December, 2012


19
Dec 12

In the NOC for the Holidays

Firmly in the holiday season, the Crew discusses the duties this time of year for RelEng and DevOps teams: what kind of activities are these teams taking care of this time of year, should releases be going out the door, and does it make sense to keep these teams “spun up” this time of year? Join us as we discuss what it’s like to be stuck:

In the NOC for Holidays

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, Seth Thomas, aka @cheeseplus, and Sascha Bates, aka @sascha_d for the discussion, plus the last couple of weeks in News & Views and a story to get us all into the holiday spirit!

Or, download Episode 12, or any of our previous shows!

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Some Holiday Silliness

‘Twas the Night Before One-dot-0, by The Crew and David Lutz.

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How does your organization handle release engineering and ops issues during the holiday season?
Are you on-call? Are releases planned? How do they show you they’re appreciative?

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Dec 12

Languages Du Jour

To get into the holiday spirit, the Crew looks at the various programming languages used in the release engineering and DevOps space: is there a language that “binds it all together?” If so, what language holds that title, and why? Is that language shifting? And if so, what’s the driving force behind the shift? Join us as we look over the menu of:

RelEng & DevOps Languages du Jour

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, Seth Thomas, aka @cheeseplus, and EJ Ciramella, aka @eciramella for the discussion, plus the last couple of weeks in News & Views and a new Tooltip!

Or, download Episode 11, or any of our previous shows!

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Tool Tips

Paul discusses the Fuse plugin SSHFS, why it’s super-useful and when not to use it.

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What’s your language du jour? How often do you have to learn a new language? And what makes you have to do that?

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