It’s traditional around this time of year for everyone and their dog to write a “look at what I did last year!” post. I’d rather not write a self-focused post, however.
And while 2021 was a busy year for me (I launched the “Tiny DevOps” brand, this daily email list, and a podcast), I don’t really want to focus on my accomplishments.
Instead, today I’m going to recap some of the feedback I got from you, my readers, over the last year. I learned a lot from you, and I hope you’ll keep challenging me throughout 2022 and beyond!
I’ve selected three reader replies to comment on here.
Can you debug code? Yes? Congrats. You’re a scientist! Reader Pieter-Jan Smets wrote in to make this point, as originally made by Brian Cantrill:
The honest pursuit of “agility” and DevOps tends to converge on many of the same best practices. Axel Schüssler illustrated this from his perspective as a professional tester.
And finally, there are practically always exceptions to our best thought-out rules of thumb and best practices. Paul Swail explained how his daily work is often an exception to some common advice like: Make sure you can work offline:
Of course I’ve received many, many more responses from many of you than I can possibly summarize here. I read every one, and reply to most. Please keep it up!
Happy 2022!
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