DevOps Cafe Episode 55 - Tom Limoncelli

Looking back and forward to see where we are now

Tom Limoncelli has a long interesting history in which he's seen our industry from different crucial perspectives (Lucent, Lumeta, Google, StackExchange, USENIX, Velocity). Tom joins John and Damon to chat about the history and future of systems administration, SREs, and operations as a craft/culture. Tom's books and community involvement are also discussed.

  

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Follow Tom Limoncelli on Twitter: @yesthattom
Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• Interested in DevOps and Networking? John is heading up a great new event called DevOps 4 Networks on October 14 in Mountain View, CA. The lineup is all-star. Tickets are free, but limited. 
• Enterprise DevOps Conference is coming up on Oct 21-23 in San Francisco. 
  • Get 20% off individual tickets with code: DEVOPSCAFE20
  • Get 30% off groups of 5 or more with code: 5MICRO30 (when 5 from same company use this code they each get refunded 30%)
• Tom blogs at EverythingSysAdmin.com
• Tom brought up Ben Traynor's excellent talk on defining the SRE role
• For a secret discount on Tom's books go to this link!
• We discussed Tom's new book, The Practice of Cloud System Administration, and described it as a "great survey course" of how to build and run services using Cloud and DevOps best practices
• We also brought up Tom's earlier books, The Practice of System and Network Administration and Time Management for System Administrators
• Tom works for StackExchange
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John is an entrepreneur in residence at Pacific Crest

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DevOps Cafe Episode 54 - Gene Kim

John and Damon in the hot seat

Gene Kim is back... and this time the tables are turned! Gene plays host and interviews John and Damon about DevOps in the Enterprise (or anybody that has large organizational complexity and scale).

 

  

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Follow Gene Kim on Twitter: @RealGeneKim
Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• Enterprise DevOps Conference is coming up on Oct 21-23 in San Francisco. 
  • Get 20% off individual tickets with code: DEVOPSCAFE20
  • Get 30% off groups of 5 or more with code: 5MICRO30 (when 5 from same company use this code they each get refunded 30%)
• John mentioned Damon's past culture presentation at DevOps Days Rome and enterprise transformation presentation at DevOps Days Silicon Valley
• John's keynote at DevOps Days Brisbane 2014 building on Sidney Dekker's keynote .
• Gene is the cheif DevOps Scribe (i.e. author and editor) at IT Revolution Press
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Stateless Networks

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DevOps Cafe Episode 53 - Mandi Walls

The view from around the DevOps world (literally)

Mandi Walls joins John and Damon to chat about the perspectives and insights she has gained through her journeys in  the DevOps movement... from a practitioner in high-scale web operations... to well-known community member... to working with customers as a tools vendor (Chef). 

  

  

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Follow Mandi Walls on Twitter: @lnxchk
Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• Mandi works for Chef
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Stateless Networks

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DevOps Cafe Episode 52 - Matt Ho with Alex Honor

From "just get it done" to "getting it done".

Matt Ho (Loyal3) and Alex Honor (DTO Solutions and SimplifyOps) joins John and Damon to chat about how financial services startup Loyal3 got through the early growing pains and transformed into a nimble and scalable organization... all in the face of tight regulatory and compliance concerns. Lots of Lean thinking and smart use of off-the-shelf tooling. A valuable story for startups and enterprises alike. 

Featured Guest: Matt Ho
 

With Special Guest: Alex Honor

  

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Follow Alex Honor on Twitter: @alexhonor
Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• John mentioned Sidney Dekker's excellent keynote at DevOps Days Brisbane 2014.
• John also did a "response" keynote the next day, in true DevOps Days style. 
• Matt talked about how tools from HashiCorp and Docker let them bring their Lean vision to life
• Matt Ho is the CTO of Loyal3 where he needs to balance being a fast moving startup and a highly regulated financial instituion.
• The DevOps Enterprise Conference is on October 21 - 23 in San Francisco (John and Damon are on the program comitte)
• Alex works for SimplifyOps and leads DevOps Workshops for DTO Solutions
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Stateless Networks

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DevOps Cafe Episode 51 - Michael Coté & Jay Lyman

Analysing with the Analyzers

John and Damon are joined by Michael Coté and Jay Lyman (The 451 Group) to get the analyst view of DevOps in the enterprise as well as Jay and Coté's historical involvement with the DevOps movement. 

 

  

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Follow Jay Lyman on Twitter: @ripcitylyman
Follow Michael Coté on Twitter: @cote
Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• Jay's early (2010) report on DevOps was mentioned
• Coté's presentation (video and slides) from DevOps Days Austin 2014
• Coté's long running (sometimes sporadic like this show) Drunk and Retired podcast
• Jay and Coté both are analysts for The 451 Group
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Stateless Networks

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