Adventures in DevOps

Jillian, Jonathan, Shimon, Will, and Chuck discuss the history of the show, their favorite episodes, and what they think is coming in 2022.

Ready to show off your coding skills to the world? Not so fast. In this episode, Will and Jillian discuss why developers need to simplify their product with the end goal in mind—the customer. They share some awesome examples of how to do this, how you can win Future You's approval, and the steps to create a smooth user experience.“I think it's a hard mental shift to say that my area of expertise shouldn't be visible in the product. But, you need to understand the end goal. My goal is to automate myself out of a job, then move on.”Will ButtonIn This Episode: Jillian shares a killer example that should inspire all DevOps people to simplify their process As a programmer, you want to tell the customer how great your programming is, right? Hold on…Will shares a different perspective How Will approaches his programming that avoids all customer confusion and creates a seamless experience What Jillian believes is MORE important than learning how to code (sometimes) Why you need these TWO things that will earn Future You's approval🎯 Picks:Jillian's Techy: Airflow and Strapi Non-techy: Harriet the Hamster Princess Will's Until the End of Time by Brian Greene Connect with Will and Jillian:Jillian: https://twitter.com/jillianerowe Will: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willbutton/

Daniele Fontani joins the Adventure to discuss the different kinds of Ops like NoOps, AppOps, etc. He makes fun of the different ways that people try to extend DevOps into other types of movements and why the different focuses may or may not be appropriate ways to manage resources.PanelWill ButtonJonathan HallSpecial GuestDaniele Fontani

Will and Jonathan have a conversation about whether or not you can use Scrum with DevOps. They also discuss different alternatives to Scrum and how you can use them instead of Scrum or whether Scrum is the best fit.PanelJonathan HallWill Button

The Adventures in DevOps crew discuss the various certificates that exist and which ones you may or may not want to consider getting.They talk about whether you need one in the first place and the value that different markets place on the certificates.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweJonathan HallWill Button

Jillian, Jonathan, Will, and Chuck discuss where the line is between Development and DevOps and what the difference is. They also get into the value of each and when crossover is likely to occur.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweJonathan HallWill Button

The panel puts their heads together to talk about how to bring DevOps practices into a work situation based where they're not implemented. They discuss the various pro's and con's of specific practices and how to get people on board with adoption.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweJonathan HallWill Button

The panel jumps in and discusses the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment from the manifesto on the web and discuss where they agree and disagree with the requirements listed there and clarify some of the ideas in the document.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweJonathan HallWill Button

Abhinav Dhasmana joins the adventure to discuss how he got Kafka to scale to handle thousands of messages. He explains how to scale Kafka up and how to allow applications to scale with the messaging architecture provided by Kafka.PanelJillian RoweJonathan HallShimon ToltsWill ButtonGuestAbhinav Dhasmana

Will and Jonathan jump in this week to discuss how to get started with a career in DevOps and how companies can get things started at your company with DevOps.They discuss the pitfalls of outsourcing your devops and how DevOps should be working within your application space and within your organization.PanelJonathan HallWill Button