Brian Neville-O'Neill

Head of marketing @ Aviator, suite of tools to avoid broken builds, manage stacked PRs, simplify cumbersome merge processes, and suppress flaky tests.

Boston, MA, US Joined on Dec 28, 2017 http://aviator.co

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Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Nov 20

Mckinsey developer productivity metrics: Opportunity isn’t the goal

#developerproductivity #dora #space

9 min read

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Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Nov 20

Automating integration tests: Tools and frameworks for efficient QA

#automation #integrationtests #qa

13 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Nov 20

Introducing Aviator’s engineering efficiency calculator

#aviator #calculator #dorametrics #effiency

4 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Nov 1

A modern guide to CODEOWNERS

#github #codeowners

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Nov 1

How to work with git submodules

#git

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 30

Modeling a merge queue with TLA+

#merging #mergequeue #tla

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 27

How to optimize Jenkins pipeline performance

#cicd #jenkins

11 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 16

What is build failure rate?

#devops #dora

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 16

Embracing trunk-based development: Advantages, disadvantages, and best practices

#devops

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 12

Migrating from GitHub Actions to Jenkins

#github #githubactions #jenkins

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 12

What is CI/CD?

#cicd

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Oct 3

What is a merge queue and how do you manage one?

#aviator #merging

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Sep 21

Managing Prometheus alerts in Kubernetes at scale using GitOps

#gitops #prometheus

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Sep 20

Test documentation tips and best practices in software engineering

#testing #testdocumentation

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Sep 14

Using OpenID Connect to store CI/CD credentials

#cicd

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Sep 8

How Git compresses files

#git

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Aug 15

What causes flaky tests and how to manage them

#testing #flakytests #testdeck

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Aug 9

Understanding the mental model behind GCP IAM: from identities to hierarchy

#cloud #gcp #iam

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Aug 9

Rethinking code reviews with stacked PRs

#aviator #stackedprs

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jul 26

Merge strategies to keep builds healthy at scale

#cicd #merging

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jun 7

PostgreSQL roles and privileges explained

#postgres

6 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

May 31

How to improve query performance in Prometheus with Cortex query frontend

#devops #cortexqueryfrontend #prometheus

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

May 26

How to create a successful CI/CD pipeline

#cicd

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

May 26

Scaling your product with developer experience in mind

#devrel

6 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

May 18

Announcing TestDeck, an automated test management platform

#aviator #flakytests #testdeck

4 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Mar 17

ACID transactions and implementation in a PostgreSQL Database

#postgres

14 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Mar 8

What’s wrong with using SPACE to measure developer productivity

#productivity #dora #space

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Feb 27

Dependencies for Helm releases in FluxCD

#gitops #fluxcd #helm

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Feb 21

How do git commits actually work?

#github #gitops #git

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Feb 10

How to monitor and alert on Nginx ingress in Kubernetes

#kubernetes #ingressnginx #nginx

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jan 29

Getting started with Terraform in DevOps

#devops #terraform

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jan 27

Everything wrong with DORA Metrics

#devops #dora #dorametrics

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jan 17

Rebase vs. Merge: Pros and cons

#gitops #merging #uncategorized #git

6 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jan 12

Flaky tests: How to manage them practically

#testing

12 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jan 10

Implementing SonarQube code coverage in a simple JavaScript application

#testing #codecoverage #sonarqube

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Jan 10

How to onboard an existing Helm application in ArgoCD

#gitops #argocd #helm

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Sep 12 '22

What’s a bors, and why (don’t) you want it?

#testing #bors

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Aug 29 '22

Stacked PRs: Code changes as narrative

#aviator #stackedprs #stackedpr

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for Aviator

Aug 25 '22

Complete guide to python testing frameworks

#python

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Aug 11 '20

Richer, more accessible UIs with React Spectrum

#react #ui #a11y

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Aug 3 '20

CSS variables: scoping

#css

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 31 '20

JavaScript and Vue animations

#vue #javascript

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 31 '20

7 popular icon libraries you can use for free

#javascript

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 30 '20

Build an event keeper app with Ionic and AWS

#aws #ionic #tutorial

15 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 29 '20

8 definitive rules for building apps with Redux

#redux

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 29 '20

Emotion in React

#react #javascript #css

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 28 '20

Functional user interfaces with Moon.js

#ui #tutorial #webdev

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 28 '20

Build a YouTube video search app with Angular and RxJS

#angular #rxjs #tutorial

15 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 24 '20

Asynchronous task processing in Node.js with Bull

#node #redis

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 23 '20

The latest features in Next.js

#nextjs

7 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 23 '20

Visual debugging using gdbgui

#gdb #debugging

9 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 22 '20

Compiled: A CSS-in-JS library without the runtime cost

#css #webdev

5 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 17 '20

Angular 10 is now available. Here’s what you need to know

#angular

4 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 16 '20

Getting started with RedwoodJS

#graphql #jamstack #react #tutorial

8 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 21 '20

A guide to working with OrbitDB in Node.js

#node #database #tutorial

13 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 16 '20

Introduction to Hegel

#typescript #javascript #webdev

6 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 17 '20

Strongly typed frontend code with Scala.js

#javascript #webdev

12 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 15 '20

Understanding memory leaks in Node.js apps

#node #webperf

10 min read

Brian Neville-O'Neill for LogRocket

Jul 15 '20

Top 7 UI libraries and kits for React

#ui #react #javascript

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Jun 9 '20

How to use RxJS with React Hooks

#react #rxjs #tutorial

1 min read

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