"Velocity Conference"

Jesse Robbins on the Rise of DevOps (InfoQ Interview)

Jesse Robbins talks with InfoQ about how DevOps started, why infrastructure as code changed operations, and what it actually takes to get developers and ops teams working together.

Changing Culture & Being a Force for Awesome

Jesse Robbins on how to change engineering culture from the inside. Start small, build champions, use metrics to create confidence, and exploit compelling events. The biggest barrier to operational improvement is not technology. It is organizational resistance.

“Don't fight stupid. Focus on where you can make more awesome.”

5 Pivotal Documents in the Evolution of the DevOps Movement

DevOpsANGLE picks five documents that shaped the DevOps movement, including Jesse Robbins's 'Operations is a competitive advantage' post and his GameDay talk describing the preconditions to DevOps at Amazon.

The Convergence of DevOps

John Willis traces the three threads that created DevOps and discusses Robbins' 2007 'Operations is a competitive advantage' post and his role co-organizing DevOps Days Mountainview 2010.

“Without Patrick, John, and Jesse, the DevOps movement may have never gained the traction necessary to really take off.”

DevOps Cafe Episode 19: Jesse Robbins

Jesse Robbins joins Damon Edwards and John Willis on the DevOps Cafe podcast to discuss his path from firefighting to Amazon's Master of Disaster to co-founding Chef and the Velocity Conference.

Velocity: The Art of Web Operations

Tim O'Reilly opens Velocity 2009 by telling the origin story: Jesse Robbins and Steve Souders walked into his office and said 'We need a separate conference for our community.' Two years later, over 700 web operations professionals converged on San Jose.