It was a holiday week here in the United States. On Wednesday, we celebrated our independence. It is rather fitting that the DevOps’ish newsletter blasted past 1776 subscribers this week (the year the US declared Independence). After eighty-three weeks of doing this newsletter, I would like your help in improving it. I’ve put together a quick sixteen question survey that will ultimately improve the format and content in DevOps’ish. The data from the DevOps’ish Summer 2018 Survey will be a vital measurement to guide the direction of the newsletter going forward. No personally identifiable information is necessary to complete the survey. Please take a few minutes and let me know what you like or don’t like about DevOps’ish. Webinar: Actionable Continuous Delivery Metrics Want to deliver faster? Join our free webinar: Actionable Continuous Delivery Metrics. Gain insights into software delivery pipeline and learn to use metrics to improve your path to production. SPONSORED Ballerina: Cloud-Native Programming Language Ballerina makes it easy to write microservices that integrate APIs. TechWorld placed it as #1 in their “Top programming languages you should try”. Ballerina supports modern protocols and data formats, has built-in constructs for event and stream processing, resiliency, parallel execution, and can deploy directly onto Docker and Kubernetes. SPONSORED ...

Twelve hours after this newsletter was published last week, I was on a plane back to my old stomping grounds in Raleigh, North Carolina. I started at Red Hat this week on the Ansible team as Principal Product Marketing Manager. After the first week, I feel like this is the best career move I’ve ever made. It’s also a move that I’ve wanted to make for a long time. But, the delay has been well worth it. I look forward to working with teams internal and external to Red Hat to make Ansible an even better product than it already is. As an aside, the family and I escaped the near triple-digit (Fahrenheit) temperatures of the Greater Detroit Metro for way “up north” Michigan. The image this week is of my son Max playing on the beach of Lake Michigan in Petosky State Park. Get out and enjoy the world around you when you have some time. Also, if you’re disabled in any way be sure to take care of yourself. ...

I had a very quiet week (which explains the enormity of this week’s newsletter). To give you an idea what the highlight of my week was, on Friday, I wiped two laptops, went to FedEx, and shipped them back to their owners. I’m spending the weekend between jobs resting and resetting. I will be in Raleigh the first part of the week and will finish the week at home, working for a new employer. To say I’m looking forward to getting started would be an understatement. I’m probably more excited to start this job than any other job I’ve ever had. Keep your eyes on chrisshort.net for an announcement on Monday. Webinar: Continuous Delivery with Docker, Kubernetes, and GoCD Docker and Kubernetes provide the platform for organizations to get software to market quickly. In this webinar, you will get a practical guide in designing a Docker-based CD pipeline on Kubernetes with GoCD. SPONSORED Ballerina: Cloud-Native Programming Language Ballerina makes it easy to write microservices that integrate APIs. TechWorld placed it as #1 in their “Top programming languages you should try”. Ballerina supports modern protocols and data formats, has built-in constructs for event and stream processing, resiliency, parallel execution, and can deploy directly onto Docker and Kubernetes. SPONSORED ...

This week I announced I am leaving SJ Technologies on June 22, 2018. It’s not an easy decision either. I was pretty happy at SJ but, when I announce where I’m landing everyone will completely understand why I’m making the move. I also finished my NEXUS application this week. It made me realize that I have a problem: I change jobs too often. A lot of folks have said that and I’ve always discredited it slightly. But, when I look back since I’ve left the Air Force there’s a lot of resume there. What’s the issue here? Clearly it’s me. Or is it? There are some legit reasons in all of these job changes (pay raises, acquisitions, etc.). But, at some point, it makes you wonder, “WTF is my problem?” I’d like to say that I am on a journey of continual improvement. But, to be honest, I want to be well compensated and work for a great team at Google, Red Hat, Facebook, GitLab, or Linux Foundation. Every job is a step towards that goal. Life is weird, opportunities come and go, and I’ve been working towards a goal. ...

Trying something different this week and sending out the newsletter on Saturday. Hit Reply and Let me know what you think. The big news this week is Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub. Jim Zemlin, Executive Director at The Linux Foundation, provides a very positive and principled take on the GitHub acquisition. I have been a believer in Microsoft’s commitment to open source ever since they reached out to me to discuss how they can improve their image in the open source community. Microsoft is apologizing for the Ballmer years profusely with actions (not just words). But, I wonder if Microsoft is buying open source “cool points” too fast? The initial reaction to the acquisition from folks that didn’t work at either company was generally negative. When I discussed how far Microsoft has come back in April, the reaction was also negative. The comments harkened back to an old Microsoft adage, “Embrace, extend, and extinguish.” I understand peoples’ distrust. However, it has been three years since Microsoft took the keynote stage at All Things Open 2015 to talk about how much they love Linux. They are doing everything right so far. It’s time to start taking Microsoft’s word (we’re not at war). They are going to be good stewards of the open source communities they manage. ...