Steve Fenton

A Software Punk, author, programming-architect, pragmatist/abstractionist, and generalising-generalist. Fenton has written books on TypeScript, Octopus Deploy, and Web Operations Monitoring.

UK Joined on Mar 5, 2025 https://www.stevefenton.co.uk

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Principal DevEx Researcher at Octopus Deploy

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Steve Fenton

Sep 22

On Fear of Friday Deployments

#cicd #software

2 min read

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Steve Fenton

Sep 16

GitOps Gap: Few Use Declarative Configuration To Manage State

#programming #gitops

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Sep 9

Measuring Platform Engineering with MONK metrics

#softwaredevelopment #platformengineering

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Sep 1

Developer experience metrics

#devex #analytics #programming

3 min read

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Steve Fenton

Aug 26

Improving culture with the capability culture cycle

11 min read

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Steve Fenton

Aug 20

The GitOps maturity model

#gitops #cicd #kubernetes

6 min read

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Steve Fenton

Aug 11

What is GitOps? A research-backed answer!

#gitops #softwareengineering #devops

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Aug 4

Work Is Water: Beat Developer Infinity By Paying Attention to Flow

#agile #workplace #productivity

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jul 29

Comparing Lean, Agile, and Continuous Delivery

#agile #cicd

6 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jul 21

Beyond ROWE: Why Results-Only Work Isn’t Always a Win

#workplace #culture

6 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jul 17

What’s Missing With AI-Generated Code? Refactoring

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jul 8

Developer Productivity: Why Some Incentives Fail

#softwaredevelopment #productivity #devops

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jun 30

What Organizations Get Wrong With User-Centricity

#agile #softwaredevelopment #productmanagement

6 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jun 23

Relax About Your DORA Metrics

#devops #analytics #programming #software

5 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jun 16

Speed Means Nothing Without Real Feedback

#agile #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jun 12

AI Won’t Fix Your Software Delivery Problems

#ai #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jun 9

Stop Blaming Regulation for Poor Software Delivery Performance

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Jun 5

Go Ahead! Deploy on Friday!

#devops #agile #cicd

6 min read

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Steve Fenton

May 27

The Doorway Effect and Developer Experience: Why It Matters

#devops #psychology #workplace

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

May 20

8 Real-World Reasons To Adopt Platform Engineering

#platformengineering #devops

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

May 15

Gatekeepers Limit Continuous Delivery’s Benefits

3 min read

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Steve Fenton

May 8

GitOps Makes for Great DevEx, but Pragmatism Matters

#gitops #devex #cicd

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

May 5

Elite Performance Is Wasted on Feature Factories

#devops #softwaredevelopment #agile

6 min read

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Steve Fenton

May 1

Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong

#cloud #programming #devops

3 min read

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Steve Fenton

Apr 23

Two Ways to Reduce Bottlenecks with the Theory of Constraints

#agile #softwaredevelopment

5 min read

Steve Fenton

Apr 15

CI is not CD

#softwaredevelopment #agile #cicd

5 min read

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Steve Fenton

Apr 14

Is Your Product Manager Hurting Platform Engineering?

#platformengineering #devops

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Mar 28

How Measurement Elevation and Aggregation Change Behaviors

#programming #metrics #leadership

5 min read

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Steve Fenton

Mar 24

Why Maturity Models Are Fundamentally Broken

5 min read

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Steve Fenton

Mar 20

The Cost Dynamics of Multitenancy

#architecture

5 min read

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Steve Fenton

Mar 17

The Past, Present and Future of Multitenancy

#programming #architecture

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Mar 7

DevOps Toolchains Beat Off-the-Shelf Platforms

#devops #cicd #programming

4 min read

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Steve Fenton

Mar 5

Westrum‘s Organizational Cultures Are Vital but Misunderstood

#devops #culture

4 min read

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GitOps Gap: Few Use Declarative Configuration To Manage State

Measuring Platform Engineering with MONK metrics

Developer experience metrics

Improving culture with the capability culture cycle

The GitOps maturity model

What is GitOps? A research-backed answer!

Work Is Water: Beat Developer Infinity By Paying Attention to Flow

Comparing Lean, Agile, and Continuous Delivery

Beyond ROWE: Why Results-Only Work Isn’t Always a Win

What’s Missing With AI-Generated Code? Refactoring

Developer Productivity: Why Some Incentives Fail

What Organizations Get Wrong With User-Centricity

Relax About Your DORA Metrics

Speed Means Nothing Without Real Feedback

AI Won’t Fix Your Software Delivery Problems

Stop Blaming Regulation for Poor Software Delivery Performance

Go Ahead! Deploy on Friday!

The Doorway Effect and Developer Experience: Why It Matters

8 Real-World Reasons To Adopt Platform Engineering

Gatekeepers Limit Continuous Delivery’s Benefits

GitOps Makes for Great DevEx, but Pragmatism Matters

Elite Performance Is Wasted on Feature Factories

Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong

Two Ways to Reduce Bottlenecks with the Theory of Constraints

CI is not CD

Is Your Product Manager Hurting Platform Engineering?

How Measurement Elevation and Aggregation Change Behaviors

Why Maturity Models Are Fundamentally Broken

The Cost Dynamics of Multitenancy

The Past, Present and Future of Multitenancy

DevOps Toolchains Beat Off-the-Shelf Platforms

Westrum‘s Organizational Cultures Are Vital but Misunderstood