Brokenhouse blog

Technology leadership notes for calmer systems.

Practical writing on fractional CTO work, cloud architecture, secure delivery, governance, data protection, and the operating habits that keep technology from becoming the bottleneck.

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Data

Data Protection

Glenn Atter

Glenn Atter

2025-11-26

Data protection does not have to be scary. Strip it back to What, Where, Why, and How, then build a simple, audit-ready system that works for real companies.

Data protectionGovernanceUK GDPR
CI/CD

Dev Box Pools

Glenn Atter

Glenn Atter

2025-11-24

Effortlessly secure, scalable, and customisable CI/CD agents for Azure DevOps.

Azure DevOpsCI/CDSecurity
Risk

Sales and Penetration Tests

Glenn Atter

Glenn Atter

2025-11-24

When penetration testing becomes a sales tool, and how to get it right.

CybersecurityPenetration testingSales
Code

Code Curation

Glenn Atter

Glenn Atter

2025-11-24

Proactive strategies for sustaining software beyond maintenance mode.

Software engineeringLegacy systemsTechnical debt