Tag Archives: DevOps

What is DevOps?

Posted on December 3, 2015 by way0utwest

There is a lot of confusion in the world about DevOps. Some of that might be because the concept hasn’t been well defined, or implemented, in many organizations. It might also be because other companies have been running as DevOps … Continue reading →

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Finding Production Drift

Posted on June 2, 2015 by way0utwest

A few years ago when I started delivering presentations about automating database delivery with Grant Fritchey, I was surprised by something. We were rehearsing a talk and Grant mentioned that there were really only two places where we knew the … Continue reading →

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Building Small Habits

Posted on February 26, 2015 by way0utwest

I was reading Kenneth Fisher’s piece on constraints recently and was struck by the fact that this is one of those small changes you make to your coding that has big benefits. In essence, rather than being lazy and writing this: CREATE … Continue reading →

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Selling Automation to Ops

Posted on January 12, 2015 by way0utwest

The DevOps movement isn’t new in some companies. It’s the same coordination and teamwork that has existed for a long time between the development and operations staffs. Developers take advantage of the skills in Operations to get standardized environments for their work, … Continue reading →

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