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On Wednesday, Kelsey Hightower decided to take the rest of the year off from public speaking. I’ve had a relatively light speaking schedule compared to Kelsey the past two years. I feel Kelsey’s pain. I’ve had people tell me to my face that my talks were bad. I’ve had people talk to me about how much they love a talk. Putting these talks together is not easy, folks. Coming up with an idea, getting feedback on the talk idea, writing a CFP, submitting the CFP, building an outline, and building slides. You haven’t even traveled or presented yet! I just finished a slide deck that took me two weeks to make. It wasn’t non-stop but making the slides is literally the hardest part for me. I commend Kelsey for doing what’s right for him and I look forward to seeing him speak again when he’s ready. Announcement: Continuous Delivery on Kubernetes with GoCD GoCD now integrates natively with Kubernetes! GoCD’s pipeline capability along with Kubernetes’ highly programmable platform provide you the premiere Continuous Delivery tool on modern infrastructure. SPONSORED ...

I was in Sunnyvale and San Francisco most of the week and just got home. Thank you to the folks at Google Cloud for putting on an amazing event. I learned a lot during my visit. I’m exhausted though. GoCD: Visualize and Model Complex CD Workflows GoCD supports continuous delivery out of the box with its built-in pipelines, advanced traceability and value stream visualization. With GoCD, you can easily model, orchestrate and visualize complex workflows from end to end. GoCD supports modern infrastructure and cloud deployments. Learn how to setup your first pipeline OR check out their enterprise plugins and support. SPONSORED Events Open Source 101 Columbia Date: 2018-04-17 Sadly I won’t be able to participate in Open Source 101 Columbia but if it’s half as good as the one held in Raleigh it’s a can’t miss event. Open Source 101 is such a fantastic and inexpensive event (if you need assistance with a ticket let me know). ChefConf 2018 Dates: 2018-05-22 through 2018-05-25 Join an awesome community of #DevOps and automation professionals at ChefConf in Chicago. I’ll be presenting a brand spanking new talk, DevOps is Not a War. Save 10% with discount code ‘Hugs4Chef’. ...

One big piece of news from the CNCF this week was Kubernetes graduating. “To move from incubation to graduate, projects must demonstrate thriving adoption, a documented, structured governance process, and a strong commitment to community success and inclusivity.” One questioned I was asked by a few people was what does graduating from CNCF actually mean? I asked around because it wasn’t really clear to me either when the TOC started voting on it. Chris Aniszczyk responded, “[CNCF Graduation] is meant to be a stamp from the Technical Oversight Committee and the CNCF of what is a sustainable, production ready and mature open source project (i.e., you can bet your business on it).” You can bet your business on Kubernetes. That’s been safe to say for a while now. The fact the ever growing and improving CNCF is now saying it makes it damn near fact. I’ll be in Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale/Santa Clara) this week for the first time ever in my life. If you want to get together, let me know ASAP. ...

At what point are we going to admit that, like mainframes and COBOL, while history is worth remembering it might not be worth memorializing. Change is a constant in life that we cannot deny. Humanity wouldn’t be roaming the earth and stars if it weren’t for evolution, which at its base is change. Throughout history there have been points in time in which one side said, “no more” and the other said, “status quo”. Much like those in your organization that resist change because, “We’ve always done it this way.” You and your allies must say, “no more” for the betterment of yourself, your team, and your organization. Cast off the past, remember it but do not grip on to it for dear life. Do this to not only improve things around you but to advance civilization as a whole. GoCD: Visualize and Model Complex CD Workflows GoCD supports continuous delivery out of the box with its built-in pipelines, advanced traceability and value stream visualization. With GoCD, you can easily model, orchestrate and visualize complex workflows from end to end. GoCD supports modern infrastructure and cloud deployments. ...

I’m fresh off the plane from DevOpsDays Charlotte 2018 when I’m writing this. I have to say a HUGE thank you to the organizers, sponsors, and speakers. The venue was beyond amazing. Red Ventures knows how to host a crowd in style. I definitely feel like I need to fly out the morning after these events though. Traveling on a Friday is not ideal. It never fails that I end up missing a connection I wanted to make because I just flat out ran out of time. DevOps is a lot of things. I categorize this newsletter (and DevOps as a whole) into People, Process, and Tools. That is the order of importance; people come first. Always. How to build your first GoCD continuous delivery pipeline? This blog uses a simple web service as an example to show you how to setup your first GoCD continuous delivery pipeline and manage your build version in it. Check out the blog, and get started with GoCD. SPONSORED ...