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Steve Fenton is a Principal DevEx Researcher at Octopus Deploy, a DORA Community Guide, and a 8-time Microsoft MVP with more than two decades of experience in software delivery. He has written books on TypeScript (Apress, InfoQ), Octopus Deploy, and Web Operations. Steve has worked in the role of Software Engineer, SDET, Development Manager, and Director of Product and Data in a range of startups, SMEs, and enterprises.

Modern developer experience has deep roots

Steve FentonJanuary 13, 2026 • 8 min read
Leveling up your deployment pipelines

Steve FentonOctober 14, 2025 • 7 min read
The top 5 features of internal developer platforms

Steve FentonSeptember 16, 2025 • 7 min read
Your IDP needs DDD

Steve FentonSeptember 9, 2025 • 7 min read
How organizations measure Platform Engineering

Steve FentonSeptember 2, 2025 • 8 min read
The productivity delusion

Steve FentonJuly 22, 2025 • 6 min read
The State of GitOps report: Exploring effective GitOps

Steve FentonJune 17, 2025 • 4 min read
Automatic rollbacks are a last resort

Steve FentonMay 15, 2025 • 5 min read
Financial industry compliance, the DevOps way

Steve FentonApril 30, 2025 • 6 min read
The 3 measurement types from Measuring Continuous Delivery and DevOps

Steve FentonApril 2, 2025 • 6 min read
Effective DevOps metrics

Steve FentonDecember 9, 2024 • 6 min read
The 2024 DevOps performance clusters

Steve FentonNovember 19, 2024 • 5 min read

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Octopus Easy Mode - Hello World

Learn how to get your first hello world script step

Matthew CaspersonJanuary 21, 2026 • 2 min read

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Modern developer experience has deep roots

Platform Engineering and developer experience are modern approaches, but their roots reach all the way back to the earliest large-scale software projects.

Steve FentonJanuary 13, 2026 • 8 min read