Introducing the Zen of DevOps

Introduction Over the past ten years or so, my role has gradually shifted from software to platforms. More towards the 'ops' side of things, but coming from a background that values APIs, automation, artifacts and guardrails in the form of automated tests. And I found out that a lot of best practices from software engineering can be adapted and applied to modern ops practices as well. DevOps in a nutshell really: Bridging the gap between Dev and Ops. One of the most impacting pieces of guidance I have encountered, is the Zen of Python . Which largely applies to modern DevOps as well. So, I have created a variant: The Zen of DevOps . The Zen of Python It must have been around 2013 or so, when working at NU.nl , when we phased out PHP in favor of Python. And that was an interesting mental exercise! Now I like my share of abstractions. When working on my graduation project, my favorite part was using OOP concepts in Macromedia Director, even though the demo app was just a small part of th