Achieving DevOps: A Novel About Delivering the Best of Agile, DevOps, and Microservices

© Dave Harrison and Knox Lively 2019

Dave Harrison and Knox LivelyAchieving DevOpshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4388-6_1

1. The Abyss Stares Back

Dave Harrison¹  and Knox Lively²

(1)

Madras, OR, USA

(2)

Montclair, NJ, USA

 

This story isn’t true, but it could be.

The conversations in this book we’ve had in some form many times. The feeling persists at the end of day, rubbing our weary eyes – we were busy today, crazy busy, and it feels like we got a lot done. So, why do we feel like we’re treading water? There’s all these wonderful things we’d like to accomplish, personally and in our careers – but it feels like they always take the back seat to survival, keeping the wolf away from the door.

At least, that’s the position Ben is in. He’s come from the ...