Luke Shaughnessy·Sep 18, 2025Platform as a Service: Why Platform Teams Are Not Just About ToolsIf you’ve ever worked on a Platform team, you know the existential question that hangs over us: what exactly do we do for developers? It…
Luke Shaughnessy·Jul 21, 2024DEI Hiring is Good, ActuallyI’ve been an Engineering Manager since 2017, so seven years at the time of this writing. If you’ve never been in a people leading role…
Luke Shaughnessy·Dec 29, 2022Technical Debt is Everywhere, and the Bills Are Coming DueYou walk into a restaurant you’ve been to before, maybe not your favorite, maybe not the place you go to all the time but a place that you…A response icon2A response icon2
Luke Shaughnessy·Dec 1, 2022Infrastructure as Code is Not the Answer!You know the sales pitch, of course. If you work in the DevOps, Platform or SRE field you have probably made it yourself. Infrastructure as…A response icon47A response icon47
Luke Shaughnessy·Apr 17, 202110 Principles for Successful DevOps Infrastructure ArchitectureIn my current role at a startup company, I’ve been fortunate to be entrusted with creating pretty much the whole of their operations and…A response icon1A response icon1
Luke Shaughnessy·Mar 11, 202112 Valuable Lessons I Have Learned Leading an Engineering TeamIn the past years working at our startup as a Platform Team leader, I’ve learned a tremendous amount. Obviously, not all of these things…A response icon1A response icon1
Luke Shaughnessy·Dec 17, 2020An Expat’s Guide to Getting an Engineering Job in Germany — Part 3In this post, I’ll speak a little about getting permission to move to Germany to live and work. Immigration rules are devilishly…
Luke Shaughnessy·Dec 8, 2020An Expat’s Guide to Getting an Engineering Job in Germany — Part 2Yes, Berlin has Techno, dance clubs, and parties. It also has (in its own grumpy way) one of the most inclusive and open cultures of any…
Luke Shaughnessy·Dec 3, 2020I’m a Devops Hiring Manager. Here’s How to Crack My Technical Interviews! (Part 2)In my last post, I made some recommendations for how to get through the first round of interviews from the perspective of the hiring…
Luke Shaughnessy·Dec 2, 2020An Expat’s Guide to Getting an Engineering Job in Germany — Part 1Late 2016, I was on the bus, riding home from downtown Denver to my home in the North Front Range town of Longmont, Colorado when an…
