Pittsburgh, PA
2017-08-24 to 2017-08-25
Description
Living #opslife makes us keenly aware of the cavernous gap between lofty ideals and 3am reality. In a perfect world, everyone would be devopsing sans effort. In the real world, sharing oncall is not as easy as giving devs prod AWS creds, adding them to the rotation, and saying “good luck! have fun!”
From tightly-guarded fiefdoms to “of course all the devs are on call” to carefully negotiated compromises, I’ve lived this movie enough times to see what works (and what definitely doesn’t). I spent 1999 to 2015 on call for production infrastructure and made mistakes so you don’t have to! Spoiler alert: instead of volunteering as tribute to the vagaries of the pager, volunteer to invest in your architecture and your co-workers; you’ll sleep better at night.
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#UptimeConf: @bridgetkromhout about to kick off the conference! pic.twitter.com/S81ZiMjBR0
— Nahum Shalman (@nahumshalman) August 24, 2017
#uptimeconf kicking off with @bridgetkromhout talking #Opslife pic.twitter.com/fgY57qQCtx
— Colin Dean (@colindean) August 24, 2017
Yaaaaaaaaas. @bridgetkromhout got the "preach" clap. #uptimeconf
— Jam Leomi 🏳️🌈 🎶 (@jamfish728) August 24, 2017
"Hey, sometimes YOLO works out, because @dramafever got acquired by Warner Brothers."-@bridgetkromhout #UptimeConf
— J. Paul Hindsight Bias is 2020 (@jpaulreed) August 24, 2017
.@bridgetkromhout first speaker @UptimeConf "striving for 💯% uptime is a waste, the universe is gaining entropy" how to manage that chaos? pic.twitter.com/f4F45z2AlU
— Andrew "Medium Data" Rodgers (@acedrew) August 24, 2017
“Picking the latest architecture du jour is not necessarily going to give you greater uptime or availability.” @bridgetkromhout #uptimeconf
— Patrick Burke (@secretpeej) August 24, 2017
What are you trying to solve with that shiny new thing? @bridgetkromhout paraphrased at #UptimeConf
— Ken Mugrage (@kmugrage) August 24, 2017
#UptimeConf @bridgetkromhout with all the reality checks pic.twitter.com/3zr9D3xmYT
— aly (@sinthetix) August 24, 2017
"Whatever decisions you make you're probably going to have to live with for a while" @bridgetkromhout #uptimeconf
— Patrick Burke (@secretpeej) August 24, 2017
#truthoftheday #uptime @bridgetkromhout pic.twitter.com/kbonACKtrT
— Jam Leomi 🏳️🌈 🎶 (@jamfish728) August 24, 2017
Listening to @bridgetkromhout speak makes me realize why she's homies with @0x74696d. They're peas in a pod, philosophy-wise: basics first.
— Josh Kodroff ☸️ (@joshkodroff) August 24, 2017
When talking about #devops always reference the Vasa!! #uptimeconf pic.twitter.com/1FQDnBVAqw
— PJ (@aspleenic) August 24, 2017
I agree wholeheartedly, by the way. Documentation matters, new techs involve trade offs, collaborative culture matters.
— Josh Kodroff ☸️ (@joshkodroff) August 24, 2017
"Day one is short, day two lasts until the heat death of the universe" -@bridgetkromhout #UptimeConf pic.twitter.com/zgAqf8L4SA
— Andrew "Medium Data" Rodgers (@acedrew) August 24, 2017
If we assume "best case scenario" for every decision we make .. we will always be disappointed!@bridgetkromhout #UptimeConf
— Jason Hand (@jasonhand) August 24, 2017
The @petecheslock talk referenced by @bridgetkromhout at #UptimeConf. It's a must watch. https://t.co/Vy7fN6IWQ1
— Ken Mugrage (@kmugrage) August 24, 2017
Words to live by 💖 @bridgetkromhout #UptimeConf pic.twitter.com/qMpiNY9Tbv
— Tara M (@tara_melissa) August 24, 2017
I think @bridgetkromhout very much described the relationship between dev & ops at many places I've worked #UptimeConf pic.twitter.com/vVwrKwtVCa
— PJ (@aspleenic) August 24, 2017
1994 flashbacks from slides about colo customers. Shudder. @bridgetkromhout #UptimeConf
— Ken Mugrage (@kmugrage) August 24, 2017
"I was on call for y2k and I broke the strap on my party dress because I hung my pager on it..." <3 #uptimeconf @bridgetkromhout
— compiledwrong (@compiledwrong) August 24, 2017
My neck is sore from all this nodding in agreement with @bridgetkromhout's talk. #uptimeconf
— Josh Kodroff ☸️ (@joshkodroff) August 24, 2017
@UptimeConf nice talk @bridgetkromhout! Great points about needs for org alignment on goals/incentives. Thanks for preparing/sharing.
— Sheila Shovlin (@SheilaShovlin) August 24, 2017
You have to build systems where your humans can and want to be a part of it.@bridgetkromhout #UptimeConf
— Jason Hand (@jasonhand) August 24, 2017
“You have to build for maintainability. You have to build systems your humans want to be a part of.” @bridgetkromhout #uptimeconf
— Patrick Burke (@secretpeej) August 24, 2017
i think there's still a gap between "devops" and "sre", between what's interesting and what's reliable, Bridget's talk was great #uptimeconf
— Evgeny Potapov (@eapotapov) August 24, 2017