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I've been interviewing candidates for a DevOps opening that Interactive Intelligence has available and I keep getting asked by candidates, 'What does DevOps mean to you?' If you were to google 'What is devops?' you'll find pages and pages of blogs and articles answering just that. I've read a few of them but I still find myself struggling to give a clear answer. I think the trouble with anwering this question is that people generally expect a 2-3 sentence answer and it's difficult to encapsulate all my thoughts on the subject that concisely. Another issue is that when I'm talking about DevOps, I feel like my attempts at explaining it come off as if it's some magical, fundamental, paradigm shift that exploded onto the scene and if followed will lead to peace on earth and an end to all hunger.

Reading through the documentation, I saw it mention Puppet and Chef which both appeared to be some sort of witchcraft that allowed you to automatically configure and setup these virtualised servers. Bingo. Easy server configuration management.

A path to DevOps When Lara Hogan asked Bridget Kroumhout (on stage, at Velocity), "So, how did you get tricked into operations?" it was funny, but it got Kroumhout thinking. It's a question she's been asked before, and has sometimes been at a loss for an answer since she didn't follow a plan originally. Kroumhout now offers a plan-a wonderfully thoughtful and pragmatic set of resources beginning with culture (e.g., if you work in tech for even a little while, you'll notice that you have a lot of social and economic privilege, no matter your demographic identity, because you have more choices in your work and life than do many of your fellow humans), tools, education, community, and how to launch your career. Even if you're already well established, this is worth a read if only to rekindle your fire.

In a fit of rage caused by reading yet another email in which one of our customers proposed creating a "devops team" so as to "implement" devops, I tweeted that "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DEVOPS TEAM." Like all slogans, there's plenty of heat to go with the light, so here's the scoop [...]

This checklist is comprised of 48 items you can use to gauge the maturity of your software delivery competency, and form a baseline to measure your future improvements. It's not meant to say "you're failing DevOps" or deprive you of a badge (make yourself a badge just for reading this!), but surface areas of potential improvement.

From measuring what matters to why teamwork comes first - a compendium of DevOps advice from your peers.