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Mark C Allen

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Jun 17, 2025

Did I Break the Internet? Probably Not (But Let’s Talk About It)

Last Thursday, I deployed a new version of our core API. Nothing fancy, just your standard push-to-production moment. Two minutes later…

Did I Break the Internet? Probably Not (But Let’s Talk About It)

Mark C Allen

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May 27, 2025

Why My Viral LinkedIn Post on Easy Dev Environments Reignited My Love for Writing and the DevOps…

Last week, something surprising happened. I posted on LinkedIn about one of the universal developer headaches: Setting up a local dev…

Why My Viral LinkedIn Post on Easy Dev Environments Reignited My Love for Writing and the DevOps…

Mark C Allen

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May 20, 2025

The Myth of the Dying Junior Programmer: How AI is Accelerating the Ascent of Early-Career…

In recent months, a narrative has emerged in software engineering circles that the role of the junior programmer is fading. With the rise…

The Myth of the Dying Junior Programmer: How AI is Accelerating the Ascent of Early-Career…

Mark C Allen

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May 20, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Complexity: Why Seamless Development Environments Drive Engineering Productivity

Setting up a local dev environment shouldn’t feel like defusing a bomb. Clone the repo, run one script, and you’re ready. Tools, config…

The Hidden Cost of Complexity: Why Seamless Development Environments Drive Engineering Productivity

Mark C Allen

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May 12, 2025

If You Run a Local Business, Your Google Maps Listing Might Be Killing You

Maps are the new storefront. And if you’re running a brick-and-mortar business, your presence, or absence, on digital maps could be the…

If You Run a Local Business, Your Google Maps Listing Might Be Killing You

Mark C Allen

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May 5, 2025

Explaining technical things to non-technical people: the interview question

One of the main things I do as a software engineering leader is explain technical things to non-technical people.

Explaining technical things to non-technical people: the interview question

Mark C Allen

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Apr 21, 2025

TFLint: Static Analysis for Terraform

Continuous integration is a key part of the CI/CD pipeline. One of the main components is static analysis, which I cover in my post Static…

TFLint: Static Analysis for Terraform

Mark C Allen

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Apr 18, 2025

Is it vibe coding if I know what I’m doing?

Anyone can watch a YouTube video and think they can renovate their bathroom, but as someone who has tried to do it, I can tell you that…

Is it vibe coding if I know what I’m doing?

Mark C Allen

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Apr 14, 2025

The Road to Metaverse Adoption

The Metaverse is a collective virtual space where digital and physical realities merge, enabling immersive interactions through avatars…

The Road to Metaverse Adoption

Mark C Allen

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Mar 28, 2025

5 Steps to a Continuous Deployment Culture

Deploying software into production so that your users can access it is one of the key areas of software development. Whether you are a…

5 Steps to a Continuous Deployment Culture

Mark C Allen

Mark C Allen

DevOps Engineer and Evangelist | Experienced builder of SAAS startups | Engineer Manager, Leader and Coach | Creator of tools to make building software easier

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