…@ foodfight is an interesting and informative Chef oriented DevOps podcast you may enjoy if that's the sort of thing you enjoy, which you probably do. From which I learned from fellow Way of Kings aficionado Brandon Burton about a new deep systems podcast called Real Talk by James Golick and Joe Damato, who want to talk about things concrete, not like that Hacker News BS.
I'd love to see the API: The idea we live in a simulation isn't …
- James on Software: Introducing The Real Talk Podcast
- Engine Yard Developer Blog: Using Chef for DevOps Innovations
- Opscode Blog: Chef 11 Released!
- New Relic: Why I Love Working at New Relic: Chris Kelly, Developer/Evangelist
…DevOps for some IT organizations is the shift toward configuration as code. In this context, DevOps borrows from the fact that as developers code applications with business logic, the infrastructure can be coded via configuration logic or directives." ( Gartner, "Cool Vendors in DevOps, 2013," Ronni Colville, Jonah Kowall, Colin Fletcher, Jim Duggan, April 2013)
IBM recently announced the acquisition of UrbanCode Inc, which complements IBM's position …
- Blog on Applicake's ideas, Ruby on Rails and Internet start-ups: Who really needs Amazon cloud?
- AkitaOnRails.com - English: Cooking Solo with Chef
- Momoro Machine: Getting started with Chef -- A tutorial
- Railsmine: RedDotRubyConf 2011 links & resources
- A Fresh Cup: Double Shot #1073
- Rails Dog: Generating Thousands of PDFs on EC2 with Ruby
Earlier today our friends at Cloudmunch announced the launch of Cloudmunch Devops Platform, an exciting new continuous delivery platform with native integrations to both Github and Hosted Chef.
At Opscode, we think this ought to be compelling for Chef users for two reasons:
Approachable Continuous Delivery - If you'd rather spare yourself the trouble of stitching together a devops toolchain consisting of source control, integraton, build servers, configuration …
- AkitaOnRails.com - English: Chatting with Adam Jacob
- Momoro Machine: Getting started with Chef -- A tutorial
- Jake Scruggs: Ruby Midwest 2010 Friday
- Rails Dog: Generating Thousands of PDFs on EC2 with Ruby
- paperplanes: Conference Talks You Should Be Watching
- A Fresh Cup: Double Shot #727
…patterns are crazy," adds Scott VanDenPlas , Director of DevOps. "One send through every channel hits 60 million people - and that's just the first and second layer of folks who hear about it."
Insourcing the Tech Team
Traditionally, political campaigns have outsourced their operations, which often led to a communications gap between campaign operations and the tech teams. The OFA team decided against this approach early on. Instead, they chose to bring …
Well, I hope some of you stick around despite the demise of Google Reader. Personally, I've been quite happy with running Vienna on the Mac the last few years.
Transitioning to LittleChef - An evolution of configuration management at Rackspace.
5 things keeping DevOps from playing well with others ( Chef, Crowbar and Upstream Patterns) - Yeah, I'm needing to turn some of my copious spare time towards DevOps.
- Opscode Blog: Opscamp San Francisco
- paperplanes: Failure is Always an Option
- High Scalability: PaaS on OpenStack - Run Applications on Any Cloud, Any Time Using Any Thing
- Labnotes: Rounded Corners 335 - Pulled pork
- MySQL Performance Blog: Percona is Speaking At Open Source Data Center Conference in Nuremberg, Germany
- Lindsay Holmwood - auxesis' musings: How I make interesting technical presentations
My next 2 months is going to be jam packed with conferences and travel!
Devopsdays NZ , March 8 2013 . I will be giving a talk that analyses AA261 through a DevOps lense , looking at the collaborative maintenance and operation of the MD-83 in the crash.
Monitorama , March 28-29 2013 . I'm looking forward to slowing down and listening at Monitorama, which has a tremendous line up of speakers. I'll be keen to hear what others think of the work …
- A Fresh Cup: Double Shot #1043
- paperplanes: Be Humble, and Get Shit Done!
- Labnotes: Rounded Corners 389 — Twitter tickler
- Engine Yard Developer Blog: Using Chef for DevOps Innovations
- Blog on Applicake's ideas, Ruby on Rails and Internet start-ups: Future Simple is looking for a DevOps to join the R&D team in Kraków! Let all your geek-friends know!
- New Relic: Changes in the Application Development Landscape Drive Innovation - New Relic is Here to Help
@ dysinger : WELCOME TO DEVOPS ADVENTURE! YOU ARE STANDING INSIDE AWS. NEARBY IS AN ANGRY ELB. THERE ARE SOME SSH KEYS ON THE GROUND.
~@levie : Well cloud computing was fun while it lasted; now we can just store all our data in DNA strands.
@ mtnygard : Debates about "Tech X > tech T" aren't religious wars. They're also economic wars.
@ alfonsol : I do not believe your per load number of socks requires scalability.
- Labnotes: Rounded Corners 389 — Twitter tickler
…If I was at a sysadmin conference, I would talk about testing systems infrastructure. If I was at a DevOps conference, I would talk about encoding & communicating business processes in your monitoring.
Practice, practice, practice
Know the timing of your talk. Work out what the average time you should spend on each slide. I generally rehearse each talk at least 3-5 times before I give it the first time, and will revise and rehearse at least 1-2 times on subsequent presentations.
Don't …
- Envy Labs: Are You the Keymaster?
- jimmy.thinking: IronRuby @ RubyConf 2009 - Part 2: What sets IronRuby apart?
- RubyLearning Blog: Incorporating Web APIs to spark computer programming exercises
- Phil Burrows, Ruby on Rails Web Developer: Daily Design
- jystewart.net | notes, tips and commentary by James Stewart: Weekend Links
- Luke Redpath: My iOS 5 Wishlist
…running the company, he transformed it into a culture that sounds strikingly similar to the ideas of DevOps. He managed to make everyone feel responsible for delivering a great product and for everyone to be enabled to take charge should something go wrong.
All that is based on the premise of trust. Trust that when someone speaks up, they will be taken seriously.
Three Habits of Failure
If you look at the examples above, some patterns come up. There are companies outside of our field that …
- Meta | ateM: Getting github emails on organizational projects
- High Scalability: Designing for Resiliency will be so 2013
- New Relic: Community News: Multi-Device Adaptation vs. Optimization
§ russolsen :
Did you know that when cats are frustrated they talk about how hard it is to herd developers?
§ Tim Dysinger :
WELCOME TO DEVOPS ADVENTURE! YOU ARE STANDING INSIDE AWS. NEARBY IS AN ANGRY ELB. THERE ARE SOME SSH KEYS ON THE GROUND.
§ Scott McMillan :
Eskimos have over 1,000 words to describe the misconceptions foreigners have about their language and culture.
§ @ blowmage :
OH: "Ruby is a DSL for turning cargo culting into podcasts"