AOL. True devops is about building systems that make this kind of disaster impossible. Or at least very hard.
However, like agile before it, despite the fact that it really means something purposeful and rigorous, the word "devops" has become widely abused to camouflage undisciplined, thoughtless, cowboy behaviour.
A handy way of telling the difference is to ask yourself "what would Devops Borat do?"; if it's something Devops Borat would do, it's the false devops.
I like to think of DevOps as one of those cheap, 3-in-1 printers that you buy thinking that you'll be saving money and desk space.
Then you discover it does a mediocre job of each of those tasks as compared to a dedicated printer, scanner and fax machine. Sure, they'll take up more desk space, but you'll get higher quality results.
However, like agile before it, despite the fact that it really means something purposeful and rigorous, the word "devops" has become widely abused to camouflage undisciplined, thoughtless, cowboy behaviour.
A handy way of telling the difference is to ask yourself "what would Devops Borat do?"; if it's something Devops Borat would do, it's the false devops.