resilient?Over the past year of lock downs and home schooling, of changing roles at work and at home, I have spent a lot of time thinking about...
Cynthia UnwinApr 15, 20204 minEpisode Two: What Makes Mainframes Different?If you started this journey with me in "Episode One" you will have read about mainframe computers being fast, resilient, secure and...
Cynthia UnwinApr 5, 20204 minEpisode One: Why Mainframes?...I have spent the last 20 years absorbed by computers, computing, and software and I like to think that I have a broad range of skills and...