👋 Founder of Octopus Deploy with @SoniaStovell. Developer & carpentry enthusiast. I blog occasionally at https://t.co/78O02PjP05.
Mar 30, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
This week we are shipping Configuration as Code support in @OctopusDeploy. 🎉
We did this "the hard way" but I think in doing it, we've set a new standard that every other CI/CD tool should be held to. I know that's a big statement! So here is why I believe that 🧵
Customers would ask us for Config as Code, but when we asked about their experiences with other tools, as much as they wanted version control, it was clear nobody was all that happy with the implementations.
Oct 25, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Employee Stock Option programs in Australia are still a complete mess compared to other countries. We are doing a broad-based option offer in AU, NZ, UK and US. Here are the key differences and where AU sucks. 🧵
For background we are ~160 people today and never had stock options, because we weren't a startup and didn't intend to grow much. We just paid very good salaries instead. But we have grown a lot, and continue to grow, and want employees to benefit from that growth.
May 5, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
I am going to get banned from developer events for saying this but:
As a technical founder I really love having a sales team. I wish we had built it sooner.
A 🧵 about why I was skeptical of sales as a technical founder and what I learned since
From 2014 we had a support team, and a belief that "everyone does support". It instilled a real sense of customer-centricity in the company culture.
May 26, 2020 • 16 tweets • 1 min read
15 reasons my finance department hates you: a guide for SaaS companies
1: You don’t send emails when you charge us
