Nick Perkins

Platform Engineer. Volunteer Motorsport Official. ADHD Brain. Bit of a nerd.

GitHub Enterprise Reality Check: A DevOps Engineer's Perspective

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working extensively with GitHub Enterprise in large organisational settings. While GitHub has built an exceptional developer experience and continues to ship features at an impressive pace, the reality is that GitHub Enterprise still has significant gaps when it comes to enterprise-scale operations. Let me share what I’ve discovered about the current state of GitHub Enterprise from a platform engineering perspective. Photo by James Harrison on Unsplash The Repository-Centric Challenge GitHub’s architecture is fundamentally repository-focused, which works brilliantly for individual projects and small teams. Continue reading

How I Built Interactive AI-Powered Training with GitHub Copilot

One of my current projects is a migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions. I saw a challenge: how to effectively train DevOps teams on new tools in an engaging, practical way? Traditional docs and tutorials often miss the mark. So, I experimented: using GitHub Copilot’s Agent Mode to build an interactive, AI-powered training platform. The result was a self-paced, conversational learning experience, guiding users through complex migration scenarios like having an AI tutor. Continue reading