Hosting, Provisioning, and Deployment

Hosting, provisioning, and deployment are admittedly three very distinct activities that often go hand in hand with the overall application life cycle management. Whereas, some types of hosting solutions make it near impossible to achieve seamless deployments, others make it an ultimately joyful and time-effective experience for developers. This brings us to the most important point of all, which is, Why would developers even bother with these system operations things? There are plenty of answers for this one. Whereas, the real sales pitch is simple as: market demands it. Nowadays, developers are tangled in a web of multidisciplinary activities, which often goes beyond coding skills itself and into system operations at some level. The not my job mantra is all but reserved for us here, which is ultimately alright, as having...