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# Cycloid Platform Engineering - Blog

## Latest news in the world of platform engineering, infra-as-code, FinOps, DevOps & Hybrid Cloud.

<https://blog.cycloid.io/value-stream-mapping-right-choice-devops-organizations?hsLang=en>

## [Value stream mapping - the right choice for every DevOps-first org?](https://blog.cycloid.io/value-stream-mapping-right-choice-devops-organizations?hsLang=en)

 Value stream management. If you’ve spent any time on the internet as part of your job in DevOps, it...

 Sep 21 - 3 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/rapidly-industrialize-legacy-deployments-with-infra-import?hsLang=en>

## [Rapidly industrialize your legacy deployments with Infra Import](https://blog.cycloid.io/rapidly-industrialize-legacy-deployments-with-infra-import?hsLang=en)

 TL;DR Infra Import, launched last week, marks an important milestone in the ability to use Cycloid...

 Aug 04 - 2 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-hire-for-devops?hsLang=en>

## [Why is it so difficult to hire for DevOps?](https://blog.cycloid.io/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-hire-for-devops?hsLang=en)

 DevOps professionals are in demand. It’s not surprising when you think about it. DevOps is often...

 Jun 24 - 5 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-business-value-interview-hotel-spider?hsLang=en>

## [CTO of Hotel Spider, Yannick Blondeau, talks DevOps business value](https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-business-value-interview-hotel-spider?hsLang=en)

 We sent our latest ebook, DevOps Business Value: Prove it or Lose it to Yannick Blondeau, CTO of...

 May 26 - 3 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/biz-team-dev-team-devops?hsLang=en>

## [Biz team versus dev team - is DevOps the best path to harmony?](https://blog.cycloid.io/biz-team-dev-team-devops?hsLang=en)

 Ever feel that when it comes to the way the executive team and your tech team see success, they are...

 May 19 - 5 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-business-value-interview-with-benjamin-brial?hsLang=en>

## [Why is DevOps such a hard sell? - interview with Benjamin Brial](https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-business-value-interview-with-benjamin-brial?hsLang=en)

 According to the 2021 State of DevOps Report, 80% of organizations are failing to scale DevOps...

 Apr 28 - 3 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-and-the-bus-factor?hsLang=en>

## [DevOps keeps the bus factor high (and the leather pants factor low!)](https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-and-the-bus-factor?hsLang=en)

 A while back, I wrote an ebook to help people work on the one part of the DevOps puzzle you can't...

 Apr 08 - 5 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/the-inside-story-terraform-module-handling?hsLang=en>

## [The Inside Story: Terraform Module Handling](https://blog.cycloid.io/the-inside-story-terraform-module-handling?hsLang=en)

 Francesc, a backend developer here at Cycloid and talented maintainer of TerraCognita, tells us...

 Mar 25 - 3 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/roles-policies?hsLang=en>

## [The Inside Story: Roles & Policies](https://blog.cycloid.io/roles-policies?hsLang=en)

 Nikola, a front end developer here at Cycloid, tells us what led to our recent shake up of Roles &...

 Mar 11 - 2 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/dynamically-adding-and-removing-dedicated-concourse-workers?hsLang=en>

## [Dynamically adding and removing dedicated Concourse workers](https://blog.cycloid.io/dynamically-adding-and-removing-dedicated-concourse-workers?hsLang=en)

 Here at Cycloid, we use open-source pipeline engine Concourse in Kubernetes. Over time, we noticed...

 Feb 25 - 2 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-and-the-ikea-factor?hsLang=en>

## [DevOps thinking and the Ikea factor](https://blog.cycloid.io/devops-and-the-ikea-factor?hsLang=en)

 I wrote an ebook series about creating better DevOps teams recently and had a lot of fun. I also...

 Feb 16 - 6 min read

<https://blog.cycloid.io/cycloids-2020-in-review?hsLang=en>

## [Cycloid's 2020 in review...](https://blog.cycloid.io/cycloids-2020-in-review?hsLang=en)

 Jan 29 - 1 min read

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