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Jacob Schmitt

Senior Technical Content Marketing Manager

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Engineering Productivity

What is Helm? A complete guide

Mar 16, 2023 10 min read

A diagram shows how the main dev branch interacts with tags and branches.

Engineering

Git tags vs branches: Differences and when to use them

Mar 7, 2023 10 min read

Platform teams scale up

DevOps 101

DevOps isn’t dead: How platform engineering enables DevOps at scale

Feb 8, 2023 7 min read

A stylized stream of usernames and passwords streams into a server and is transformed into code.

Security

New CircleCI features for secure secrets management

Feb 6, 2023 6 min read

A DevOps professional follows a path using onboarding tools provided by CircleCI.

CircleCI News

CircleCI onboarding toolkit: User-friendly tools to help you ship sooner

Dec 16, 2022 8 min read

New space is created for developers to work, supported by the work of the team on the first level.

DevOps 101

What is platform engineering? A quick introduction

Dec 15, 2022 6 min read

Stylized clouds share a common data stream.

Engineering Productivity

Is a multicloud strategy right for your organization?

Nov 17, 2022 7 min read

An infinite loop of connections hovers over a world map.

Engineering Productivity

DevOps for enterprises

Nov 10, 2022 8 min read

Graphic elements speed through an infinity-shaped racetrack.

Engineering Productivity

How automation drives DevOps

Oct 20, 2022 8 min read

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Engineering

What is container orchestration?

Oct 20, 2022 9 min read

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Engineering

Containers vs virtual machines: what is the difference?

Oct 11, 2022 9 min read

Individual units of code are tested beside a component made up of multiple units

Engineering

Component testing vs unit testing

Oct 5, 2022 7 min read

A chaos monkey swings from a stylized code structure, wreaking havok.

Engineering

Chaos testing: Reliability for cloud-native apps

Sep 30, 2022 7 min read

Two sets of objects: a central object with connections to the rest; and multiple sets of linked objects.

Engineering

Polyglot persistence vs multi-model databases for microservices

Sep 22, 2022 8 min read

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Engineering

DevOps top programming languages support engineering metrics goals

Sep 15, 2022 7 min read

A stylized mobile device displays a lock on-screen.

Engineering

Mobile app security testing: tools and best practices

Sep 9, 2022 9 min read

Screens with lines of stylized code float over a grid.

Engineering

Continuous performance testing for mobile apps

Sep 1, 2022 8 min read

Two stylized mobile devices presented side-by-side.

Engineering

Native vs cross-platform mobile app development

Aug 24, 2022 9 min read

A stylized mobile device connects to tests in the cloud and tests on a server.

Engineering

Self-hosted versus cloud-based mobile app testing

Aug 15, 2022 7 min read

A stylized mobile device projects a display of secure code.

Engineering

Code signing: securing against supply chain vulnerabilities

Aug 4, 2022 8 min read

Failed and passed tests orbit a stylized cloud.

Engineering

How testing in the cloud delivers value to development teams

Jul 20, 2022 9 min read

A series of interconnected modules representing elements of the software development process, combined with stylized security and compliance obstacles, resulting in deployment with CircleCI.

Engineering

Automating compliance in software delivery

Jul 18, 2022 9 min read

A stylized cloud has two entities in its orbit. A server exchanges information two ways, while an edge computing device receives information from the cloud but performs calculations within the device.

Engineering

Edge computing vs cloud computing

Jul 15, 2022 5 min read

A stylized pair of code snippets shows progress from version one to version two.

Engineering

Add traceability to your pipeline with Configuration as Code

Jul 7, 2022 8 min read

A stylized continuous integration tool outputs to 3 servers, each of which has a unique level of security.

Engineering

Benefits of running continuous integration jobs on self-hosted infrastructure

Jul 6, 2022 8 min read

A series of interconnected modules representing elements of the software development process resulting in deployment with CircleCI.

Engineering

Software supply chain: What it is and how to keep it secure

Jun 30, 2022 9 min read

Two stylized pipelines - one shows many small additions, while the other shows multiple layers building upon a single large addition to the main branch.

Engineering

Trunk-based vs. feature-based development

Jun 22, 2022 7 min read

A trio of stylized servers sits on the cloud, each with a unique issue, including cost, capacity, and high demand.

Engineering

What is cloud bursting? Managing sporadic workloads on the hybrid cloud

Jun 15, 2022 9 min read

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Engineering

Serverless vs containers: Which is best for your application?

May 27, 2022 6 min read

Stylized developers connect across a globe.

Engineering

DevOps for startups

May 27, 2022 8 min read

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Engineering

Docker image versus container: What are the differences?

May 23, 2022 7 min read

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Engineering

Software bill of materials: What it is and why you need one

May 19, 2022 5 min read

Stylized code elements interact around a stylized screen of code lines.

Engineering

Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

May 12, 2022 6 min read

A stand-alone computer kiosk shows how software can be tested for whether or not it works (functional) and for how it works (non-functional).

Engineering

Functional vs non-functional software testing

Apr 20, 2022 7 min read

Two stylized screens and one laptop show the difference between open-box and closed-box testing.

Engineering

SAST vs DAST: what they are and when to use them

Apr 15, 2022 7 min read

A grid of four lines, three with green checkmarks and red exes on a dark background and one line with a green background and white checkmarks.

Engineering

What is end-to-end testing?

Apr 5, 2022 6 min read

A grid of colorful stylized pipelines intersect and branch away from each other.

Engineering

Benefits of scheduled pipelines in continuous integration

Mar 23, 2022 10 min read

A team of miniature developers works around and on a stylized laptop, monitoring failed builds, observing changes in performance, and exposing hidden issues

Engineering

Observability versus monitoring in software development

Mar 18, 2022 6 min read

A scale balancing workers managing a checklist one side and a speeding cyclist on the other.

Engineering

Technical debt: how to measure and manage it with DevOps

Feb 28, 2022 8 min read

A stylized CircleCI pipeline consisting of a linear flow of checked tasks and arrows that incorporates a GitHub flow within it.

Engineering

Integrating GitOps with DevOps: implementing the best of both

Dec 22, 2021 6 min read

Engineering

Is Arm the future of cloud computing?

Dec 15, 2021 7 min read

Engineering

Preparing your team for continuous deployment

Dec 3, 2021 6 min read

Engineering

Unit testing vs integration testing

Dec 3, 2021 6 min read

Engineering

Continuous integration for .NET applications

Nov 30, 2021 4 min read

Engineering

What is AIOps?

Nov 18, 2021 7 min read

Engineering

Config best practices: dependency caching

Oct 28, 2021 5 min read