DevOps is Not War
summary
Argues that organizational change triggers a Thucydides trap—16 historical rising-versus-ruling cases in 500 years, 12 ended in war—so DevOps transformations often provoke fear unless both sides adjust. Offers concrete evidence: US nuclear force effort bids to roll out OpenShift, Jenkins and JIRA; retirement of the 8‑inch floppy as DevOps-driven modernization; Equifax as a security scan failure; recommends bringing security, networking, legal and marketing in early and to fail fast with measurable automation and shared on‑call ownership.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:38Chris Short
- 1:20CN Ambassador
- 1:37Avoid Conflict
- 2:05Take Fire
- 2:59Impact Minimal
- 3:30Who is Thucydides
- 4:15Who is Graham Allison
- 5:29Failure Rate
- 5:52Peace is the Goal
- 6:42Bring the Two Together
- 6:57Devon Ops
- 7:07DevOps
- 8:18Floppy Disks
- 9:16US Stratcom
- 10:10DevOps Nuclear Weapons
- 11:14The Rise of Athens
- 11:50Fear leads to anger
- 12:51Fear instills conflict
- 13:21The Revolutionary War
- 14:31The Special Relationship
- 16:47DevOps is Not War
- 17:15DevOps Threatens People
- 18:35Networking
- 20:23Security
- 22:30Business Processes
- 24:35Change Failing Fast
- 27:25Early Allies
- 27:51Use Case
- 28:23Wrap Up
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