Fireside Chat with Emily Freeman
summary
Recommends concrete steps: roll out feature flags (mentions vendor launch sharkly), stop fragile manual deploys by building a CI/CD pipeline that runs tests and security gates, pilot one small noncritical service to prove value, staff pilots with believers not detractors, measure outcomes and show results, make senior engineers responsible for regularly deleting legacy code, and prioritize a growth mindset so teams treat failures as learning while avoiding month‑long crunches that cause catastrophes like Knight Capital.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 0:53Managing production changes
- 2:45Overcoming leadership hurdles
- 4:44Getting started with change
- 5:57The secret to DevOps success
- 8:02Leadership and autonomy
- 10:55Legacy code and processes
- 14:11Engineering roles and mindset
- 17:30Collaboration and conclusion
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