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Paul and Sonia Stovell founded Octopus Deploy in 2012. In the years before, Paul had watched programmers at organizations of all sizes routinely remote into production machines to patch configuration files or write long and semi-complete documents because automating deployments was too time-consuming.

These practices were hampering organizations' ability to deliver and give their customers confidence. The concept of Octopus came about to solve those problems. Today, we still believe wholeheartedly in the importance of automated, frequent, repeatable deployments.

Stylized image of DevOps infinity symbol with a car driving on it and increasing speed over golden arrows.

How organizations measure Platform Engineering

One of the areas we explored in the Platform Engineering Snapshot was how organizations measure their internal developer platforms, with results that varied from technical measures to not collecting any metrics at all.

Steve FentonSeptember 2, 2025 • 8 min read

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Platform Engineering and woodworking

What is something that woodworkers, blacksmiths, and programmers have in common? One answer is that practitioners of these crafts have the unique ability to make their own tools.

Paul StovellAugust 26, 2025 • 5 min read