This is a guest post by Kris Buytaert (@krisbuytaert) Over the past couple of years Devops grew out of experienced Ops people, some with a development background. At least that's how I see it. Some people think devops came out of the cloud and others think it was the devs that started doing ops, but … Continue reading Challenges for the Devops Crowd

This is a guest post by Stephen Nelson-Smith (@lordcope) Puppet, Chef, Fabric, Capistrano, Ruby, Python, Github, EC2, Heroku - the list goes on. These are just some of the disruptive forces that have revolutionised what it means to manage systems in the twenty first century. One of the most interesting and important trends to emerge … Continue reading The Implications of Infrastructure as Code

This is a guest post by John Allspaw (@allspaw) It's been said by a number of smart people that DevOps is largely founded in an organization's skillful collaboration and communication, and the culture that results. I agree with that idea, and I also think that it's one of the reasons why the term DevOps is … Continue reading DevOps: These Soft Parts

This is a guest post by Julian Simpson "The Build Doctor" (@builddoctor) Out of the frying pan Just as the .com boom turned to bust, I worked with a guy who had developed his own system for managing change: You backed any file youʼd change, with permissions, and a particular file extension. You copied the … Continue reading Devops: cleans and shines without harsh scratching

This is a guest post by R.I. Pienaar (@ripienaar) Many blog posts have been written about what DevOps is or what it means to specific people. While these blog posts are fantastic and well worth reading, there still seems to be a lot of misconception around its meaning. I'd like to point out some of … Continue reading What DevOps Is Not

This is a guest post by Lindsay Holmwood (@auxesis). The DevOps Movement When Patrick Debois kicked off the DevOps movement, his experience as a project manager gave him a very unique perspective on the problems faced by development and operations teams. Patrick is visionary because he saw that while teams generally worked well by themselves, … Continue reading Is DevOps Being Hijacked by Technologists?

This is a guest post by John Arundel (@bitfield) In answering the question: 'What does the red spectrum tell us about quasars?', there are various words that need to be defined. What is a spectrum? What is a red one? Why is it red? And why is it so frequently linked with quasars? ...What the … Continue reading Spliffs and Submarines: The Two Cultures and the State of Devops

I'm totally excited about what's going on here at our blog. Some of the top guys driving DevOps have agreed to post their ideas about the current state of DevOps and its future combined into one big series. You won't want to miss out on the thoughts of: John Arundel, Bitfield Consulting, who starts this … Continue reading DevOps – What’s Up?