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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.

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
Free your teams from maintenance tasks with runbooks

Steve FentonNovember 12, 2024 • 5 min read
Octolint best practices

Steve FentonFebruary 14, 2024 • 7 min read
Inside DevOps with Dan Horrocks-Burgess from DDA Software

Steve FentonNovember 13, 2023 • 6 min read
Platform Engineering should be part of DevOps

Steve FentonOctober 23, 2023 • 2 min read
Practical routes to healthy culture

Steve FentonOctober 10, 2023 • 3 min read
Understanding performance through team types

Steve FentonOctober 9, 2023 • 8 min read

Two people inspect packages on a conveyor belt, marking them with check or cross symbols based on clipboard data.

Deploying LLMs with Octopus

LLMs are now a common component of modern applications, but deploying them with Kubernetes requires careful consideration. This article explores the challenges and best practices for deploying LLMs in a Kubernetes environment.

Matthew CaspersonJuly 16, 2025 • 9 min read

Cloud infrastructure diagram with Git integration connecting multiple environments across regions and purposes.

The reality of GitOps application recreation

GitOps promises recreatable applications, but 54% of teams say 'partially.' Why confidence dips before soaring and what complete recreation actually requires.