Ops All The Things!

In this episode we spend some time discussing the idea that there is no magic bullet. At some level, you do need to understand how things work and why they work.

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In this episode Steven and I chat about the fun that is DNS. Everything is a DNS problem including this episode.

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You may notice a bit of a gap in episode numbering… There is a show 013 out there, it was rather unlucky though so we are holding it back and may release it at some future point in time.

Since Chris…

Steve and I caught up to chat about the state of the world and what we have been up to. Now that the holidays are over, we should be able to get a little more consistent again.

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In this episode Steve and I discuss a bit about our recent conference experiences and then dig into the idea that Attitude is Everything. Hope you enjoy!

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In this episode, Chris and I talk about the changing role of operations and systems administration.

Both Chris and I share the view that systems administration is evolving and that rounding out your…

Chris and I get together to talk about one of my all time favorite topics – debugging!

Enjoy the podcast, set breakpoints where you need them, and if you have a question include the stack trace from…

Dear listener,

Chris and I got back together to talk about the basic concepts around High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR). (And, no, High Availability is not being on-call in Colorado!)…

Hey All,

This was an awesome chance for Steve and I just to provide an update to where things stood. It is also the first episode where Chef started sponsoring. Looking forward to some time to do mo…

There is a certain irony in the fact that it has taken us long to get this episode up. Sadly, the Ops part of both mine and Steve’s life got a bit more hectic than expected. So here it is, with speci…

Take a listen to the first version of our thoughts on revision control.

Overview

In this episode, we discuss revision control. Revision control is a topic that is near and dear to both Chris and I…

Now that the holidays are over, here are some thoughts Chris and I have on them.

Overview

In this episode, we talk about the holidays, specifically how they impact operations personnel. We cover o…

Overview

In this episode we talk about documentation. Really taking a big picture view of how to document things and what should be documented. Along with that we try to talk a bit about the types o…

Overview

This episode is really focuses on how Ops adds value and discusses lots of aspects around the roles of traditional IT and WebOps.

News Items

• Launch of puppetbestpractices.com: http://w…

Overview

This episode provides an introduction into the goals of the podcast and a little bit of info about Chris and Steve.

News Items

We skipped the news section this episode but will pick it up…