DevOps

Why Regular Upgrades Are Non-Negotiable in Modern DevOps

Introduction In DevOps, upgrades are rarely exciting. They don’t ship new features (most of the time). They don’t impress clients. They don’t always get leadership applause. And yet, over the years at To The New, one thing has become very clear to us: DevOps teams that do upgrades regularly move faster, stay safer, and break […]

January 15, 2026

DevOps

DevOps Is Not a One-Time Setup: First-Year Lessons from the Field

Introduction When teams start on their DevOps journey, the excitement is real. CI/CD pipelines, faster deployments, cloud-native tools, automation everywhere – it feels like everything is finally going to be smooth. But in reality, the first year of DevOps is rarely smooth. It’s messy, experimental, and full of learning. At To The New, while working […]

January 14, 2026

DevOps

Boosting ECS Costs Savings: Moving to Graviton with Fargate Spot

Introduction Reducing cloud costs is always the top priority and biggest headache for Devops Engineers, especially when using managed AWS services like ECS Fargate. For one of our Ad-Tech clients at TO THE NEW, we were already utilising Fargate Spot to reduce the ECS bill significantly. But we found that we could save even more […]

January 14, 2026

DevOps

From Hot Brokers to S3: Optimizing Kafka Storage with Tiered Storage

Introduction If you’ve ever worked with Kafka, you know the problem: data grows fast. Every click, impression, or event adds up, and before you know it, your Kafka broker’s disks are full. Disk is not very cheap on AWS, and storing everything on expensive broker storage is costly, and scaling up to handle growth feels […]

January 14, 2026

DevOps

Architecting with Multi-Account AWS Organizations: How to Design Your Organization

Introduction Picture a busy factory — one large room where designers, testers, builders, and even the CEO are working shoulder to shoulder. Machines hum as prototypes are built right next to the production line, all sharing the same tools, the same power supply, and the same cramped space. Sounds messy, doesn’t it? One of our […]

December 22, 2025

DevOps

From VPNs to Zero Trust: How Zscaler Simplified Your Security and User Experience

INTRODUCTION Remember the old morning routine? Grab coffee, open the laptop, and then…the waiting game. Staring at that little icon, praying the corporate VPN would finally connect. If you’re still living that life, we need to talk. The world in which we work has undergone significant changes. We’re at home, in cafes, on the road. […]

November 13, 2025

DevOps

How DevOps Automation Accelerates Software Delivery: A Leadership Perspective

Recently we realized something. Some companies just move differently, when they figure out this whole DevOps automation thing before everyone else did. As, one of our clients just pushed their fourth feature update this week. Fourth! And we’re thinking… their main competitor is still stuck planning some big quarterly release that probably won’t happen on […]

October 10, 2025

DevOps

Building Smarter AWS CloudFront Distributions: Tips, Tricks, and Configurations That Actually Help

When I first set up CloudFront, I just wanted it to work. I clicked through the wizard, pointed it at an S3 bucket, and called it a day. It worked—until the bill showed up. That’s when I realized CloudFront is one of those services where the defaults aren’t your friend. If you’ve been running CloudFront […]

October 6, 2025

DevOps

End-to-End Code Quality Automation: SonarQube in Jenkins with JIRA Ticketing and AWS SSO Integration

In modern software development, code quality assurance is no longer optional — it’s a foundational requirement. Delivery teams usually want three things when it comes to code quality: Consistency – rules should apply equally across all services. Governance – changes to quality standards must be visible and auditable. Zero manual toil – automation should handle checks, […]

September 10, 2025