What gets measured gets attention

Measuring is at the heart of good DevOps practice. I know, it may feel weird to actively collect and think about data, but it’s really indispensable.

Vacuuming is only fun if it's rattling in the hose

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Why is that? Well, because it feels nice to do something useful.

The accumulated filth of all their technical debt

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“The accumulated filth of all their technical debt and poor communication will foam up about their waists and all the developers and managers will look up and shout “Save us!
... and I’ll look down, and whisper “No.”

Pretty dramatic. And kinda funny, in its pompous way.

More slicing: Mr Conway, wield the knife

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Are you familiar with Conway’s Law?

To summarise, it claims that technical and organisational structures will always mirror one another. For example, if you have three teams working on your product, it will have three distinct parts to it.

Slicing your architecture to not ask permission

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I’d like to explore this intersection between architecture and team organisation some more.

Slicing your architecture pt. 2 -- risk and organisational debt

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Yesterday we discussed the risk of mis-slicing your architecture. Today, I’d like to discuss how to slice it safely.