{"product":{"product_id":"0988262592","title":"The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win","price":"29.26","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Eie0TeStL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0988262592"},"comments":[{"body":"If the team is willing to pair program, they need to start. That makes code reviews *much* faster, easier, and higher quality.\r\n\r\nYou'll need to get your WIP down so one way to do this is to freeze all coding and focus the entire team on getting the current PRs merged. If that sounds crazy go read [The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592).\r\n\r\nIf you have all devs stop coding in the middle of their feature, you risk them losing all the context they built up over the past X days and will need to recover that once the freeze is over. Two solutions come to mind. First, have each dev spend as much time as they need to document their current state so that they can jump right back in once the freeze is over. Or second, everyone keeps coding until finished with their current thing and then they don't do any further coding until all PRs are merged.","subreddit_name":"ExperiencedDevs","author":"Auslegung"},{"body":"My god... you need to write a book like the [The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592) but like... you know. Your life haha.\r\n\r\nWow ok thats what I was looking for. The Kobayashi Maru style of everything in my life. But here we are now a fantastic community of people that self-regulate and have I think a genuine interest in learning and tech possibly.\r\n\r\nMy final question my good sir is what was the time frame with which you started and ended where you are now? This is only for reference.","subreddit_name":"sysadmin","author":"Kaus_Debonair"},{"body":"Absolutely read [The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592). It will describe half the projects you inherit over your career and tell you exactly how they need to be put back on the rails. Also it's just a great read.","subreddit_name":"projectmanagement","author":"Lucavious"},{"body":"I was going to suggest a copy of this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592 as it's a fun book but also educational getting into a programming career... Jeez though... Not worth £35!! There must be some cheaper places for it","subreddit_name":"learnprogramming","author":"euclid223"},{"body":"Not sure if it counts as an old software book, but [The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592) is one of my picks for this that I haven't already seen posted in this thread.  I'd call it an \"IT DevOps thriller\" which seems like an odd category for a book, but that really describes it well.  If you're ever looking to un-fuck your DevOps and deployment practices then this is quite possibly the best book you can get in my opinion.","subreddit_name":"ExperiencedDevs","author":"professor_jeffjeff"},{"body":"The phoenix project is a sort of homage to the goal. Can absolutely recommend it.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; \u0026gt; \"This book is a gripping read that captures brilliantly the dilemmas that face companies which depend on IT, and offers real-world solutions. As Deming reminds us, 'It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.'  *The Phoenix Project will have a profound effect on IT, just as Dr. Goldratt's book The Goal did for manufacturing.*\" \r\n\r\n\u0026gt;\u0026gt;-- Jez Humble, co-author of the Jolt award-winning book Continuous Delivery and Principal at ThoughtWorks Studios\r\n\r\nand:\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; \u0026gt; \"*This book is the modern day version of The Goal*.  Today, our constraints aren't robots inside our factories, but it's how we manage technologies like Tomcat and Java that power our most critical projects and applications. This book continues the journey that began with Shewhart, Deming, Ohno and Dr. Goldratt, and shows us how to diminish our modern constraints to help the business win.\" \r\n\r\n\u0026gt;\u0026gt;-- John Willis, VP Client Services and Enablement, enStratus, Host of \"DevOps Cafe\"\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; source: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592","subreddit_name":"projectmanagement","author":"lysregn"},{"body":"Thanks for that! I'm trying to have a wide breadth of understanding so I can better know where I should dive deep.\r\n\r\nI should have mentioned that I really dislike when companies hire for \"DevOps\" positions, I completely agree that administration and the ideals/methodology of DevOps aren't exclusive to those positions, and all admins should take note. The book [\"The Phoenix Project\"](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592) was really helpful in understanding this whole idea that Dev and Ops should be companions and not at odds with each other. \r\n\r\nUnfortunately, there seem to be a lot of folks hiring for specifically DevOps roles. I really dislike that idea, but it feels like a new niche is forming for these web-scale companies. Not sure if that's the case or not. Either way, I'll definitely need to learn these things for any job I'll have in the future. Would you say that I should balance my attention between mastering the minutia of Linux/Unix and learning these tools/ideas for CI/CD, Immutable infrastructure.. all the things normally associated with the \"DevOps\" mind frame? \r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"sysadmin","author":"hagridaaron"},{"body":"It might be slightly unrelated but I think you might benefit from/enjoy reading this book:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.amazon.ca/The-Phoenix-Project-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592\r\n\r\n**\r\nThe author basically describes a very similar situation and how they put in processes to manage changes and be a more effective team.","subreddit_name":"sysadmin","author":"jordanontour"},{"body":"Grab the Phoenix book: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592","subreddit_name":"devops","author":"whiprush"},{"body":"\\\u0026gt; \"can't we just install Google Tag Manager\" - it's just a block of code in the \u0026lt;head\u0026gt; tag\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nThings your dev will probably be thinking of:\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nWhat's the performance like for this? Will this block the page load? Is this important? What kind of info is going to collect? Is this complaint with our privacy policy and how we collect info on our users?\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\n\"Iit's just a block of code in the \u0026lt;head\u0026gt; tag\" ... hosted where? From Google? Do we operate in China? Will we ever? Will their CDN work? Can we afford to be reliant on their CDN / resource? Does it work in all the browsers we support?\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nDepending on the scope and reach, this could have a lot of stuff.\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\n\\\u0026gt; \"can't we install this countdown pixel on one of our servers? it's just a block of php code\" [link](https://github.com/jamdav16/PHP-GIF-Countdown)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nDo the servers run PHP? Should they? If not, would we need to install it? Who is going to  keep that server patched? If it does, where do we put it? What are you using it for, emails?\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\n\\\u0026gt; \"can't we just have read only access to the database? just certain tables? such as a category data, so we can count/sum/group-by categories - what about a staging database - can't we use that?\"\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nMaybe a replica. As you've been told, you can't just run random queries since you could hurt performance without proper scheduling and permissions. This takes time. Privacy issues might prevent you from handling it without lawyers involved.\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nWho now has to manage your access? How are the credentials issue? Are you machines secured enough to handle the data or is someone going to click a random link and now get backdoored and now some competitor has access to your info? Oops!\r\n\r\nAside from that...\r\n\r\n\\\u0026gt; To the marketing team, everything sounds easy \"just copy paste this script\"\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nSometimes it is. Often times, it is not. That being said, a lot of stuff can be very simple especially if it's a one off. You should organize time with your teams to get this kind of stuff. Where I work, we do help out with these requests but they are put in queue. However, you have to prove it's really going to help the business. You can't be wasting expensive resources chasing things that not going to return some kind of value for the business. \r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nIf you REALLY want to understand, reach this cliche book: [https://www.amazon.ca/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592](https://www.amazon.ca/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592) Judging by how you are talking, I am sure it will resonate with you.","subreddit_name":"cscareerquestions","author":"vaughands"},{"body":"I wouldn't say it's the exact same, but I still lump it in a nice to read category:\r\n\r\n[The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592)","subreddit_name":"cscareerquestions","author":"chocolateAltoids"},{"body":"This topic is actually covered quite a bit in The Phoenix Project: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592\r\n\r\n","subreddit_name":"devops","author":"zenodub"},{"body":"Classic Brent. For anyone who hasn't done so already, read The Phoenix Project (or listen to it on Audible). It's great.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592","subreddit_name":"ITCareerQuestions","author":"dailydrudge"},{"body":"I'm going to second that recommendation. DevOps is a really versatile role and you'll want to make sure that you have a solid understanding of the scope involved so that you can confidently set expectations when applying for positions. \r\n\r\nIt's become a bit of a buzzword in the last year, but for a good reason. It's pretty much essential for agile development and overlaps strongly with architecture / infrastructure development. \r\n\r\nThere are two books by the same team of authors I strongly recommend reading, including non-referral amazon links below.\r\n\r\n* [The Phoneix Project](https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592)\r\n\r\n* [The DevOps Handbook](https://www.amazon.com/DevOps-Handbook-World-Class-Reliability-Organizations/dp/1942788002)","subreddit_name":"learnprogramming","author":"AgileRenoir"},{"body":"For a book on computer architecture starting from first principles there's [Digital Design and Computer Architecture](http://www.csit-sun.pub.ro/courses/cn2/Digital_design_book/Digital%20Design%20and%20Computer%20Architecture.pdf). Or in a similar vein but if you want to do some actual really fun programming there's [https://www.nand2tetris.org/](https://www.nand2tetris.org/) which is a course teaching you how to build tetris starting from logic gates and circuits.\r\n\r\nAnd then I might suggest reading a book about software development/DevOps. [The Phoenix Project](https://www.amazon.ca/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592) is recommended a lot and is a pretty quick read.\r\n\r\nCan I also ask what a Project Owner is? What kind of work do you do?","subreddit_name":"learnprogramming","author":"Intiago"}]}