DevOps Paradox: The truth about DevOps by the people on the front line

Viktor Farcic

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Paperback Aug 2019 532 pages 1st Edition

Viktor Farcic

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Leading DevOps experts share their insights into modern DevOps practice
Engage with the real-world challenges of putting DevOps to work
Strengthen your DevOps practices now and prepare for future DevOps trends

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DevOps promises to break down silos, uniting organizations to deliver high quality output in a cross-functional way. In reality it often results in confusion and new silos: pockets of DevOps practitioners fight the status quo, senior decision-makers demand DevOps paint jobs without committing to true change. Even a clear definition of what DevOps is remains elusive. In DevOps Paradox, top DevOps consultants, industry leaders, and founders reveal their own approaches to all aspects of DevOps implementation and operation. Surround yourself with expert DevOps advisors. Viktor Farcic draws on experts from across the industry to discuss how to introduce DevOps to chaotic organizations, align incentives between teams, and make use of the latest tools and techniques. With each expert offering their own opinions on what DevOps is and how to make it work, you will be able to form your own informed view of the importance and value of DevOps as we enter a new decade. If you want to see how real DevOps experts address the challenges and resolve the paradoxes, this book is for you.

Who is this book for?

Anybody interested in DevOps will gain a lot from this book. If you want to get beyond the simplistic ideals and engage with the deep challenges of putting DevOps to work in the real world, this book is for you.

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Expert opinions on:
Introducing DevOps into real-world, chaotic business environments
Deciding between adopting cutting edge tools or sticking with tried-and-tested methods
Initiating necessary business change without positional power
Managing and overcoming fear of change in DevOps implementations
Anticipating future trends in DevOps and how to prepare for them
Getting the most from Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
Creating the right incentives for DevOps success across an organization
The impact of new techniques, such as Lambda, serverless, and schedulers, on DevOps practice

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Q. Hartman Oct 07, 2019

I didn't really know what to expect when I started reading this book, as I have not read any of Viktor Farcic's other work. At first I was skeptical of the value that a series of interviews would provide, but that skepticism was quickly swept away. As a DevOps practitioner for the last 8-ish years, I really enjoyed the stories from others who have walked similar paths and have fought similar battles. Farcic has a knack for asking questions in a way that draws out insightful details, and the conversational quality made for effortless reading. I particularly enjoyed Damon Edwards' discussion about how the misalignment of incentives between how a business historically works and how DevOps asks that business to work leads to problems. That's one of my own soapbox issues that I rarely see people take on explicitly.Tucked inside all these conversations are useful nuggets of wisdom that I think anyone working with software development could get value from. Of course there's a lot that specific to DevOps practices, but there's also lots of Agile, and technology within enterprises in general that I think anyone in the space could put to use.I highly recommend this book. It's entertaining, enlightening, and a delight to read. As another reviewer pointed out, I think it would have benefited from some analysis by the author in picking out common themes or translating some of the stories into actionable recommendations, but even lacking that, there's a lot of value to be gotten here!(Review based on a pre-release copy of the book)

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Denver Oct 24, 2019

I've worked with Viktor briefly, as a client, and so he offered me the chance to preview this book. But as is my approach to such things, after reading it, and finding it good, I purchased it for myself using my own money. It IS good. It's a surprisingly real collection of surprisingly real people talking about real things they have done and continue to do, to improve the lives of all of us bound up with this thing we call software development.I say surprising because knowing Viktor as a gifted technologist I was expecting something far more technically focused and this book is not that. It is very focused on the human realities of changing organisations, changing business cultures, changing habits and thus, changing lives. Oh, there's good technical advice in it, but this is not the major concern of the book. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in and/or committed to making ourselves better at what we do, and through what we do, who we are.

Denny Feb 27, 2022

I just finished an engagement that I thought their culture was atypical; but after reading DevOps Paradox, realize information silos and tribalism may be the norm. Importantly, I now see the light that organizational change is my business. Before, I decided that it's just too hard when leadership is not involved. Another take away was that Agile was a revolution in software development, but not necessarily an organization, and DevOps really expands similar thinking to operations as well.

Joost van der Griendt Sep 26, 2019

Many articles, twitter feeds, blog posts, talks, and podcasts make a hot take on DevOps. Few manage to tell a complete story with much nuances of the daily struggles. With the aid of industry veterans and upcoming stars alike, Viktor shows the many faces of this loaded term.In DevOps Paradox, Viktor sheds light on the many non-technical parts usually skipped in his other books. It is a refreshing alternative to the often single opinion pieces found elsewhere. It does miss some of Viktor's typically sharp and uncompromising rhetoric, which some avid readers - such as myself - will miss.Another thing that could have improved the book is a summary or review from Viktor or others of the interviews. Using hindsight commentary to capture some of the broad strokes visible throughout the conversations would have helped.All in all, a solid book with many different takes on a conflated concept. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand what DevOps might mean for other people, hopefully bringing us closer together.

Sean Davis Dec 09, 2019

If you're past that part of your life where you asking what DevOps is or what it consists of, you'll find solace in this book. The author compiles an amazing cast of industry experts to share real life stories that resonate with practitioners and those who have been touched by DevOps in various capacities. It's a breath of fresh air compared to most DevOps books who attempt to tell the tale of DevOps form a single minded perspective. In this book, thought diversity reigns supreme and uncovers some of the struggles, challenges and even successes from the common folk. You will appreciate the fact that a great amount of research was done to make the contributing subject matter experts as diverse as possible, each with thier own unique tales to bring to the table.

DevOps Paradox: The truth about DevOps by the people on the front line

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Agile versus DevOps

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