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"Transparency" is so opaque
What does "transparency" even mean? What decisions could you make differently if you had it?
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Who owns the release?
With different teams responsible for development and release, we often end up with silos.
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How do you get people to see the light?
Imagine a world where it was easy to convince everyone that your new insight was great. We'd never get anything done.
Adventures in DevOps 121: Reducing On-Call Engineer Burnout with a Volunteer Management InfrastructureDave Mangot
Brian Scanlan explains how Intercom increases efficiency of on-call engineers and reduces the disruptive nature of the job.
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Give your teams a private Slack channel
Why I prefer every team has their own public and private Slack channel.
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Adventures in DevOps 117: Anti-Patterns in DevOps
We discuss various anti-patterns in software engineering, including password management, team structures, mean time to recover, and more.
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Don't get trapped in the fire esacpe
A risk I never imagined, and one I certainly never face when I work from home.
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Finding a vision
A direction is important for every team, and if not provided with one, the team will invent their own.
Adventures in DevOps 110: Building and Organizing DevOps Teams
The panel breaks down the process of building a "DevOps team".