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Merge or rebase?

Actually, neither....

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Why I love squash

When and why I love interactive squashing of commits

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Why I hate squash

If your git history is full of noise solve that actual problem. Don't sweep it under the rug with squash-merging.

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Let's do Kubernetes

Join me as I livestream the Kubernetes deployment of a small app.

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Adventures in DevOps 176: The World of Linux: From Debian to Ubuntu, Fedora to CentOS

We share our experiences with Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Amazon Linux, discussing the pros and cons of each for both desktop and server use.

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Adventures in DevOps 175: Apache Arrow with Matt Topol

What Apache Arrow is, its benefits & advantages, how it works and much more!

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Adventures in DevOps 170: Testing and Development in the Data Domain with Pete

Pete Hunt of Elementl joins the show to talk about DevOps in the world of data

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99th percentile

If you have historical data regarding incident recovery times, change from a mean calculation to a 99th percentile calculation.

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Adventures in DevOps 169: Everything you Need to Know about Salt with Nicholas Hughes

Learn how Salt is used for deploying, configuring, and managing complex IT systems.

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Don't be so mean

The mean is useless when severe outliers are present, as is virtually always true when calculating MTTR.

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Monitor what matters

Be intentional about what you monitor. Have a reason for every metric.