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DevOps integrates and automates the work of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) as a means for improving and shortening the systems development life cycle.

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Thinking in Systems: A Sociotechnical Approach to DevOps (thenewstack.io)

submitted 1 year ago by worldofgeese to c/[email protected]

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I'm the author. With 5 years experience as a DevOps Engineer then Lead, I've wanted, for a very long time, to distill my critique and pave a way toward a healthier practice of DevOps. Before anyone jumps to tell me how DevOps Engineer is a misnomer, I address this in the article.

I wrote this piece because DevOps has all too often been misunderstood as a practice. Here I attempt to examine successful DevOps practice as a sociotechnical solution that weds culture and tools (the DevOps most are familiar with) with radical agency and visibility. I reference some stupendous thinkers in this space, like Jabe Bloom and Andrew Clay Shafer who were the first to argue for a sociotechnical approach to our work as IT professionals.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, I understand exactly and that's actually how the company I'm working for today is operating. I guess I just didn't understand the word holistic, but yeah, we have a platform team (using nomad) and we want developers to be able to use nomad to run their own stuff, have their own test environments, and be able to do anything they want without us being in the middle.