I’ve read a few articles of late that have declared the end of Agile development. They are interesting reads for the most part, and they make some interesting arguments, but I see none of them as compelling. I do, however hope that this is the beginning of applying “Right Tool for the Job” to how […]
Good News: DevOps is not One-Size-Fits-All
Want to try something fun? Ask different groups around your organization what “DevOps” means. It’s fun because the odds are good you’re going to get very different answers, many of which will be vague, if not outright contradictory. This is perhaps unsurprising when even industry-recognized DevOps luminaries tout varying definitions, approaches, tools and methods. Here’s […]
Q&A: Full City Tech’s Higbee on Culture, Part 2
In part one of this two-part Q&A we dug into Wes Higbee’s position on instilling a DevOps culture. Higbee, a developer and business consultant, continues his separation of wheat from chaff in the field of DevOps dreams. staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud: How is automation, which is a focal point for DevOps, also a trap? Higbee: Focusing on the […]
Q&A: Full City Tech’s Higbee on Culture, Part 1
Every day, more people are hopping on the DevOps magic bus, drinking the spiked punch and singing “Kumbaya.” I imagined everyone I interviewed would offer tales of instilling this undefeatable, undeniable, brand-spanking-new rapid development culture. It was refreshing to discover that I was mistaken. Apparently, DevOps is just another methodology for accelerating business success—one for […]
Is DevOps a Title?
So, I’ve wanted to write on this topic for a while as I think it deserves a little attention! I’ve heard numerous times that you shouldn’t have DevOps in your title or that job reqs shouldn’t be “DevOps Engineers”. This came up again at the DevOps State of the Union event that we hosted in […]