We believe in making the most of using the Cloud involves doing more than just lifting and shifting an existing environment.
Pragmatic
Delivery beats purity
‘Perfect’ is the enemy of the good
‘Perfect’ might require an API that isn’t available
‘Perfect’ might cost too much due
‘Better but imperfect’ delivers value now
Compute & Devops
Less Management, More Delivery
Serverless is preferred to containers or virtual machines
Managed services are preferred than self-hosted
Automated deployment, ideally with tests, is an essential
Web Apps
User Facing Tools
Should always use Single Sign-On for security and convenience
Should be responsive, and usable on mobile devices
Should work like consumer websites, not legacy applications
Emergent Architecture
Grand Plans rarely amount to much
Software and infrastructure are linked, and influence each other
Architecture design must be balanced, neither all upfront or as you go
Revise as you build and approach new components
Revise as cloud providers launch new services
Portability
Invest effort sensibly
Very few organisations are multi-cloud
Abstracting everything to be provider-neutral is additional effort, and makes it harder to use new features
Achieve portability through less code: use (nearly) every service from your provider
Deploy critical components multi-cloud, using common APIs, not common implementations