Shadow org charts

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Org charts are mysterious things anyway, steeped in ceremony and suffused with mysterious power.

Reusability vs autonomy

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"There are three great virtues of a programmer; Laziness, Impatience and Hubris."
-- Larry Wall

Given this, reuse is certainly a no-brainer: it allows us to be lazy. Yay!

The law of conservation of bullshit

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Bullshit.

“The law of conservation of bullshit”

Call me childish, but it’s all I can do not to cackle with glee at that expression.

Diving into the connectedness of DevOps

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A few days ago, I wrote to you about how everything is connected in DevOps.

The DevOps ratchet

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I’m really proud of my newest metaphor: the DevOps Ratchet.

Let me tell you about it :-)

The DevOps crux

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Among climbers, there’s a thing called Crux of a route.