no true devopsa tale of cognitive bias and logical fallacy

with Andrew Clay Shafer - @littleidea

Three Stone Cutters walk into a Pareto Inefficient

Nash Equilibrium…

@littleidea’s practical Guide to Devops

that one weird trick

HOW IS BUSINESS FORMED?

WHY IS BUSINESS FORMED?

Language Defines US

ssh BASH

TCP/IP

LAN

Lun

Idempotence?

ACL

HTTPSAN

TLS

TDD CI

SPRINT

CD

Velocity

law of DEMETER?

pairing

storiesuser

kanban

tribal signalING

EBITA NPV

P&LRFP

IRR

IPO

Margin

ROIProfit

M&A

Who is a devops?

some of my best friends are devops

Who is Smart?CLEVER? Resourceful?

who was born a developer?

who was born a sysadmin?

who has a degree?

Computers? Business?science? Math?

something ELSE?

who is really good with a sword?

what is a server?

if we fought with real swords...

can you kick my ass?

one who serves

Onna-bugeishaapologies if I overuse gendered pronouns

unapologetic war metaphors

different talk

History of Samurai

702 AD Taihō Code - ‘samurai’ lower half of aristocracy, bureaucratic civil servants. ‘samurai’ would not have military connotations for almost 2 centuries

between 9th and 12th century, rise of Shogunate and warrior samurai class

1274 AD and 1281 AD - Mongol’s invade Japan, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING...

1584-1645 AD - Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings

1876 AD - The samurai lose their profession and the right to wear swords. The samurai position as a special class ended after ~1000 years.

brief and probably wrong

‘According to our manner of fighting we must first call out by name someone

from the enemy ranks, and then attack in single combat...’

‘But the Mongols took no notice at all of such

conventions...’

--Hachiman Gudokun

The Samurai had no practical experience against hardened armor, showering arrows or mass maneuvering troops

but they had a strong Incentive to learn

really fast

‘samurai’ no longer a

birthright

It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should

have a taste for both Ways--Miyamoto Musashi

the way

Do not think dishonestly.

The Way is in training.

Become acquainted with every art.

Know the Ways of professions.

Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.

Perceive those things which cannot be seen.

Pay attention even to trifles.

Do nothing which is of no use.

with these nine weird tricks

devops is simple, not easy

Who are WE?

don’t limit me with Labels

I don’t CARE If you ‘DEVOPS’

NOW IS THE TIMEthe golden age of devops?

‘But the Mongols took no notice at all of such conventions...’

nothing lasts forever

Think lightly of yourself and think deeply of the world.

--Musashi

The object isn't to do devops, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes devops inevitable.

--Robert Henri

what’s NEXT?

always Opportunity for those who can reason about complex systems

don’t limit yourself

@littleideacome at me