Automation Is Hard & We Are Doing It Wrong • Johan Abildskov • GOTO 2022

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2022. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph http://gotocph.com Johan Abildskov - Software Engineer at Uber & Author of "Practical Git" @RandomSortable RESOURCES https://abildskov.io https://twitter.com/randomsort https://linkedin.com/in/johanabildskov ABSTRACT Automation is a key part of any efficiency project and of being a successful software organization. But the way we as an industry approaches automation hinders our success and puts a stop in our track. In this talk, I will cover some of the ways we set ourselves up for failure, as teams, orgs and engineers. Of course, you will also leave with a few sound practices to address the issues presented. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:45 What is DevOps? 05:56 Organizations are wrong about automation 08:05 Prerequisite for scale 11:05 What do we automate? 19:05 Is automation complex? 23:39 Automation is software 30:55 We do automation initiatives wrong 36:20 Key takeaways 37:12 Outro Read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2022/sessions/2295/automation-is-hard-and-we-are-doing-it-wrong RECOMMENDED BOOKS Johan Abildskov • Practical Git • https://amzn.to/40oCjnL Bernd Rücker • Practical Process Automation • https://amzn.to/3cs3BSH Forsgren, Humble & Kim • Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps • https://amzn.to/3tCz1xO Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Nicole Forsgren, Patrick Debois & John Willis • The DevOps Handbook • https://amzn.to/3C0Rj0C https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Automation #DevOps #Scale #Testing #Testability #Idempotent #JohanAbildskov CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1