Staying late… browsing and learning… found a gem.

Since one of AppLogic’s traditional audiences is DevOps, some frequently ask us “what is DevOps”. While the following doesn’t really provide a definition, it tells us how to do it (and for a definition, there’s always Wikipedia)

In summary, here’s how Flickr does it:

1. Automated Infrastructure
2. Shared version control
3. One step build – code to set of files in one step
4. One step deploy
5. Shared metrics
6. Use IRC and IM Robots
7. Culture
   • Shared Run-books and Escalation plans
   • Healthy attitude about failure – plan to respond, not just prevent. Fire drills.
   • No finger-pointing and blame

Good content, great presentation. Check it out at:

10+ Deploys Per Day: Dev and Ops Cooperation at Flickr

(thanks to Jonathan at the Combat Consulting blog for posting the link and summary).