The Magic of DevOps

Recently, a well-respected colleague of mine reacted to an article that I had written regarding the Equifax data breach and suggested that I had made it sound as if DevOps “magically” could solve problems. I was stunned at first when I saw his comments, because everything that I have written has always gone into specific details on how to implement DevOps and CM best practices including the core functions of source code management, build engineering, environment management, change control, and release and deployment engineering. At first, I responded to my colleague that he should get a copy of my book to see the detail in which I prescribe these principles and practices. My colleague reminded me that he not only had a copy of my CM best practices book, but had reviewed it as well – and as I recall it was a pretty positive review. So how then could he possibly believe that I viewed DevOps as magically solving anything? The more I pondered this incident, the more I realized that DevOps does indeed have some magic and the effective DevOps practitioner actually does have some tricks up his sleeve. So, unlike most magicians I am fine with sharing some of my magic and I hope that you will write back and share your best practices as well. To read more about my magical approach to DevOps click here.