Shane Lee is a DevSecOps and cloud engineering writer focused on shifting security left, dependency management, DevOps culture, and building secure, high-performing delivery pipelines using modern tools and best practices.
16 articles from this blog
Explains how to use Git worktrees and AI agent skills to enable parallel coding workflows, allowing multiple AI agents to work on different features simultaneously.
Argues that traditional Scrum methodologies are obsolete for AI-powered development teams, advocating for leaner, more adaptive processes.
Explores industry adoption of context engineering standards like AGENTS.md and MCP, showing how they reduce AI development costs and improve workflows.
Introduces context engineering as a superior alternative to prompt engineering for AI coding assistants, enabling them to understand your codebase for consistent, high-quality results.
A guide on implementing Dependabot for automated dependency updates and vulnerability management to improve software supply chain security.
Explains the 'shift left' approach to integrating security early in the DevOps software development lifecycle for better outcomes.
A review of the book 'Accelerate', which presents research on key DevOps metrics that predict high performance in technology organizations.
An introduction to k6, a modern performance testing tool for APIs, covering its features, installation, and using TypeScript for test scripts.
Explores mocking REST APIs using the API-first approach with Mockoon, an OpenAPI-compliant tool for parallel development and testing.
A guide to containerizing a Spring Boot app with Google's Jib tool and deploying it to Google Cloud Run, covering setup and benefits.
A personal guide detailing the author's experience, study resources, and strategies for successfully passing the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.
A tutorial on deploying a Node.js GraphQL API with a Postgres database to Google Cloud Run, Google's serverless platform.
A guide to using Skaffold for local Kubernetes development, covering installation, configuration, and its key features for streamlining the build-deploy cycle.
A developer shares their experience and practical tips for successfully preparing for and passing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.
A tutorial on deploying the Istio service mesh on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), covering cluster creation and Istio installation.
A hands-on guide to testing the Heptio Sonobuoy diagnostic tool for running Kubernetes conformance tests on an AWS cluster.
