Fernando Ike provides a document discussing DevOps anti-patterns, what DevOps is and is not, and best practices. The document includes sections on DevOps training topics, common misconceptions about DevOps roles, and advice for developers, operations, and managers implementing DevOps processes and culture. Anti-patterns discussed include using buzzwords to sell products/services, treating DevOps as only tools or processes, and prioritizing experience over problem-solving skills in hiring.

1. DevOps Anti-Patterns
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2. Fernando Ike
@fernandoike
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3. Highwinds Global CDN

6. “DevOps” Training
Agile Infrastructure
● Github
● AWS
● Introduction to Configuration Management
● Management Docker

7. “DevOps” Training
Continuous Delivery
● Introduction to Continuous Delivery
● Introduction to Continuous Integration
● How to create a Continuous Delivery environment
● Jenkins Basics

8. “DevOps” Course
DevOps
● Linux
● Git
● Jenkins

9. Ability in playing Street Fighter 2 (you really
want that).

10. “Throwing shurikens and Chunnin's certification test
also are highlights.”
Job Descriptions

11. Job Descriptions
“Oops ... I missed something… and if you like a relaxed environment,
enjoy working in shorts, flipflops, cap…”

12. Job Descriptions
“...If you want to propose new products, study groups, hackathons, dojos,
etc.”

13. Job Descriptions
Analyst, Devops Developer and Analyst of Mainframe systems - Cobol

16. ● “Fridays often have pizza! After deploy, we are in the War Room.”
● “I’m DevOps, I implemented Jenkins and Puppet.”
● “We are requested as “DevOps” when Devel team call us to participate in the
Scrum meetings.”
● “I’m DevOps architect… I paid a course.”
● “We do dozens a deploys per day, developers have root passwords in our
servers”
● “Our applications are immutable, they are frozen for weeks until new deploy”
We use “DevOps”

18. Sysadmin
● “I chose sysadmin professional because I don’t know to code”
● “I don’t care to talk to people, I prefer machines”
● “DevOps are bu$#@%. Nobody knows how to compile linux kernel”
● “Developers don’t understand how to work the Operation”
● “My servers…”

21. Buzzwords
● They aren't necessary good or bad, depends who and how they are used
● Buzzwords are often a good way to implement new methods and/or technical
stuff.
● They are being used to change mindsets of companies and professionals…
● … Sometimes they are are just a way to sell new products/services.

23. What DevOps Is Not...

25. Heroes/Ninjas/Warriors
DevOps Is Not Only...

27. A Job
DevOps Is Not Only...

29. Training/Course
DevOps Is Not Only...

31. Tools
DevOps Is Not Only...

33. DevOps Is Not Only...
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Deployment
Continuous Integration

35. Automation
DevOps Is Not Only...

38. Recruitment “DevOps”
● Passion and willingness to learn
● Problem solving mentality
● Self-motivation
● Great social skills
● Tools and experience are important, but are not the only, and certainly not the
most important factor.

40. Sysadmins skills
● Passion and willingness to learn
● Problem solving mentality
● Self-motivation
● Great social skills

42. Dev/Ops
● Infrastructure as code means CODING
● Some tools are really good and perhaps you don’t need CODE
● Don’t been married to softwares or languages, next softwares/languages will
be “better” than the current ones
● Don’t be a hero, work with your team and think of how to improve everything
● Patients, Resilience and good Communication skills are really important to
practice DevOps mindsets.

44. Courses/Training
● Trainings are limited and brief (short duration)
● They never approach all tools, methods but they a good start point
● Perhaps a better way are to develop non technical skills

46. Devs/Ops/Managers
● Agile methodologies shouldn’t be “Follow strictly the process”, be flexible.
● Onboarding practice among teams
● Tools are relevant but people are more important to implement DevOps
(Agile) process

48. ● Don’t use root user as service owner
● Don’t allow frequently access directly in production databases
● Update as last as possible software versions (mainly securities updates)
Devs/Ops/Managers

49. Referências
Signo das Sombras
Ops School Curriculum
What Makes a Management Buzzword Buzz? (Robert Cluley)
Management 3.0
Fundamentos de DevOps
How to hire for DevOps
How DevOps failed 60k users
Buzzword generator

50. Fishbowl time

51. links
● http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exam_on_Fire!_Naruto_vs._Konohamaru!
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken
● http://jurasicgamespc.blogspot.com/2013/04/super-street-fighter-2-portable.htm
● https://flic.kr/p/9efgm7
● https://dzone.com/articles/designing-tests-talk-iasa
● https://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/5549927129/
● http://www.gamesradar.com/14-freaky-sci-fi-and-fantasy-prisons/
● https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaykim/3883340152
● https://xebialabs.com/periodic-table-of-devops-tools
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksmith
● https://flic.kr/p/c4QJzC
● https://flic.kr/p/dRbGxB
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kitchener_Wants_You
● http://dilbert.com/strip/2008-09-03

52. Fernando Ike
@fernandoike
fernando.ike@highwinds.com
fernando.ike@gmail.com
http://www.fernandoike.com