Tag: Cultural Change
DevOps developers; don’t be a DevGoof
There was a lot of brush back last week over Jeff Knupp's post about how DevOps is killing the developer. Frankly I wasn't shocked by Knupp's opinion that developers "are the dentists ...
DevOps Needs a Tsunami To Jump The Chasm
All start up business endeavors must go through the phase of crossing the chasm. Most of those business endeavors usually fall prey to the chasm. The chasm is this black hole that ...
No DevOps Roadmap? No Problem.
I’m a huge fan of The Phoenix Project and I’m honored to count Gene Kim both as one of my professional inspirations and also as a personal friend. There is, however, a ...
Are the Milliseconds Worth It?
The pressure to prove one's coding prowess can make a developer do some very clever and creative things with their source code. Sometimes it's just a unique approach, but every once in ...
Operational Overhead – or why hubris is bad.
Stop me if you've heard this one: A guy walks into a meeting and says "We need a system that does something", and the engineer in the room replies "Oh, we can ...
Don’t let automation be the tail wagging the dog
There is quite a bit of talk right now about DevOps and how important automation is. This could be compared to GM in the 1980s when the company tried to transform the ...
The DevOps Journey
Maintaining a constant thirst for learning is essential for anyone dedicating their career to the IT, computer and networking industries. It’s more than just learning about the latest technologies, rather, it’s imperative ...
In the DevOps Journey, Culture Comes First
Etsy, the global marketplace where people sell handmade goods, vintage items, craft supplies and more, has grown by more than 10 times since Chad Dickerson joined as CTO in 2008. While the ...
DevOps Culture Hacks
Talk by Jesse Robbins (@jesserobbins), Chairman and CEO of OpsCode Blogged live from DevOpsDays Boston 2011 by @martinjlogan Tricks for getting DevOps to work in your company, from the technical to the ...