https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog Brittany Woods is an Engineering Director and international speaker based in London, writing and speaking about DevOps, developer experience, and platform engineering. en Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/shutting-out-the-noise https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/shutting-out-the-noise Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT For someone who builds things on the internet for a living, deciding to step away from internety things feels a bit like heresy, but in December I decided to remove Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok from my phone. I did... Cognitive Overload https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/technical-until-proven-otherwise https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/technical-until-proven-otherwise Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT Funnily enough, I am not just Brittany who is good at administrative tasks. Engineering Culture Women in Tech https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/stop-talking-just-to-talk https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/stop-talking-just-to-talk Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT How to spot when you’re adding value versus adding noise, why making space for others matters, and how building others up strengthens both your team and your career. Engineering Culture Leadership Community https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/what-holds-your-engineering-culture-together https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/what-holds-your-engineering-culture-together Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Internal communities are the bedrock of strong engineering teams. Learn why they matter and how to build ones that truly make an impact. Engineering Culture Leadership Community https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/automate-2-saml-azuread https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/automate-2-saml-azuread Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT A Tutorial for Setting Up SAML in A2 with Azure AD Chef Automate Azure https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/chef-policyfile-pipeline-azure-devops-pipelines https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/chef-policyfile-pipeline-azure-devops-pipelines Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT Create a quick and dirty simple Chef policyfile pipeline using Azure DevOps Pipelines Chef Azure https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/integrating-chef-with-servicenow-incidents https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/integrating-chef-with-servicenow-incidents Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT An introduction to integrating Chef-Client failures with ServiceNow incidents - Part 2 of a technical blog series. Chef Automate ServiceNow https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/integrating-chef-with-servicenow-introduction https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/integrating-chef-with-servicenow-introduction Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT An introduction to the various ways you can integrate Chef with ServiceNow. Part 1 of a technical blog series Chef Automate ServiceNow https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/scanning-aws-accounts-with-chef-compliance https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/scanning-aws-accounts-with-chef-compliance Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:00:00 GMT A Non-Complicated Tutorial for Setting Up AWS Account Scanning with Chef Compliance and Inspec Chef Automate Inspec AWS https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/cookbook-pipeline-with-azure-devops https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/cookbook-pipeline-with-azure-devops Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMT A Tutorial for Setting Up A Cookbook Pipeline Using Azure DevOps Chef Azure https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/automate-2-saml https://www.brittanynwoods.com/blog/automate-2-saml Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMT A Tutorial for Setting Up SAML in A2 with Okta Chef Automate