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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

Passing the baton between generations

Gregory Bledsoe: Do you want to know a secret? The truth is that many of the big companies out there don't actually have an idea what their actual environment is today. There are elements of those environments that have become a black box, and the people who originally built those elements of that big company's environment have left. The issue is that, now, no one at the company actually knows how that element works. The scripts and the deployments are all scriptures that were handed down from past generations that in the current generation, nobody really wants to dig into and try to change.

The holy writs are beyond question. You don't even really know how it works after a certain amount of time. So, I think you're exactly right. Even the bigger companies don't know what's happening in their own environment today.

Viktor Farcic: That being said, I don't personally think that's a bad thing. The worst case is...