The Hidden Costs of Technical Debt: A Data-Driven Analysis
Technical debt: the accumulated shortcuts, quick fixes, and compromises that become the silent killer of software projects. Let’s dive deep into the concrete, measurable costs of tech debt, for a data-driven examination of one of the most expensive problems in software development.
From Zero to Production: A Complete Python Setup Guide
You've got a brilliant Python project idea. You create a file called main.py, and start coding. Fast forward six months: your script has grown into multiple files, dependencies, and contributors. Now you're drowning in errors and deployment headaches. Most Python projects start this way, but they don't have to. By setting a strong foundation, you save headaches and plan for project success.
Hands-On CI: Building Your First GitHub Actions Workflow
We have previously talked about why Continuous Integration is a powerful DevOps concept for helping your team develop high-quality code faster. Today we are taking you through a deep-dive into the “how,” with step-by-step instructions for setting up a linting pipeline in GitHub Actions. We’ll explain how and why CI workflows can take your team to the next level!
Legacy Code: Defuse the Time Bomb
Legacy code that doesn’t measure up to your linting or formatting standards can lie dormant for months and then explode into a crisis. Tackling these hidden hazards isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s essential for keeping your software delivery engine humming. In this post we’ll walk through the ways that outdated legacy code can bring your team to a halt, and show you how Zumbro, our GitHub App, offers a fast and straightforward way to get control of your legacy mess.
How Zumbro Helps Your Software Team
The Zumbro App for GitHub helps you define, apply, and enforce engineering standards right in your workflow, without adding overhead. Below are three situations where teams hit the same roadblocks, and how Zumbro can help you ship better code faster.
Introducing Zumbro: Slash Tech Debt with Automated Code Fixes
Say Hello to Zumbro, our GitHub app. Zumbro is the DevOps automation tool that helps your team define, apply, and enforce engineering standards, without adding overhead. If you’re looking to improve teamwork, reduce technical debt, and accelerate shipping velocity, Zumbro gives you the foundation to do it, right inside your GitHub workflow.
The pre-commit Playbook
One of the core ideas behind DevOps is "shifting left." That means moving critical checks, testing, and feedback earlier in the software development lifecycle. Pre-Commit takes that "shift left" principle and gives it teeth. By running automated checks before code gets committed, it helps teams enforce consistency, spot bugs early, and maintain high standards. Check it out:
Why Your Team Needs pre-commit
It’s easy to overlook pre-commit when you’re already using GitHub and have a continuous integration pipeline. Why add complexity? In fact, when used well, pre-commit can be the simplest and most effective way to eliminate bugs, style issues, and config drift before they even enter your Git history. pre-commit helps shift quality left, right into your fingertips as you write and commit code.
Why Linters Hate Unused Imports
If you’ve been writing Python code for long, you’ve run into one of the many tools that want to clean up your files. And you’ve probably noticed that they all want to delete unused imports. This might seem a little nitpicky, but there are good reasons to nuke unused imports. And while it starts with clean code, the reasons don’t end there.
X-Ray Vision: Logging in Python
When you implement Python logging in a systematic way, it’s like having X-ray vision into your application. You’ll see exactly what’s going on and gain the power to spot issues before they become showstoppers. Let’s dive in.
No One Should Be Deploying Code at 2 AM
Deploying code at 2 AM is a cry for help. It signals a process problem, not a people problem. If your team is routinely making production changes in the dead of night to minimize impact on users, then you’re not reducing risk; you’re just shifting it onto tired, overworked developers who are more likely to make mistakes.
Understanding Continuous Integration in DevOps
In the world of software development, Continuous Integration (CI) has become a key best practice for modern DevOps. Let’s break this down, looking first at what “integration” means in software, explore what “continuous integration” looks like for developers, and see how a CI pipeline can be a game-changer for your software team.