DevOps is not only a culture - Discussion Panel

Today is my second session JobStack 2023 after my previous one yesterday titled "Platform Engineering: Manage your infrastructure using Kubernetes and Crossplane", but this time it was a discussion panel with Ahmad Aabed (CTO of Zyda).

For a long time, DevOps methodologies have been the driving force behind innovation and efficiency in modern software development. You've likely encountered the popular jargon: "DevOps is not a role; it is a culture"! However, the truth is that DevOps has much more!

This session dives deep into the pillars world of DevOps, going beyond the cultural aspect to explore practices, technology stacks, mindset, and more. This is an open discussion where we will share (and encourage you to do so) the experiences of implementing DevOps. In other words, what practical steps have you taken to embrace the power of DevOps in your organization?

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At the end, I'd like to share a couple of posts I wrote before in that regard (DevOps methodologies in action):

• DevOps is not just a culture and it is also a role!: The elements of DevOps methodologies and how they could be applied differently.
• Your company doesn't need a hero but a team!: What are heroism signs in companies and how to fix that?
• J-Curve and change management: How applying DevOps needs change and project management skills.
• Let your team evolve!: Why so many people don't evolve appropriately in their career?
• The Road to Cut Production Incidents by 67% and Reduce Downtime to Zero: I used that as a particular example in the discussion.

Enjoy :-)

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Platform Engineering: Manage your infrastructure using Kubernetes and Crossplane - Presentation

Just fresh out of the kitchen, part of JobStack 2023, today I conducted a session about a great tool ... Crossplane, the open-source control plane!

I've been using Crossplane for over a year and a half, and it helped me a lot to manage my infrastructure without the need to use Terraform (I still love Terraform, but it wasn't the best for my use case).

In this session I shed the light on how Crossplane could unify infrastructure management within Kubernetes.

I gave a brief how Crossplane extends the functionality of Kubernetes and allows you to create external infrastructure. You can create Cloud resources the same way you create Kubernetes resources! I really love its declarative, cloud-native, GitOps-friendly approach to code-driven infrastructure management.

Agenda:

1. Scenario
2. What is Crossplane?
3. How it look like?
4. Crossplane Concepts
5. How Crossplane Works
6. Pros and Cons
7. Conclusion
8. Resources
9. Questions

Note: For more resources, checkout this Awesome Crossplane list.

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The slides of Platform Engineering: Manage your infrastructure using Kubernetes and Crossplane by Ahmed AbouZaid

A shot from the recoding 🙌
Watch the full session on YouTube: Platform Engineering: Manage your infrastructure using Kubernetes and Crossplane (Arabic)

Conclusion:

Crossplane is a great framework for managing infrastructure using the Kubernetes style and benefits from the that ecosystem (ArgoCD, Helm, Kustomize, etc.).

There are many use cases where it can perfectly fit in already. And at the time of writing these words (November 2023), the Marketplace has numerous enterprise and community providers configurations. Also, Composition Functions graduated to beta.

However, it's a relatively new ecosystem and still evolving, so it might not be the optimal solution for every workload. But it's probably a matter of time to grow more. So, if it's not your fit now, consider revisiting in the future.

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That's it, enjoy :-)

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