What is DevOps? - Why DevOps? - Eliminate fragility

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Name several reasons for IT infrastructure to be in a fragile state.

  • Technical solutions created over years from different components
  • Use of large third party systems and highly customized
  • Legacy system of in house development is used and there are no key programmers
  • Systems are integrated in a complicated way
  • Suboptimal quality of solutions because of need for fast implementation and low budget
  • Use of workarounds by maintenance and support
  • Lack of documentation of program code, architecture, infrastructure, technical solutions and contractual obligations.

What is the classification of systems according to Nassim Taleb regarding fragility of IT systems and what is it used for?

  • Fragile systems
  • Resilient systems
  • Antifragile systems

It is used for choosing an approach to work with these systems.

Which practice uses DevOps to decrease fragility?

The deliberate introduction of chaos and instability into production environment.
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Name a few antifragility programs

Game Day, Chaos Monkey, Simian Army.

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