It is exciting to start a new software project. There’s the dream of all the capabilities it will have. Nothing quite rivals the cool factor of having breathed life into something wholly new that taps your expertise in the marketplace.
With agile processes, it’s possible to build an MVP app and then iterate and grow it into a product that fits your customer. This is common practice amongst full-time software development teams.
But what often gets overlooked is that modern software requires continual upkeep. Like anything built by humans, it can start to weather and decay without preventative maintenance. If the gutters on the house aren’t cleaned, they can clog, leading to water intruding into the structure, causing rot and black mold. Similarly, if a software product isn’t routinely patched to address security vulnerabilities, your application could fail, your user data could be exfiltrated, or you could face a massive and surprising cloud hosting bill. Or, if you don’t pay attention by instrumenting your code with alarms and continual monitoring, a site that’s working one day might just be returning a 5xx error the next.
What is the solution?
One option is to hire full-time DevOps and CloudOps professionals. At an annual cost of nearly $150k each, that’s a big impact on your budget.
Another option is to use Modern Logic maintenance plans. We have CloudOps and DevOps engineers on staff who work fractionally for you, keeping your systems monitored and up to date.
Contact us to learn more.