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Heikki Hellgren

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3d ago

Capturing Knowledge with the Backstage Qeta Plugin

Why StackOverflow-style Q&A belongs in your developer portal, not Teams.

Capturing Knowledge with the Backstage Qeta Plugin

Heikki Hellgren

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5d ago

What Happens to Your Team When a New Developer Joins

Everyone writes about onboarding the new hire. Nobody writes about what it does to the team they just joined.

What Happens to Your Team When a New Developer Joins

Heikki Hellgren

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Jun 4

7 Backstage Plugins Worth Installing in Production

The plugin ecosystem has hundreds of options. Most of them will cost you more time than they save.

7 Backstage Plugins Worth Installing in Production

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Jun 3

WIP Limits Are the Rule Nobody Follows

We set them, automated them, enforced them, and still failed. Here is what we actually learned.

WIP Limits Are the Rule Nobody Follows

Heikki Hellgren

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May 26

10 Git Aliases I Type Every Day

I watched a colleague squint at their terminal last week, typing git log --oneline --decorate --graph --all from memory. Took them four…

10 Git Aliases I Type Every Day

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May 22

GitOps Needs Break Glass

Declarative delivery is great. Production incidents do not give rats ass about your philosophy.

GitOps Needs Break Glass

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May 21

What Developers Are Really Grieving (It’s Not the Code)

I tried to explain my job to my 10-year-old last week. The answer that came out surprised me. Five years ago, I would have said: “I write…

What Developers Are Really Grieving (It’s Not the Code)

Heikki Hellgren

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May 15

Your GitHub Workflows Are Quietly Becoming APIs

The file still lives under .github/workflows, but once other repositories depend on it, you are designing an interface.

Your GitHub Workflows Are Quietly Becoming APIs

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May 11

Some REST Rules Aged Surprisingly Well

The web did not get old. Our patience for boring conventions did.

Some REST Rules Aged Surprisingly Well

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May 8

GitHub Actions Is a Platform

Most teams still describe it as pipelines. In practice it has become one of the most important internal automation surfaces they have.

GitHub Actions Is a Platform

Heikki Hellgren

Heikki Hellgren

Father of two, husband, and Lead Developer @ OP Financial Group. I write about things I like and things I don’t. More info @ https://heikkihellgren.dev

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