Ask HN: How to impove in CI/CD

5 points by chaoz_ 7y ago ↗ HN

CI/CD concepts are crucial parts of each not-so-small software project. Proper automation and consideration of probable issues support team through the whole journey.

I've seen companies ignoring it or doing it wrong in their concrete case.

I want to improve in this domain because DevOps quality is correlated with a company's success (defines processes in so many ways).

What is the best way to acquire practical knowledge in CI, CD and DevOps? The historical perspective could also be super interesting!

Thanks

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elviejo 7y ago ↗

I can recommend the following books: Accelerate: The Science Behind DevOps Book by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Nicole Forsgren

The Phoenix Project Novel by Gene Kim, George Spafford, and Kevin Behr

dominotw 7y ago ↗

You know how rat problem in the city cannot be directly solved by going after rats because rats are emblematic of all other problems in the city. CI/CD is the equivalent of that.

Chyzwar 7y ago ↗

It is all broken. DevOps mean that developers will fix infra issues without enough access/permissions/skill. CI means that developers will ship broken code to production because test coverage is in form of reverse piramide. CD means the PO will organize demo on half-finished features. Whole DevOps culture encourages using experimental tools that are not production ready.

My advice. As a developer focus on tests. As Ops focus of simple and process. As manager avoid Cloud Evangelists.