Today: DevOps, DevOps Everywhere (plus a little performance)

1. Dueling DevOps DevOps is everywhere, no question, the growth and mindshare of the movement has been remarkable. But if you care deeply about DevOps, you might agree withBaron Schwartz when he says that although its moment has "arrived," the DevOps movement is in serious trouble. Schwartz goes on to explain why DevOps needs a manifesto after all, but may never get one. Dave Zwieback has a different take. He sees three ideas becoming central to DevOps in the next five years: inclusivity, complexity, and empathy—or ICE, as Zwieback calls it. Thought-provoking as both of these pieces are, they've ignited a flurry of impassioned responses. If you haven't formed your own opinion, there are plenty to choose from. You're welcome to join the discussion. 2. A path to DevOps When Lara Hogan asked Bridget Kroumhout (on stage, at Velocity), "So, how did you get tricked into operations?" it was funny, but it got Kroumhout thinking. It's a question she's been asked before, and has sometimes been at a loss for an answer since she didn't follow a plan originally. Kroumhout now offers a plan—a wonderfully thoughtful and pragmatic set of resources beginning with culture (e.g., if you work in tech for even a little while, you'll notice that you have a lot of social and economic privilege, no matter your demographic identity, because you have more choices in your work and life than do many of your fellow humans), tools, education, community, and how to launch your career. Even if you're already well established, this is worth a read if only to rekindle your fire. 3. DevOps is for life, not just for techies JennyDevOps, of the DevOpsGuys, writes "DevOps is a philosophy; it's a way of life that you can use to transform your business methodology, improve your customer communications, and revolutionize your results." She offers a collection of fundamental DevOps principles that you can apply to all your business practices, beginning with culture (are we seeing a pattern?), and moving throughautomation, lean, metrics, sharing, and more. 4. Webcast: Business at web speed—the continuous delivery of applications & infrastructure If your business is delivered via technology (and what business isn't these days?), your success depends on how often, and how safely, you can improve upon the end-user experience. Join Chef's Adam Jacobs and O'Reilly's Courtney Nashon January 21 at 10am PT as they launch a 6-part series of webcasts that illuminate and explore a new way of doing business. We call it the "Coded Business" or "Business at Web Speed." How quickly you adapt could determine the future of your business. Learn more → 5. PFQ PFQ is a multi-language networking framework for the Linux operating system, highly optimized for multi-core architecture, as well as for network devices equipped with multiple hardware queues. The framework enables the development of high-performance applications with different programming languages: C, C++11, and Haskell, plus a pure functional language designed for early stage applications is included: PFQ/lang. If this is news to you, it's worth a look. 6. Burning questions & challenges You may have seen the new themes for this year's Velocity Conference: End-to-End Optimization, IT as a Business Driver, Ubiquitous Delivery, and Deliberately Unstable Systems. One question we're hearing is, "Where does performance fit in all of this?" The answer is (we think) right smack in the middle. It's easy to see how performance is a part of optimization, but we also know that performance is a business driver (faster load times lead to higher revenue) and have seen how deliberately unstable systems like microservices can boost performance. So we pose the question, "Is performance merely the speed of content delivery?" What do you think? We're asking you to consider these new themes and chime in with your thoughts. After all, Velocity is your conference. 7. The Docker Cookbook If you've had your eye on Docker, or use it already, you'll be glad to see the early-release edition of theDocker Cookbook. The recipes included in the book will help you go from zero knowledge to distributed applications packaged and deployed within a couple of chapters. Use the easy cut-and-paste code recipes to solve everyday problems, as well as create, run, share, and deploy Docker images quickly. Get started using Docker immediately Learn how to use Docker for large-scale deployments Become familiar with other tools in the Docker ecosystem, such as kubernetes and coreos Use Docker in production, with recipes on cloud administration, monitoring, and common related components With early release ebooks from O'Reilly, you get books in their earliest form—the author's raw and unedited content as he or she writes—so you can take advantage of these technologies long before the official release of these titles. Plus, you'll get updates as the book moves toward completion.