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DevOps Paradox

By : Viktor Farcic
Book Image

DevOps Paradox

By: Viktor Farcic

Overview of this book

DevOps promises to break down silos, uniting organizations to deliver high quality output in a cross-functional way. In reality it often results in confusion and new silos: pockets of DevOps practitioners fight the status quo, senior decision-makers demand DevOps paint jobs without committing to true change. Even a clear definition of what DevOps is remains elusive. In DevOps Paradox, top DevOps consultants, industry leaders, and founders reveal their own approaches to all aspects of DevOps implementation and operation. Surround yourself with expert DevOps advisors. Viktor Farcic draws on experts from across the industry to discuss how to introduce DevOps to chaotic organizations, align incentives between teams, and make use of the latest tools and techniques. With each expert offering their own opinions on what DevOps is and how to make it work, you will be able to form your own informed view of the importance and value of DevOps as we enter a new decade. If you want to see how real DevOps experts address the challenges and resolve the paradoxes, this book is for you.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Index
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Packt

The problem with enterprises

Spotify isn't doing its own DIY Kubernetes, and that's what got me thinking. Because, engineering-wise, Spotify is one of the most brilliant companies out there. If you see what they're doing and the stuff they're putting out there, and the slight number of outages they have, they must be doing something right. If companies like that are saying, "No, we are not going to do our DIY Kubernetes," then that should be a sign for everybody else to say, "Alright, if the smartest kid in the class is not going to do it, should I be doing this?"

Viktor Farcic: But isn't that one of the big problems with enterprises in general? The idea that somehow every enterprise thinks they're smarter than all the smart kids, that somehow they're different. It's something I hear all the time: "We're going to roll out on our own, the same ways we rolled out our own cloud 10 years ago and failed, the difference being...