Automate all the things
summary
Argues that automating deployments, tests and infrastructure pays off: using terraform and Ansible to provision and configure VMs, Jenkins to run repeats, and small scripts (example: laptop setup ≈10 minutes) cuts manual hours and makes backups trivial — backup only data because configs are reproducible. Recommends automating the frequent step first (deployments can save ~1 hour/day if 15-minute deploy runs 4×), avoiding UI-heavy tests — don’t test too high — and warns about cultural resistance, lack of vision and missing conventions.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 2:34The case for automation
- 9:02Infrastructure automation
- 16:13Overcoming obstacles
- 22:24Standards and conventions
- 27:39Testing strategies
- 37:47Automation as a priority
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