Low Gravity DevOps

We think wrong and do DevOps

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Want to go faster? Do things differently. Invest in yourselves, experiment, learn what works for your team.

Use the toolbox as it makes sense: ci, cd, auto test, refactor, remove toil, containerize, embrace cloud, infrastructure as code.

But... Learn first.

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Saying accidents are due to human error is like saying falls are due to gravity. -Trevor Kletz

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Today in the world of #DevOps: Talking with Tep-Larb to get... a file share...

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

How you handle misfortune is more important than how you handle success.

[Antonia @Flaminhaystack]

Grace Hopper designed Harvard's Mark 1 computer in 1945

She invented the compiler that translated written language into computer code, coined the term debugging when she had to remove moths from the device

She also helped develop COBOL, 1 of the 1st modern programming languages

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

As the security perimeter moves to identity and end points, what changes do engineers need to make to secure their work?

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

[Sarah Withee #BLM 🇺🇦 @geekygirlsarah]

Got my feedback from my last job interview.

tl;dr I didn't specifically answer one of the questions about OOP design.

So basically turned down for not knowing exact Computer Science Trivia™.

Why are we still hiring people based on trivia regurgitation & not on actual skills?

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other.

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

This is timeless.

[Richard Hundhausen @rhundhausen]

The opposite of #KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is #KICKME (Keep It Complicated Keep Me Employed)

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

The anchor of what we know keeps us from the brink of tomorrow. @jasonleedean

[Cem Paya @randomoracle]

Pro-tip: If colleagues complain your C code is "unreadable" try using these variable names:
• char broiled;
• double burger;
• short cake;
• float icecream;
• long story;
• signed sincerely;

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

@RealGeneKim @nicolefv @jezhumble @stephenmagill Now only if I can get people to document in wiki instead of word documents....

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

“Mistakes are proof you are trying.” I don’t know who else needs to see this today. I certainly did.

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Failure gets a bad rap... @grantimahara - failure is always an option. Science Olympiad National Tournament @Cornell

Same goes for software and IT and #DevOps

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

#Science is for everyone, boys and girls. Great job by @grantimahara at Science Olympiad National Tournament @Cornell university..

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Technical debt are things that people found but the business won’t give them the time to fix it. #devops

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Prioritize the defects to increase flow #devops

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Is your organization going to get better if it takes 4 weeks to get feedback? #devops

[Low Gravity DevOps @LowGravDevOps]

Manufacturing to software taught me to coach executives to go talk to the engineers. They normally don’t. #devops