We are at an inflection point in the adoption of DevOps. Now is not the time to blink. DevOps was once thought to be a practice attainable by a select few. The early pioneers were the ones with arrows in their backs. For those who succeeded a new level of awesomeness was achieved and admiration […]
Is DevOps on the cusp of Disillusionment?
If you are familiar with, or buy into the idea of the Hype Cycle, you are familiar with the Trough of Disillusionment. When it comes to adoption of pretty much anything, there seems to be a point, just after the peak of enthusiasm, where those in the know are disappointed with the practicality and adoption […]
Mixcloud Makeover: Faster Development, More Confidence
“Mixcloud provides audio hosting and distribution for millions of podcasters and DJs,” says Matthew Clayton, CTO & Co-Founder, Mixcloud. Mixcloud’s developers program the site in python (Django) and javascript, and develop their native mobile apps in Java and Objective-C. The Mixcloud team grew its mammoth Django monolith application over a five year period. Mixcloud’s primary […]
Why do DevOps? Winning hearts and minds with a Lean boxscore
Change is difficult. It can be painful, disruptive, and costly. Making a case for change requires us to win over hearts and minds. In my experience, we need to win the hearts of the ‘do-ers’, the people whose daily work is going to be disrupted. And the minds of the executives, whose financial support and […]
Adopt DevOps Practices Organically, But Don’t “DO DevOps” (or is DevOps bullshit?)
In a post on his blog , programmer Josh Johnson points out that “radical claims of great cultural shifts, especially in technology” are usually “bullshit”. “Over time technology changes, but true radicalism is rare. Most often, a reinvention or revisiting of past ideas forms the basis for such claims. This DevOps thing was no different,” […]
Why are we still asking, “Can DevOps work here?”
It’s easy to get tired of buzzwords, especially in the software development and testing world where they’re so prevalent. But while it’s easy to blame the thought leaders and evangelists for creating them, and publishers and powerful marketing teams for inserting them into every content channel imaginable, the buzzwords that truly stick around do so […]
The real cost of downtime
Stephen Elliot and the IDC team recently released a report (registration required) sponsored by AppDynamics that examines the true cost of downtime and infrastructure failure, as well as DevOps adoption. The headline numbers are pretty eye-opening: For the Fortune 1000, the average total cost of unplanned application downtime per year is $1.25 billion to $2.5 […]
The Trouble With Enterprise DevOps
The literary world and beyond has been up in arms as of late regarding the use of the word ‘literally’. It seems that many are using the word literally when they mean figuratively. For example, if you say, “I literally split my pants laughing,” it would be plausible for one to look at your pants […]
What are the most critical DevOps Tools?
What are the most critical DevOps tools categories? According to the results of a new survey by CA Technologies the answers may be surprising. That is just one of the insights reported on. The survey results and report are chock full of other great insights about DevOps usage as well. The survey shows that a […]
DevOps storytime: The tale of the secret passageway named MTTR
When DevOps practitioners and evangelists talk about adoption, they mostly fall into one of two camps. People who talk about driving devops adoption by helping people understand the core ethical reasons of improving the world for those who work in it (I’m usually in this camp with Gene Kim). Others talk about driving DevOps adoption […]
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