DevOps Paradox

#23: Today we speak with Erez Rusovsky from Rollout and talk all things feature flags. Who knew that code injection as a service could be so cool? Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Leave us a message on Voxer: https://web.voxer.com/u/devopsparadox Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#22: In today's episode, we answer Neven's question about what motivates us to learn, work, and write. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Leave us a message on Voxer: https://web.voxer.com/u/devopsparadox Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#21: Neven asks us how we organize time for work, learning, and new stuff we'd like to try. We talk about some tools and tips that we both use. We also learn some of the key secrets about how Viktor is able to crank out so many books. Remember The Milk: https://www.rememberthemilk.com/ Trello: https://trello.com/ Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt: https://fullfocusplanner.com/ DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Leave us a message on Voxer: https://web.voxer.com/u/devopsparadox Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#20: In our first guest episode, John Laffey joins us to discuss his disagreements with our episode about configuration management. Can we keep it a good, clean fight? You be the judge. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Leave us a message on Voxer: https://web.voxer.com/u/devopsparadox Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#19: What are the big differences between hackers and developers? Our answers may surprise you. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#18: Neil Gealy asks "What is the best way to track features, bugs, etc, going into a release for visibility to the rest of the company (outside the development team)? And how do you incorporate that into release notes and versioning of your microservices. I've seen companies using a combination of Jira and spreadsheets, but they are very clunky and manual." https://devops20.slack.com/archives/CK3906Q1K/p1565655300018600 DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Connect on Voxer Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#17: Ivor asks "How do you like to learn? People that like to learn have their own style. What's yours?" https://twitter.com/ivorsco77/status/1154039680603529218 Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612/ DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Email: Darin: [email protected] Viktor: [email protected] Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#16:Vadim asks "when will we automate ourselves out of our jobs?" Fire Someone Today by Bob Pritchett: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GJVXKC/ DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#15: Silos exist throughout enterprises. We discuss if silos are bad or good and everything in between. Here's the question from Joost: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559101458564866048?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6559101458564866048%2C6559335225585913856%29 DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Twitter: Darin: @darinpope Viktor: @vfarcic DevOpsParadox: @DevOpsParadox Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#14: We take our first listener question and it's all about GitOps. Here's the question from Andrey: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559101458564866048?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6559101458564866048%2C6559134063964246016%29 DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Twitter: @darinpope @vfarcic @DevOpsParadox Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/

#13: With apologies to Shakespeare...to have opinions or not to have opinions? That is the question. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Join the Slack team: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/ If you'd like to reach out, you can find us on Twitter: @vfarcic @darinpope @DevOpsParadox

#12: Viktor is back from a recent trip through Asia. One of the things he encountered was the surprising "lack" of English throughout the region. We discuss if English should be a requirement to be a developer in today's global economy and how that parallels many of the problems found in enterprises. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit Signup for access to the DevOps20 Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/ Visit us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/ If you'd like to reach out, you can find us on Twitter: @vfarcic @darinpope @DevOpsParadox

#11: We discuss a lot of different angles of serverless, including why it's a smart thing for you to start looking into serverless today. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit DevOps20 Slack workspace: https://devops20.slack.com/ Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#10: With all the consolidation in the open source market, how can you and your company be a good citizen when it comes to open source? Open Source Beyond The Market: https://rework.fm/open-source-beyond-the-market/ The fight to keep open source truly "open" ⁠— open source providers need to stand up: https://www.information-age.com/open-source-providers-123483267/ DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit DevOps20 Slack workspace: https://devops20.slack.com/ Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#9: Why are people scared of continuous deployment? Can everyone get to true continuous deployment? Darin and Viktor discuss these question as well as why delayed is sometime perceived as continuous. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit DevOps20 Slack workspace: https://devops20.slack.com/ Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#8: You understand the impact that feature flags have on continuous delivery. However, have you thought about how refactoring should also be a part of your day to day life? Refactoring by Martin Fowler https://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Existing-Addison-Wesley-Signature-dp-0134757599/dp/0134757599/ DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit DevOps20 Slack workspace: https://devops20.slack.com/ Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#7: It seems like Continuous Integration should be a simple and non-negotiable process in today's workplace. We discover that not everything is as it appears. DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit DevOps20 Slack workspace: https://devops20.slack.com/ Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#6: Matt Klein recently tweeted his career advice to be a successful individual contributor. We take an in depth look at that concept in today's episode. Link to Matt's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/mattklein123/status/1130206773078421504 The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman: https://www.kencoleman.com/store/product/the-proximity-principle-book DevOps Paradox by Viktor Farcic: https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/devops-paradox The DevOps 2.6 Toolkit: Jenkins X by Viktor Farcic: https://leanpub.com/the-devops-2-6-toolkit DevOps20 Slack workspace: https://devops20.slack.com/ Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#5: Chef...Puppet...Ansible...Terraform...CFEngine. These are some of the big names in configuration management. In today's episode, we debate are these "classic" tools still applicable in today's DevOps world. Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#4: How today's workforce is driving many of the current trends in DevOps. Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#3: Convention over configuration. We know that it makes a developer's life easier (or it is supposed to...). Can we apply that same thought process to the full lifecycle of an application? We'll answer that question and more on today's episode. Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#2: With apologies to Derek Zoolander, Kubernetes is so hot right now. Why is that? We ask that question and come up with a few answers that might surprise you. Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

#1: What is DevOps? The answer(s) we come up with may surprise you. Signup for access to the Slack workspace: http://slack.devops20toolkit.com/

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