
The Three Ways of DevOps
The Agile Embedded Podcast
How to Make Time for Continuous Improvement
Jules Polsky has made it a point to work one hour a day on small improvements. Jeff Bezos: You need to actively make time for continuous improvement. He says this is done even in large companies such as Apple and Google.
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Speaker 1
Okay, keep going. I'm sorry. But now, yeah, Michael Clayton, because I just did
Speaker 2
a show on Michael Clayton. This TV show is from a distinct voice. Yeah. And that's not often what you get in a TV show. And so I, I'm going to read a little bit Kirk of what I did sent to you because I kind of like what it is. I wrote and it explains a little bit of how I came to Star Wars because unlike you, I think I was a fan of Star Wars ever since I was eight years old watching it and my grandparents living room because they had cable and just watch reruns of it on, you know, TNT, TBS or whatever it was. And I was just mesmerized by that hero's journey. So here is what I wrote nine episodes into this 12 episode season. I've always been, I've always loved the larger than life hero's journey of their original Star Wars trilogy. But I have not been a big fan of the Star Wars movies and shows since. And I think a lot of people have felt that way. I definitely have been disappointed by everything that has come out since, except for Rogue One. I kind of like Rogue One, but I rewatched it and I realized, wow, I'm not that much into it. I love Andor. I think it might be my favorite. It is my favorite piece of storytelling while I've been alive. And that's this having finished a season where halfway through the 24 episode epic novel and halfway through, I can say it's it's my favorite piece of storytelling in my 43 years of existence that has been created in my 43 years of existence. It reminds me so much of my favorite literature from the 19th century. Now I teach 19th century literature. I teach literature in general literature at our house. I've been teaching literature for almost 20 years now. So it makes me think of that favorite 19th century literature, like Victor Hugo novels or Charles Dickens or Ibsen. Dostoevsky, it makes me think of those. All right. So just again, some nitty pickies. One obsessive villain makes me think of the character of Javere from Les Misérables. Another hero, conniving hero makes me think of Percy Blakeney from the novel to Scarlet Pempernel. One intricately dangerous situation makes me think of an Alexander Dumont novel. He did the Three Musketeers. He did the Count of Monte Cristo. And these deceptively tranquil scenes also make me think of Henrik Ibsen plays where little layers of characters are revealed. Now every line of dialogue is oozes with delicious tension. Everything is written not to convey exposition, but to create conflict. And that's one of the really fun things about relishing the show. As you watch these characters talk to each other, they're just constant conflict with each other. And every seeming resolution that happens leads to an inexorable expansion of the conflict that heightens the stakes. I think my favorite part of this, if there's one thing that I would say, this is what I love about the show, it's plot development. The ratching up of the logical step by step growing conflict is just so organic, so logical, so inevitable, and so dramatic. The story keeps building momentum from the pressure exerted by its passionately driven characters, and their choices that drive this story. And I'm almost afraid of how intense it's going to get and it got so intense. And this is not the full climax that we had at the final episode of the season, because it's a whole 24 episode novel. Okay, so there's a little bit more here. I've enjoyed intriguing conflicts and meticulous plot development in many shows like Better Call Saul, or Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones or 24, or others called that are less known like Darker, Liburo. But all of these are set in a gray world of moral ambiguity, not in the star world's world of bright idealism and clear good versus evil. Now that's not to say there is an ambiguity in the show, there's a lot of it. But it is set in this universe of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, though they do not appear at all. Nor does do any Jedi's nor does the Force.
Speaker 1
Spoiler. Yeah. I don't think that I
Speaker 2
think that sets expectations. And I think that's probably one of the things that will that I want to go into sell this show is it has almost nothing to do with the Star Wars universe. That's I think that's one reason why it's not done well. Okay, so last word and or for my pitch for me and door, there's nothing like and door in contemporary storytelling, not in superhero movies, though this it's probably the thing they'll be compared to because of Star Wars, and not even an original Star Wars trilogy. Going back to a new hope Empire Strikes Back that first trilogy. It's different than that. If the root, okay, here's a key line. If the roots of Luke Skywalker's story are ancient myths like the Epic of Gilgamesh or the Odyssey or like all those heroes journey myths, the roots of Cassian and door story is our 19th century novels, great 19th century novels like Limizarabla, like A Tale of Two Cities. Okay, so that's my that's essentially the pitch I gave to you. Yeah,
Speaker 1
and it worked.
Gene Kim's brief post describing the Three Ways of Devops
An excellent blog post covering practical implications of the Three Ways of Devops
You can find Jeff at https://jeffgable.com.
You can find Luca at https://luca.engineer.
You can find Jeff at https://jeffgable.com.
You can find Luca at https://luca.engineer.
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