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September 23, 2019
Top 5 Signs It's Time to Upgrade Your Mac CI Build Infrastructure

Is your homegrown Mac mini build farm keeping pace with your organizational growth? If you're not sure, the MacStadium team has put together the top five signs it's time to make a change for the better.

September 10, 2019
Introducing Orka

MacStadium has officially released Orka, our new virtualization layer for Mac build infrastructure based on Docker and Kubernetes technology. In this video, the MacStadium team shares why Orka was created, how Orka works, why building on Macs is different than other platforms, and much more.

August 15, 2019
Homebrew Tests Catalina on Orka

Participating in the Orka beta program this summer, Homebrew teamed up with MacStadium to test the macOS Catalina beta on Orka to great success.

August 14, 2019
MacStadium Ranks Number 1329 on the 2019 Inc. 5000

Inc. magazine today revealed that MacStadium is number 1329 on the annual Inc. 5000 list. This is the fourth consecutive time MacStadium has appeared on the list.

August 13, 2019
Announcing Orka - Orchestration with Kubernetes on Apple

Released today, Orka (Orchestration with Kubernetes on Apple) is our new virtualization layer for Mac build infrastructure based on Docker and Kubernetes technology.

August 7, 2019
MacStadium Announces New Patent for Its Data Center Technology

We're excited to announce our latest patent for rack mounting Mac Pros. This raises our patent portfolio to five issued patents dating back to 2016.

July 23, 2019
CI/CD Differences on Mac Infrastructure

CI/CD, regardless of the OS associated with it, is generally the same at a high level. However, there are some distinctions in the world of Mac CI/CD including Mac-specific tools and best practices.

July 17, 2019
Provisioning on MacStadium with Terraform

In the latest in a series of helpful posts for new MacStadium adopters, get tips for using HashiCorp's Terraform with each of MacStadium's virtualization platforms.

July 10, 2019
CI Best Practices for iOS and macOS App Development

MacStadium recently hosted a panel on CI best practices at AltConf. It was an interesting discussion as the companies participating in the panel represent very different development teams and CI practices.

July 9, 2019
Provisioning on MacStadium with Ansible

In a series of blog posts, we will provide some pointers and a few examples for new MacStadium adopters to use as a guide. Let's start with Ansible...

June 14, 2019
MacStadium Named a Fastest-Growing Company in Georgia by ACG Atlanta

MacStadium is named a fast-growing company in Georgia in 2019.

June 11, 2019
Benefits of Ephemeral iOS Builds

Mobile DevOps has unique challenges especially when building for the Apple platform. In this post, we will cover the process of self-managed iOS builds and benefits of using ephemeral builds.

June 9, 2019
Week in Review: Orka, Mac Pro, WWDC, AltConf and more!

This has been a busy week at MacStadium. So much so that we put together a “Week in Review." Read on for all the great stuff that happened just in the first week of June alone.

May 22, 2019
MacStadium + Ansible are Making Life Easier for DevOps Teams

Provisioning your Mac cloud virtual machines for macOS and iOS CI just got easier. MacStadium engineers have put together some example Ansible scripts for provisioning your CI build environment.

February 19, 2019
MacStadium Achieves SOC 3 Security Compliance

To demonstrate our commitment to security, we are excited to announce that we have added SOC 3 compliance to our list of security certifications.