DevOps before there was “devops” - 20yr old style
A presentation at DevOpsDays Texas 2021 by Jeremy Meiss
DevOps before there was “devops” - 20yr old Edition
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En c o u rage te am wo r k
Re duc e s i l o s
Prac t ic e s ys te ms t h i n k i ng
L e a r n f rom f a i l u re Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
C ommu n ic ate
Ac c e p t fe e d b ac k
I te r a te r a p id l y Note: you do not want Jeremy helping you build a deck
A u t om ate w h e re a pp ro p r i a te
DevOps before their was “devops” - 20yr old Edition Jeremy Meiss Head of DevRel & Community
The year is 1996. A bright, resourceful 20 yr old Network Administrator at an ISP is tasked with a mundane, tedious project. Said 20 yr old feels he has a better way, and takes it upon himself to get creative. What follows is a quick journey down memory lane to a time before DevOps was DevOps, through the eyes of a 43yo looking back on his 20yo self.
Some of the takeaways here would be that:
- DevOps principles should be used for good
- Jeremy should not be asked to build a deck
- We’ve learned a lot since 1996, and yet we’ve forgotten a lot. Let’s get nostalgic.
