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The 3L rule, a general piece of advice
What I am going to describe will sound elementary to most of you, even trivial but I know that there is a difference between being aware of something and actually doing it. I have been working hard to spread the DevOps word these last few years and through experiences, project, conferences and articles I have […]
Aug 31, 2015 · 3 minAll articles by Bertrand Besnard
Showing 1–9Why I became DevOps Certified
I usually do not care too much about diplomas or certifications. To me, one’s value isn’t reflected by a piece of paper but rather by his or her actions, dedication, motivation and efficiency. And yet, I decided to become DevOps certified and furthermore, become a teacher for that very same certification. Have I gone insane […]
How DevOps could save the world; like your colleagues’ day
DevOps is about a few things but above all, it’s about communication and understanding each other. In that spirit, I decided to create a new day to celebrate: “Like your colleagues’ day”. The rules are simple: The first rule of like your colleagues’ day is: You do not talk about Fight… Each year, on the […]
Service virtualization – The hows and the whys.
Close your eyes and take a deep breath. You are on an island, smelling the iodine coming from the sea, the sun is gently caressing your cheeks and you are sipping on a cocktail in the middle of the afternoon. Your phone is off, in a place you forgot and you do not have direct […]
Tips to change culture (at least in your team).
DevOps is all about automation, enhancing the Application Lifecycle Management and culture change. In the last few years there have been tons of conferences and articles about the benefits of a cultural change on a project, but I have yet to read a paper about how to actually change culture. How do you manage to […]
DevOps: What It is and How to Cook It
What is DevOps? DevOps is a funny concept.I have spent the last few months trying to find an accurate explanation of what it is, reading books, articles and participating in discussions which led me to the following personal definition: DevOps is a set of processes which aims to enhance the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) of […]
The fashionable IT crowd
The IT Crowd I was recently reading an article in Marie Claire UK (yes I do read non-nerdy publications, some higher AI should sentence my brain to enter a loop without an exit condition) which explained that women should start learning how to code in order to become successful professionally. That triggered my curiosity and […]
Programming: from too hard to too easy
I can still remember how happy I was the first time my friends and I managed to program a Pong alike game on our Texas Instrument calculators. It took us weeks before figuring out the algorithm and months before being able to render something decent, almost playable, with zeros and ones on the screen. At […]
COBOL: Completely Obsolete But Omnipresent Language
The programming language COBOL is a nuisance, something everyone wants to get rid of; however, I’m about to advise you to learn it. It might be a gold mine. The IT world is a fast paced one where obsolescence is the rule and where things evolve so fast that any person who wants to understand […]