From the course: DevOps Foundations: Microservices
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Automation
From the course: DevOps Foundations: Microservices
Automation
You've probably heard the expression time is money. You're probably also aware that every company's greatest expense is labor. So, time is valuable, and skilled labor is especially expensive. It's absolutely reasonable for every individual and team to ensure that they're spending their time on valuable work, work that will provide a return on the investment of time. Okay, so if some work is worth pursuing, another work is not, how do we know the difference? Are there types of work that should always be avoided? Yes, there are. DevOps practices focus heavily on automation. Generally, the rule is anything that can be automated should be automated, especially repetitive tasks that require precision. Humans are great at creation and ideas. Machines are best at doing the same thing over and over again without errors. Let's put each to work doing what they do best. Here's a great example. Have you ever patched an operating system or installed one on a computer? There's a lot of clicking…
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