Cycle

Reno, NV, USA
2015
  |  By Chris Aubuchon
We're excited to announce two major additions to our website that are set to make your experience using Cycle smoother and more effective: the completely revamped Documentation section, and the new Learn Center.
  |  By Matt Krauser
August has been an outstanding month for the Cycle team, marked by significant advancements across the platform. We've introduced new features aimed at simplifying workflows and enhancing user experience. As we wrap up August and look ahead to September, we're excited to share the progress we've made and what you can expect in the coming weeks.
  |  By Bryce Lewis
Today we announce the launch of the Cycle Toolbox, a suite of tools that are designed to streamline the workflows of Devops professionals and developers. Our goal is to create a toolkit that not only simplifies your daily tasks but also helps alleviate some of those common frustrations. This is just the beginning, but for our initial release, we're excited to introduce the following tools.
  |  By Alexander Mattoni
It's not an understatement to say Dockerfiles are the underpinning of modern DevOps. Writing a simple Dockerfile that 'works' is relatively straightforward, but there are several tricks and tips that could significantly improve the build speed and efficiency of your container images. If your current Dockerfiles copy in multi gigabyte contexts, reinstall dependencies on every build, or use only a single stage, we need to talk.
  |  By Matt Krauser
July has been an exciting month for us here at Cycle! We've had our heads down, and have made significant advancements and launched a number of new features aimed at enhancing the overall experience for our users. As we transition into August, we're thrilled to share what we've accomplished during the month of July, and what lies ahead for the platform.
  |  By Chris Aubuchon
Welcome to the shortlist, a shallow dive into important topics meant for helping developers understand important aspects of software engineering and software culture quickly.
  |  By Konner Bemis
Bus Factor is a measure of risk to a project or organization due to the loss of key personnel. For software engineering teams, a low bus factor (meaning only a few people hold critical knowledge or skills) can lead to complications that result in product failures.
  |  By Chris Aubuchon
Over the last few weeks I've been talking about the key differences between Amazon EKS and Cycle. If you happened to miss it and want to catch up before diving into this post you can check it out here: This post will round out the series by taking a look at how worker nodes are added to a cluster and the major differences between EKS and Cycle there.
  |  By Matt Krauser
In today's competitive and uncertain tech landscape, engineering organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize costs without compromising on performance. Efficient resource management and cost reduction have become crucial for businesses aiming to stay alive and ahead. At Cycle, our goal is to offer a robust solution that enhances efficiency while delivering significant cost savings to our users.
  |  By Chris Aubuchon
Last week I talked in depth about control planes and the differences between EKS and Cycle. In this weeks blog we'll dive into what it takes to spin up a cluster and get things rolling.
  |  By Cycle
In the 5th episode of the Cycle Spotlight we sit down with Head of Engineering at Busify, Casey Dement, who uncovers key reasons why all businesses should strongly reconsider before they jump down the K8s rabbit hole.
  |  By Cycle
We caught up with Alexander Mattoni, Cycle's Head of Engineering and Co-Founder. He unveils plans for and awesome resource for all of those in the DevOps community and what to expect from the Cycle team in the coming weeks.
  |  By Cycle
In the 4th episode of Cycle Spotlight Konner sits down with Stephen Morgan, DevOps veteran, and chats about his journey and the technology that helped him become the architect he is today.
  |  By Cycle
In this weeks spotlight I sit down with Cycle Founder, Jake Warner to talk about trends in hiring and layoffs prevalent in the tech industry.
  |  By Cycle
Docker build times got you down? Our Co-Founder and Head of Engineering sits down with Kyle Galbraith, Co-Founder of Depot, to talk about key tips and tricks to maximizing your Docker files.
  |  By Cycle
Joining me is Chris Aubuchon, Cycle's Head of Customer Success. He'll outline what the community is all about, how it fits into our platform, and what you can do to get involved. Don't miss it!.
  |  By Cycle
Introducing Cycle Spotlight: Your New Go-To for DevOps and Software Engineering Insights! We are thrilled to announce the launch of Cycle Spotlight, a new short series dedicated to delivering quick, insightful conversations with engineering leaders and industry experts. This series will be hosted by Konner Bemis! For our first episode, we'll be featuring Jake Warner, our CEO and Founder as he shares the reasoning behind the start of Cycle.
  |  By Cycle
Cycle's approach to VPN service makes creating, authentication, and management of environment level VPNs a breeze. Join Chris Aubuchon as he dives into Cycle VPNs, how to configure them, and how they stack up against other services like Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run, App Service, and more.
  |  By Cycle
Whether you're building the next massive AI platform, encoding thousands of images, or a hundreds of other use cases, the ability to quickly create ephemeral tasks can be a game changer for engineers solving complex tasks. With Cycle, you're now able to run Functions across multiple cloud providers all from one platform. And even better, these functions will exist on the same encrypted networks as your other containers.
  |  By Cycle
At Cycle.io, we see many unique situations involving data requirements, retention, and security. As a multi/hybrid cloud and LowOps platform, we've had to come up with some pretty interesting solutions for backups and data protection. Dive in with Cycle's co-founder and head of engineering, Alexander Mattoni, as he is easily able to deploy a postgres instance, with automated backups to offsite storage in the span of minutes.

The developer friendly container platform. Choose your infrastructure provider, import your containers, and let Cycle handle the rest.

Containers have changed the way developers build, deploy, and scale software. Unfortunately, the adoption of containers has also lead to an ever-growing stack of technical debt and responsibilities for teams to manage.

Interested in utilizing containers, on your own infrastructure, without having to deal with the OS, networks, or a container orchestration layer? Welcome to Cycle.

Container Orchestration Meets SaaS:

  • Always Up-to-Date: Stop dealing with OS patches and orchestration layer updates; Cycle automatically delivers platform updates to all servers.
  • Automate Everything: Deployment pipelines, automatic TLS / SSL certificates, and more. Cycle is there when you need it -- and out of the way when you don’t.
  • Bring Your Own Infrastructure: Effortlessly deploy infrastructure from any of our supported providers. Own your data and your applications while we handle the rest.
  • Develop Faster: Cycle was built for both experienced developers and new users alike. Manage containers, servers, DNS, and more, all on one platform to save time and resources.
  • Built for Teams: From quickly onboarding new members to easily managing user access, Cycle’s portal has everything needed for a team to grow.
  • Secure by Default: All services and configurations are secure from the start, reducing the likelihood of mistakes that could lead to a security exploit.

The Developer-Friendly Container Platform.