Many of you may already know who Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and John Willis are… but even for those who are familiar with their work, you can read more about the history of my relationship with my fellow co-authors on this post. Here are some of my “best of” videos and blog posts for each of them. John Willis One of the many things that John Willis is known for is the State of the Union talks he’s given at many DevOpsDays, having attended over nearly of them since 2009. Here is a ten minute … [Read more...]

An amazing group of co-authors to tackle this topic I have never learned as much during any project than researching and writing The DevOps Handbook. And so much of that learning was from my fellow coauthors. I love the saying, “You’re only as smart as the top five people you hang out with.” Writing a book is like so many things in life, where the outcomes are a function of who our collaborators are. And it seems impossible for me to overstate how much I’ve learned from them. And holy cow, … [Read more...]

Preview copy for each delegate at DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2016 As you likely know, I never learn more than during the DevOps Enterprise Summit, where we have technology leaders from large, complex organizations share their transformation stories. Part of the magic is that all the stories are in the form of 30-minute experience reports. We asked speakers to tell us about their organization and industry and then address these questions: what business problem were you trying to … [Read more...]