Harness Blog

Single Digits Saves $108k in Deployment Effort

Single Digits made their migration easy with Harness. See how you can too.

5 Java Frameworks to Support Your Microservices Architecture

Rather than asking what specialized framework you need to build a new microservices architecture, let’s ask how we can use current frameworks to support the same goal.

Measuring & Maximizing Developer Productivity

Developer productivity is a key performance indicator used by DevOps teams across many industries. Learn how to measure and maximize developer productivity.

4 Best CI/CD Tools for DevOps

Discover the best CI/CD tools for DevOps, including Harness, GitLab, Codefresh, and Azure DevOps. Enhance your software delivery process.

Tutorial: Vault Agent Advanced Use Case With Kubernetes Delegates and Shared Volumes

Learn to use Vault Agent with Kubernetes Delegates and shared volumes in this detailed tutorial. Enhance security and deployment reliability.

Migrating to Harness Feature Flags: Our Technical Journey

Recently, we released a blog post on why we migrated from a homegrown feature flag solution to Harness Feature Flags. While that post covered many of the reasons we migrated, we want to share the technical journey, including the roadblocks we ran into and what the transition was like.

Migrating From Homegrown Feature Flags

We launched a new product - Harness Feature Flags - which is always tough, and exciting. On top of that, Harness - like many companies out there - already had feature flags we used day to day internally, through a home-built system that had evolved over the years.

Tutorial: How to Use the New Vault Agent Integration Method With Harness

Harness is about to release a new option to integrate with Vault to serve it as a Secrets Manager. Here's a tutorial!

Tutorial: Turning a GitHub Repo Into a Helm Chart Repo

Today, I want to share what I did with a customer to make his GitHub repo become an automated HTTP Helm Chart repo. This is a very good choice, since there’s a GitHub Action that we can use to keep the repo index updated automatically. Buckle up!

What Is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)?

Learn about Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), its benefits, best practices, and implementation in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps environments.

Burst SMS Removes Outage Risk for Their Customers

Harness delivers better DevOps practices to all our customers. Find out how Burst SMS used Harness to reduce outages.

What are Feature Flags and How Do We Use Them?

Learn how feature flags improve development with controlled rollouts and experimentation. Explore their benefits and implementation.

Java Bootstrap: Dropwizard vs. Spring Boot

How to get a production-ready Java application off the ground in the shortest time possible.

Continuous Deployment in Angular

Simplify your Angular deployment process and gain greater control over feature releases. Discover how to set up continuous deployment and leverage feature flags to deliver a better user experience.

Harness Product Update | June 2021

It came, it went, it conquered! We’re talking about {unscripted}, of course - what an amazing 2 days packed with knowledge, great speakers, insightful panels, and industry-shaking announcements!

ShipTalk Podcast - A Time Before, During, and After Kubernetes

We go through in the episode describing the time right before containerization became popular to the journey that Santiago and firms have been on ever since.

Drone and AWS App Runner - Better Together

Getting started with Drone to handle the build and publish sections is a breeze, then allowing AWS App Runner to deploy into AWS infrastructure.

{unscripted} 2021 - Day Two Recap

Day two is a wrap at {unscripted} 2021. Lots of exciting Harness announcements helping everyone deliver software without toil.

Introducing Harness CI Enterprise

Harness announces CI Enterprise, a Continuous Integration tool built with test intelligence, native secrets, fine-grained RBAC, and more.

{unscripted} 2021 - Day One Recap

Day one is a wrap at {unscripted} 2021. If you missed day one, still time to sign up and catch day two!

Cloud AutoStopping™ - Active Management of Idle Cloud Costs

Harness Cloud Cost Management now provides Cloud AutoStopping, enabling active management of idle cloud resources to save up to 75%.

Share the Results and Outcomes of Your Experiments

Communicate experiment outcomes effectively! Split's new Share Results feature, enables you to download and share experiment metrics, fostering clear communication and informed decision-making.

Why Are Code Hotspots so Hard to Pinpoint?

Before you can figure out how to fix code hotspots, you need to be able to identify them and determine the risk factor around them.

Drone: From Zero to 100 Million Downloads

Through Harness, Brad was confident he’d be able to make Drone as ubiquitous as Jenkins. Learn how Drone went from zero to 100 million downloads.

Harness + Terragrunt

Watch the webinar now: Dheeraj Khanna, of Tenable, leads based on challenging the status quo. He strives to be a disruptive leader who faces any challenge head-on.

Harness Product Update | May 2021

Harness has been busy in the month of May creating new features, new content, hosting events, and building the future of CI/CD.

What is Cloud Cost Intelligence?

As cloud costs soar and more businesses seek to create good cloud cost management practices, the concept of cloud cost intelligence has become an increasingly important one.

Kubernetes CI/CD Best Practices

With all of the benefits that Kubernetes has, having good CI/CD practices is key. Kubernetes did not magically erase the discipline that your CI/CD journey has taken you on before Kubernetes. Leverage Kubernetes’s strengths to further your CI/CD journey.

How Zeotap Increased Deployment Velocity 36x

From Downtime Windows to Deployment Nirvana: Learn How Zeotap Increased Deployment Velocity 36x.

Pipeline Patterns for CI/CD Pipelines

Explore effective CI/CD pipeline patterns for fast, reliable deployments. Learn key strategies to optimize your software delivery.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Synchronization in Java and Scala

Let’s explore the most synchronization idiom – the Object lock.

Automated DevSecOps with StackHawk and Harness

In this example, we will go through scanning an application before deploying the application to Kubernetes.

A Snapshot of DevOps

Learn key DevOps principles, culture, and practices to enhance software delivery with a focus on collaboration, tooling, and continuous improvement.

Best GoCD Alternatives & Competitors

There are many continuous delivery tools currently in the market. We broke down the top 15+ continuous delivery tools to consider to improve deployments.

What is O11Y? Observability Demystified with Chris Riley from Splunk

In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined by Chris Riley who is a Senior Developer Advocate at Splunk talking about all things Observability [O11Y].

intelliflo Repurposed 2 FTEs + Increased Deployment Velocity 20x

Find out how intelliflo reduced their time spent on Jenkins maintenance.

Harness Product Update | April 2021

Harness has been busy in the month of April. Check out the latest product features, podcasts, webinars, events, press mentions, and more.

Introducing Recommendations API: Find Potential Cost Savings Programmatically

With the Recommendations API, there are now programmatic ways to gather the insights and recommendations that Harness CCM provides.

Understanding the Phases of the Software Development Life Cycle

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a process of building software with the highest quality and lowest cost. Learn how Harness views the SDLC process.

Ancestry Cuts Downtime by 50% Using Harness Governance

Find out how Ancestry secured their platform using Harness.

ShipTalk Podcast - From House Fires to Production Fires

In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined by James Bohrman who is the founder of Cloudspeakers.

CircleCI Alternatives to Consider

Discover the best CircleCI alternatives for CI/CD, including Jenkins, GitLab, and Harness, and their unique features and benefits.

A Breakdown of Continuous Integration Testing

Understand Continuous Integration Testing, its benefits, methodologies, and how it ensures software quality and reliability during the CI process.

AppDynamics vs. New Relic – The Complete Guide

New Relic vs. AppDynamics: All the performance features, integrations, installation procedures, and pricing plans side by side to help you decide which tool to use.

Accelerating DevOps With DORA Metrics

Explore DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) survey findings and share what you need to know about achieving Continuous Delivery and the DevOps philosophy on speed and stability.

Comparing Helm vs Kustomize

Two tools to tackle configuration and package management inside the Kubernetes ecosystem: Kustomize and Helm, respectively. Learn how they compare in this post!

Simultaneous Experimentation: Run Multiple A/B Tests Concurrently

Boost your experimentation velocity! Split empowers you to run multiple A/B tests simultaneously, accelerating data collection, optimizing features, and delivering impactful products quicker.

Raisin Runs from Jenkins Nightmare - Saves 525k per Year

Raisin removed their CD maintenance migraine, find out how you can too!

The Complete Guide to Error Tracking Tools

Rollbar vs. Raygun vs. Sentry vs. Airbrake vs. Bugsnag vs. OverOps

Best Argo CD Alternatives & Competitors

Discover top Argo CD alternatives like Flux, Jenkins X, and GitLab, each offering unique features for effective CI/CD in Kubernetes environments.

Harness Product Update | March 2021

Find out all the happenings from Harness product and marketing teams for the month of March 2021. ShipTalk Podcast anyone?

Jenkins PTSD: How One Developer Ditched the Butler For Good

If Jenkins was created to solve the pain point of automating the CI process, why does it require so much scripting?

Best Spinnaker Alternatives to Consider

Are you looking for a continuous delivery solution? We break down Spinnaker alternatives so that you can evaluate all of the best options.

Harness Commits New Dev Experience to Drone Community

Drone has several new capabilities to the Drone project so we can further simplify the developer self-service experience for Continuous Integration.

ShipTalk Podcast - DevOps in a Highly Regulated Industry

In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined by Donovon Carter who is a DevOps Engineer at Dexcom, a medical device company. Dexcom is one of the firms leading the charge against diabetes with CGM, constant glucose monitoring technology.

Metrics to Improve Continuous Integration Performance

It is important to determine which continuous integration metrics are best to measure in order to track performance. Learn which performance metrics Harness measures.

Continuous Delivery Tools to Consider

Explore the best continuous delivery tools, including open-source, platform solutions, and cloud provider options to streamline your DevOps workflow.

Swallowed Exceptions: The Silent Killer of Java Applications

In this post, our goal is to see what it takes to avoid the risks of mishandled errors.

Shiptalk Podcast - Shifting Complexities in DevOps with Jim Shilts

Jim has been working on solving engineering efficiency problems for over 20 years working at firms such as Build Forge and Electric Cloud, pre-dating the inception of Hudson/Jenkins. As Jim walks through his experience and how complexity and bottlenecks have shifted around in the decades gone by and what's in store for the future.

DevOps vs SRE: Enabling Efficiency and Resiliency

Understand the differences between SRE and Devops, and how to apply them to your teams.

The Women of DevOps: Patricia Anong

Meet Patricia Anong, DevOps Consultant. We're thrilled for you to meet her!

Best Octopus Deploy Alternatives & Competitors

Are you looking for an alternative to Octopus Deploy? We break down Octopus Deploy alternatives so that you can evaluate all of the best options.

The 5 Stages of Engineering Excellence :  Chapter 2

Implementing the four DORA metrics should be the basis for all organizations to begin their journey to software engineering excellence.

Harness Product Update | February 2021

Find out all the happenings from Harness product and marketing teams for the month of February 2021. ShipTalk Podcast anyone?

GitOps Got Me Up

Two years ago, I joined the technology space - and as such, I am now a strong proponent for DevOps methodologies.

The Logging Olympics: A Race Between Today’s Top 5 Java Logging Frameworks

Log4J vs SLF4J simple vs Logback vs Java Util Logging vs LOG4J2

ShipTalk Podcast - Washing Away Imposter Syndrome - Bart Farrell at Data on Kubernetes Community

Explore strategies to overcome imposter syndrome with Bart Farrell from Data on Kubernetes Community. Gain confidence and embrace change.

An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Explore the basics of AI and machine learning, including key concepts, types, and their impact on various industries.

Tech Fair Live

Thur, Apr 15th

Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment: What’s the Difference?

Understand the differences between continuous delivery and continuous deployment, including key practices, benefits, and best tools.

ONUG 2021 | A Snapshot of DevOps

Wed, May 5th

What is PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service)?

Cloud Spend 101: Avoiding Bill Shock & Optimizing Kubernetes

Thu, June 6th @ 2 pm PT

SF Bay Cloud Native Containers | Applying Governance to CI/CD

Thu, May 13th @ 4 pm PT

{unscripted}

June 16-17

CDCon | The Impact of Continuous Delivery on Digital Transformations

June 23-24

Harness Deployment Freezes aka Deployment Blackout Windows

ShipTalk Podcast - The Brass Tacks of Open Source - Tracy Miranda at CDF

In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined by Tracy Miranda who is the Executive Director of the Continuous Delivery Foundation which is part of the Linux Foundation.Tracy chats through her experience creating thriving open source communities and practices from inception to maturity.

Top 8 Cloud Cost Management Tools

Discover the top cloud cost management tools to optimize your cloud expenses and enhance efficiency. Learn about their features and benefits.

The Complete Guide to Instrumentation: How to Measure Everything You Need Inside Your Application

What’s instrumentation and why do you need it in your application?

Value Stream Mapping for Software Delivery

Value stream mapping allows you to optimize your flow of materials and information by lowering costs and improving value adds. Read on to learn more.

Hygiene : The Key to Engineering Excellence

In an organization, the need for good data hygiene trumps everything else.

The Six Traits Behind Every Successful VP of Engineering

In this blog, I would like to share the key traits necessary for both promotion and success at the head of engineering level.

Empowers Developers with Harness

Vuclip found that Harness was the only solution that fully integrated with their GCP, Kubernetes, APM, and Log stack.

Achieves Global Continuous Delivery with Harness

Linedata saved $500k in developer toil. Find out how you can too.

3X Deployment Frequency & Decreases Deployment Time 75%

Find out how Marketron tripled velocity with Harness.

Migrates to Kubernetes with One Developer and Harness

Find out how Tilting Point sped up their cloud migration with Harness.

Selects Harness over Spinnaker For Secure Continuous Delivery

Relativity selects Harness over Spinnaker resulting in massive security improvements.

Reduces Deployment Time by 90% with Harness

Jobvite learns about the power of a true CD tool. Learn about their journey here.

Reduces Developer Toil by 94% Using Drone and Harness

Lavasoft uses both Drone and Harness to create the ideal software delivery environment.

Accelerates Kubernetes Migration by Four Months

Without Harness, Casting Networks would be 4 months behind their Kubernetes migration schedule.

Empowers 700 Engineers with Harness

Advanced saw a 10x return on their investment in 2 months. Find out how.

Accelerates AWS Cloud Migration

Beachbody avoided the headache associated with cloud migrations by leveraging Harness continuous delivery.

Static vs. Dynamic Code Analysis: How to Choose Between Them

When it comes to static vs dynamic code analysis, what’s the difference between them, and how do you know which one to use?

The Dependency and Plugin Hell That is Jenkins

Jenkins’ plugin model has become the “Slippers cat and duck” story of CI/CD. It’s not good.

Harness Product Update | January 2021

Read about the latest and greatest from Harness for the month of January 2021.

The DevOps Tools Lifecycle Mesh for 2021

It's the role, and quite frankly, the duty, of every DevOps vendor to create a visual one-off masterpiece that represents the DevOps tools landscape.

Eliminates Delivery Toil

Learn how ABC Fitness drastically reduced the effort spend on software delivery.

What is CI/CD? Everything You Need To Know

This blog post will share everything you need to know about CI/CD, from code changes to continuous integration, continuous delivery, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.

ShipTalk Podcast - Finding Your Tribe - Tracy Ragan at Deploy Hub

In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined by Tracy Ragan who is the CEO of DeployHub. Tracy is no stranger to open source communities spending time with the Eclipse Foundation and Continuous Delivery Foundation.Tracy talks about her career and community journey and why it is important to find your tribe.