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britishkoalatea's review against another edition
2.0
Strongly disliked the first two parts of the book, disliked the last part. The final process of Project Unicorn is one I've seen at work since I joined [$CompanyName] in 2013, and it works, but what do you do next? What's the next improvement or paradigm shift?
The characters are unlikeable, the writing is poor, and the 'story' is dull. If I had to work with these people, I would quit. Bill, the main Ops guy, is volatile, doesn't apologise after outbursts, and has this to say about developers in the first few pages:
“Show me a developer who isn’t crashing production systems, and I’ll show you one who can’t fog a mirror.”
“[Developers are] often carelessly breaking things and then disappearing, leaving Operations to clean up the mess. The only thing more dangerous than a developer is a developer conspiring with Security.”
The snark and derogatory developer comments come every few pages. QA barely exists in this book, testing is crammed at the end of a waterfall process where the developers eat up all the testing time and say "it works on my laptop."
In Bill's view, security is an obstacle to be avoided, and audits and compliance are meaningless busywork. Ops are perfect and never make mistakes, they're just overloaded with work generated by the rest of the company, who are at best misguided idiots. There is one hero Ops guy, Brent, whom no-one can do without, because he is the only one who knows how to do anything.
Patty exists just to parrot back Bill's ideas in other words. The 'guru' Erik is cryptic, condescending, and he refers to business people as 'Sensei.' I've been studying karate since 2008 and no-one refers to themselves or each other that way.
It's a book worth reading, but with a bucketload of caveats.
The characters are unlikeable, the writing is poor, and the 'story' is dull. If I had to work with these people, I would quit. Bill, the main Ops guy, is volatile, doesn't apologise after outbursts, and has this to say about developers in the first few pages:
“Show me a developer who isn’t crashing production systems, and I’ll show you one who can’t fog a mirror.”
“[Developers are] often carelessly breaking things and then disappearing, leaving Operations to clean up the mess. The only thing more dangerous than a developer is a developer conspiring with Security.”
The snark and derogatory developer comments come every few pages. QA barely exists in this book, testing is crammed at the end of a waterfall process where the developers eat up all the testing time and say "it works on my laptop."
In Bill's view, security is an obstacle to be avoided, and audits and compliance are meaningless busywork. Ops are perfect and never make mistakes, they're just overloaded with work generated by the rest of the company, who are at best misguided idiots. There is one hero Ops guy, Brent, whom no-one can do without, because he is the only one who knows how to do anything.
Patty exists just to parrot back Bill's ideas in other words. The 'guru' Erik is cryptic, condescending, and he refers to business people as 'Sensei.' I've been studying karate since 2008 and no-one refers to themselves or each other that way.
It's a book worth reading, but with a bucketload of caveats.
algorithminflux's review
5.0
Incredible novel teaching The Three Ways of DevOps through a fictional story of a large manufacturing corporation slowly drowning in its own misery of its disorder.
Truly a must-read for anyone striving to learn about improving IT operations and development, and improving anything that can be improved in terms of people, process and tools.
Looking forward to reading the follow-up novel, The Unicorn Project!
Truly a must-read for anyone striving to learn about improving IT operations and development, and improving anything that can be improved in terms of people, process and tools.
Looking forward to reading the follow-up novel, The Unicorn Project!
amajorendeavor's review
4.0
A surprisingly enjoyable read! Our entire business technology team was required to read it and it's brought energy and dedication to helping our business win. If you're in the IT world, take time to read it.
gne's review
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
s0upvsworld's review
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
michinio's review
4.0
ჩემთვის პირადად აქ არ იყო რაღაც სასწაული სიახლეები და revelationები, მაგრამ ზუსტადაც ის მომეწონა რომ ასე მტკივნეულად ნაცნობი ამბები საკმაოდ კარგად და სახალისოდაა დაწერილი. რაღაც სასიამოვნოდ ბოროტი გრძნობა გამიჩინა - სხვებსაც რო ტკენიათ ის, რაც მე და ჩემს მეგობრებს და ახლობლებს :))) ერთი კი ისაა, რომ იმათ ამაში ბევრ ფულს უხიან, მარა ნუ გავიფუჭებთ ამ ბოროტ კაიფს :)
რა თქმა უნდა ცოტა უტრირებულია ყველაფერი, მაგრამ თან ცოტა და თან წიგნია მაინც, რა ქნას.
რა თქმა უნდა ცოტა უტრირებულია ყველაფერი, მაგრამ თან ცოტა და თან წიგნია მაინც, რა ქნას.
androbles01's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
vari's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
calhandoh's review
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0