"Infrastructure as Code"
Articles and mentions
Jesse Robbins on the Rise of DevOps (InfoQ Interview)
InfoQ interviewed me on how DevOps started, why infrastructure as code changed operations, and what it actually takes to get developers and ops working together.
Jesse Robbins on DevOps as Business Alignment
Jez Humble interviewed me at Thoughtworks on DevOps as business alignment: developers, operations, and the company shipping faster without giving up reliability.
“The role of operations is the role of enabling as much awesome as you can.”
5 Pivotal Documents in the Evolution of the DevOps Movement
DevOpsANGLE's list of five documents that shaped the DevOps movement included my 'Operations is a competitive advantage' post and the GameDay talk.
Puppet, Chef Ease Transition to Cloud Computing
BusinessWeek put Opscode and Chef at the center of the enterprise cloud transition, alongside Puppet, and got my founding thesis on the record in the business press.
“The custom tools built by Google, Amazon, and some other guys were such closely guarded secrets. Our founding thesis was to open up these tools to everyone else.”
Ex-Amazon 'Master of Disaster' Animates Server Chef
The Register profiled my move from Amazon's Master of Disaster role to co-founding Opscode and launching Chef, tracing the line from reliability engineering to infrastructure as code.
Operations Is a Competitive Advantage (Secret Sauce for Startups!)
The post that started it all. Jesse Robbins argues on O'Reilly Radar that operations is a competitive advantage and occasionally a strategic weapon. Luke Kanies introduces him to Adam Jacob in the comments. The rest is history.