Tiny DevOps

Bryan Finster is a co-creator of Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery, and in this episode we talk about how this concept was born, what problems it aims to address, and how you can use it on your team to improve your continuous delivery.

Resources
minimumcd.org
eBook: Trunk-Based Development by Paul Hammant

Guest
Bryan Finster
LinkedIn
5 Minute DevOps blog

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J.B. Rainsberger is a long-time XP practitioner, who believes in helping developers simplify their work lives.

In this second of a two-part interview, J. B. offers practical advice on how to "get over the hump" of evolutionary design, and really, how to learn any new skill.

Resources
Geoffrey Moore's chasm theory
Chunking article from Wikipedia
Book: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Book: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
7 minutes, 26 seconds talk by J. B. Rainsberger (34:37)
The World's Best Intro to TDD

Guest
J.B. Rainsberger
Personal Site
Blog

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J.B. Rainsberger is a long-time XP practitioner, who believes in helping developers simplify their work lives.

In this first part of a two-part interview, J. B. joins me to talk about evolutionary design, what it is, why it's useful, and the barriers that keep many people from experiencing its benefits.

Resources
Test-Driven Development by Example by Kent Beck
Programmer Anarchy talk by Fred George
Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

Guest
J.B. Rainsberger
Personal Site
The World's Best Intro to TDD
Blog

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Steve Pereira describes the concept of value stream mapping, and how it, and related techniques, can be used to improve the flow of practically any process from product ideation to delivery and customer experience.  Steve is the founder of Visible, and is obsessed with making tech human, and leveraging it to deliver continuous value.

Resources
Book: Project to Product by Dr. Mik Kersten
Free eBook: Flow Engineering by Steve Pereira

Value Stream Management Course
Newsletter for upcoming book: Inside Out

Guest: Steve Pereira
LinkedIn
Email: [email protected]
Ultimate link

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In this episode, Daniel Bartholomae, CTO of Optilyz, "borrows my brain" for a consultatative discussion about how to improve the integration of QA in a growing startup with just two dev teams.

We discuss the theory of setting up QA to support developers, rather than to act as gatekeepers, and many of the practical implications.

Resources
Borrow my brain
Tiny DevOps Episode #5: George Stocker — A Dogma-Free Approach to TDD
Book: Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim

Guest
Daniel Bartholomae, CTO of Optilyz
Optilyz job openings

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In this short, Halloween bonus episode, I talk about a very scary technical screening process I learned about just a couple of days ago.  I explain why the screening process is scary from the perspective of both the candidate, and the hiring manager.

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In this episode I speak with Lukas Vermeer, former head of experimentation at Booking.com, and currently working with Vista. He answers the question of whether A/B testing makes sense in small companies and startups,  and with small numbers of customers. We also discuss the broader topic of experimentation in general, and applying the scientific method to business development.

Resources
Dutch TV interview with Edsger Dijkstra in which he expounds his theory on software versions
Edmond Halley on Wikipedia
Book: Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan H. Thomke
Book: Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing by Ron Kohavi, Diane Tang & Ya Xu
Book: Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation by Alan S. Gerber & Donald P. Green
Book: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn

Guest
Lukas Vermeer
https://lukasvermeer.nl/
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This episode is a replay of my Scrum Day Europe 2021 presentation, Scrum Isn't Enough: Why DevOps is essential for Agile success.

When Scrum was formulated, it was seen as a “wrapper” for more technical agile practices, such as Extreme Programming. A conscious choice was made to focus on the relationship between software developers and management. It was assumed that Scrum would be used to promote more technical developer practices, which Scrum leaves unaddressed. DevOps not only works hand-in-glove with Scrum to fill in these missing gaps, it is more and more seen as an essential tool for Agile success.

Resources:
Scrum Day Europe 2021
Presentation slides
Book: Agile Software Development with Scrum
The 2021 Scrum Guide
Book: The Phoenix Project
Book: The Unicorn Project
Free email Lean CD Bootcamp

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Ben Curtis is one of the cofounders of Honeybadger.io, and in this episode we talk about the joys, and challenges, of managing infrastructure on a bootstrapped budget. Ben walks us through 9 years of history since Honeybadger.io's inception, to today, and offers concrete tips you can employ so you can take a holiday again!

Resources
Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects
Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems or read free online
The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
Honeybadger exception monitoring

Today's Guest
Ben Curtis
Twitter: @stympy
Email: [email protected]

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Molood Ceccarelli is the founder of Remote Forever. She is a remote work strategist and agile coach often referred to as the queen of remote work in agile. Her work has been published in places such as Forbes, Huffington Post and Inc.com as well as Scrum Alliance and Shiftup.

In this episode, we discuss the differences between remote work during the pandemic, and "normal" remote work.  Molood gives tips on how to make your company, team, or individual work more effecitve, productive, and free using remote-first techniques and principles.

Today's Guest
Molood Ceccarelli
Remote Forever
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter

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