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Deployment Strategies for Success - The DevOps Handbook

July 14, 2025 01:15:58 72.93 MB Downloads: 0

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss parts 3 and 4 of The DevOps Handbook! Join them as they discuss CICD, on-call rotations, telemetry, and more!


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The DevOps Handbook

https://amzn.to/44tGqlX (paid link)


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00:00 Intro

02:01 About the Book and Authors

03:43 Initial Thoughts on The DevOps Handbook Parts 3 & 4

07:38 Deployment Pipelines

16:55 When to Implement DevOps Practices

24:40 Low-Risk Releases and Feature Flags

35:06 Telemetry and Observability

46:04 Open Telemetry and Tool Recommendations

51:57 On-Call Rotations

1:01:00 Launch Readiness Reviews

1:07:01 Final Thoughts


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