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Published inNov 2023
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ISBN-139781803245669
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Damian Wojsław
Damian Wojsław
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Damian Wojsław

Damian Wojsław has been working in the IT industry since 2001. He specializes in administration and troubleshooting of Linux servers. Being a system operator and support engineer he has found DevOps philosophy a natural evolution of the way sysops work with developers and other members of the software team.
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Grzegorz Adamowicz
Grzegorz Adamowicz
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Grzegorz Adamowicz

Grzegorz Adamowicz has been working in the IT industry since 2006 in a number of positions, including Systems Administrator, Backend Developer (PHP, Python), Systems Architect and Site Reliability Engineer. Professionally was focused on building tools and automations inside projects he is involved in. He's also engaged with the professional community by organizing events like conferences and workshops. Grzegorz worked in many industries including Oil & Gas, Hotel, Fintech, DeFI, Automotive, Space and many more.
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Not understanding the technology

You don’t have to know how your TV works to use it. But it’s necessary to understand the principles behind it, what’s the input interface, what are the outputs, and so on. Similarly, with any other technology, you don’t need to 100% understand what makes it tick, but you need to know what the core use case is and what its purpose is.

As a DevOps professional, it’s crucial to have a deep enough understanding of the underlying technologies that power modern software development and operations. From databases to message queues, notifications to block and object storage, each of these technologies plays a critical role in building and maintaining reliable and scalable software systems. Yet one of the most common pitfalls in DevOps is not fully grasping the technology behind these common tasks.

Why is it so important to understand technology? The answer is simple—DevOps is not just about using tools and automation...

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Published in: Nov 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803245669

Authors (2)

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Damian Wojsław

Damian Wojsław has been working in the IT industry since 2001. He specializes in administration and troubleshooting of Linux servers. Being a system operator and support engineer he has found DevOps philosophy a natural evolution of the way sysops work with developers and other members of the software team.
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Grzegorz Adamowicz

Grzegorz Adamowicz has been working in the IT industry since 2006 in a number of positions, including Systems Administrator, Backend Developer (PHP, Python), Systems Architect and Site Reliability Engineer. Professionally was focused on building tools and automations inside projects he is involved in. He's also engaged with the professional community by organizing events like conferences and workshops. Grzegorz worked in many industries including Oil & Gas, Hotel, Fintech, DeFI, Automotive, Space and many more.
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