Daniel Tao
3 Key Steps for Optimizing DevOps Workflows
#1about 1 minute
The goal of DevOps is optimizing for speed and safety
True DevOps optimization involves finding the best solution that balances the competing dimensions of shipping software quickly and safely.
#2about 10 minutes
Prioritize incident detection and recovery over prevention
Focusing on reducing incident duration through rapid detection and recovery provides a higher return on investment than attempting to prevent all failures.
#3about 7 minutes
Eradicate tribal knowledge by automating system guardrails
Instead of relying on fallible human processes like runbooks and training, change the system to make mistakes impossible through automation.
#4about 4 minutes
Increase deployment frequency to reduce release risk
Deploying smaller batches of changes more frequently is safer than slowing down, as it minimizes the risk and complexity of each individual release.
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