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Published inNov 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803245669
Edition1st Edition
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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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Lack of scalability and flexibility

Many organizations fail to design their DevOps workflows to be scalable and flexible, leading to issues when projects grow in size or complexity, even though those two things are crucial aspects of DevOps as they enable organizations to respond to changing business requirements and handle increasing workloads efficiently. However, you can fall into the trap of overlooking these factors, which can lead to serious misconceptions and pitfalls. Let’s delve into the importance of scalability and flexibility in DevOps and explore some common misconceptions and pitfalls, such as the following:

  • DevOps is only for small teams or projects
  • Inability to scale infrastructure
  • Flexibility compromises stability
  • Lack of flexibility in release management

Let us look at these misconceptions and pitfalls in detail.

DevOps is only for small teams or projects

One common misconception is that DevOps is only relevant for small teams...

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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.
Read more about Damian Wojsław

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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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