Ops All The Things‪!‬ Christopher Webber and Steven Murawski

In this episode we spend some time discussing the idea that there is no magic bullet. At some level, you do need to understand how things work and why they work.


— cwebber

In this episode Steven and I chat about the fun that is DNS. Everything is a DNS problem including this episode.


— cwebber

You may notice a bit of a gap in episode numbering… There is a show 013 out there, it was rather unlucky though so we are holding it back and may release it at some future point in time.


Since Chris and I haven’t talked much recently, we spent this show catching up on some industry changes.


We talk about:



Nano Server
Docker
Chef Style DevOps (video)
If you weren’t able to attend ChefConf, all the videos are up. And the PowerShell Summit NA was recently held and those videos are online as well.


— Steve

Steve and I caught up to chat about the state of the world and what we have been up to. Now that the holidays are over, we should be able to get a little more consistent again.


— cwebber

In this episode Steve and I discuss a bit about our recent conference experiences and then dig into the idea that Attitude is Everything. Hope you enjoy!


— cwebber

In this episode, Chris and I talk about the changing role of operations and systems administration.


Both Chris and I share the view that systems administration is evolving and that rounding out your systems knowledge with software engineering practices and skills will make you more valuable and enhance your career potential.


— Steve


Notes:


PowerShell Summit EU is at the end of September in Amsterdam. Join Steve there!
Chef Community Summits are coming up. Join Steve and Chris in Seattle. Join Steve in London.
Wave 6 of the DSC Resource Kit from the PowerShell Team is out.
PuppetConf is coming up. Join Chris there.