How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014)

Re:How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) by scarface74 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:24AM (#17417631)

I heard it on a podcast and I am going to butcher the explanation but they explained it as knowing the “abstract machine”.

When I started learning AppleSoft Basic back in the 80s, I knew how to optimize my BASIC programs because I knew how the interpreter worked and so knew assembly.

When I started learning C#, I knew both C, Win APIs and how the CLR worked.

But for a web developer who communicates with backend servers, I think it’s important to understand HTTP.

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Re:How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) by pc86 on Friday June 29, 2018 @12:59PM (#17425781)

I've heard a similar idea on Hanselminutes. The way he states it is that everything is layers of abstractions, and in order to be great at whatever your chosen layer is, you should be pretty good at the layer below it and of passable quality (think junior dev level) at the layer below that.

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Re:How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) by scarface74 on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:43PM (#17428408)

Actually it might have been Hanselminutes. Do you know which episode?

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Re:How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) by pc86 on Monday July 02, 2018 @08:15AM (#17440996)

I've heard it a handful of times on various episodes but I know he's brought it up when speaking to folks who work primarily one layer below him.

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Re:How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) by cthulhu-bot on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:38AM (#17417780)

What podcast was that? Sounds legit! I'm always on the hunt for new dev focused podcasts.

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Re:How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) by scarface74 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:45AM (#17417861)

I don’t remember the episode unfortunately. It was an episode of Software Engineering Radio (http://www.se-radio.net/)

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