Wow. The assumptions in this article are deeply misguided. "Modern" doesn't equate to "better" at all. It's dismissive bordering on insulting to the actual people and technology that make our digital world actually work.
This is representative of the "Cargo Cult IT" I see so often these days. IT is so complex that so many people don't even try to understand it - they just read an article on how amazing something is and implement it everywhere. Right or wrong.
IT, like everything else, has to be effective. And to make it work on purpose, somebody has to understand it at a fairly low level. I don't see much of that anymore, even in some cases with the greybeards (yes, I have plenty of grey in my beard).
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this article is all about "what" to do, but it's obvious that the why of things wasn't considered much if at all. Or, to put it another way, it's all about efficiency instead of effectiveness.
Hey, thanks for reading the article and sharing your thoughts. Totally get where you're coming from.
You're absolutely right that IT can be pretty complex, and just jumping on the latest trends without understanding the real deal isn't the way to go. This was meant to be a primer - a quick intro for those less familiar with the topic.
Indeed, understanding IT at a fairly low level is rare today as is NOT jumping on the next big thing without a clear idea of why you are doing something. This article was really meant to be an introduction to the top and there are so much more things to unpick.
You can’t use tools to fix culture and enterprise culture is what prevents 99% of enterprises from embracing a change to DevOps which is itself - a culture and collection of values. This is the same reason the vast majority of enterprises that claim to “practise” Agile - aren’t agile at all.
I used to think they’d catch up, but after 18 years in tech it’s clear now that they can’t and it’s unfortunate that the vast majority of them are too big to fail so we can get rid of so much of the dead weight we could be investing our energy and creativity on.
Yes, DevOps is first culture & values. Without a mindset/value shift, the best tools won't help. Teams need to spend more time on articulating and communicating the purpose before getting caught in the implementation bits.
This is representative of the "Cargo Cult IT" I see so often these days. IT is so complex that so many people don't even try to understand it - they just read an article on how amazing something is and implement it everywhere. Right or wrong.
IT, like everything else, has to be effective. And to make it work on purpose, somebody has to understand it at a fairly low level. I don't see much of that anymore, even in some cases with the greybeards (yes, I have plenty of grey in my beard).
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this article is all about "what" to do, but it's obvious that the why of things wasn't considered much if at all. Or, to put it another way, it's all about efficiency instead of effectiveness.