Alex Williams is a full-stack developer and technology writer in the United Kingdom specializing in web development and data management. Cold start issues are a common problem facing serverless ...

When millions of people across the globe depend on your website and mobile applications, pinpointing problems can be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Not so for Care.com, which cut the ...

A survey showed that more than a third of companies rely on user notifications to alert them to trouble, instead of monitoring tools. Although I seldom comment on vendor-created surveys, one recently ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

My favorite type of onsite meetings are those where I help to solve a major problem. A couple of days ago I was visiting a large online gaming company. Most of what they do revolves around a web-based ...

Could anyone help find authoritative online sources and /or otherwise articulate on why it makes sense to go from the “top down” in the OST 7 -- layer model, instead of “bottom up”, when ...

The endless catalog of IT failure rests on a foundation of poor judgment, inadequate communication across business groups and information silos, and conflicting agendas. Most of my blogging discusses ...