[.NET@Night] Walking into Mordor: The History and Future of DevOps

The main premise of this talk is that the current state of DevOps tooling, is overly complex and too much of a cognitive load to be sustainable given current demands. I will provide a history of how we got here, and the rationale behind the choices that resulted in our current state. Then we will look at the future, and the needs of modern software development which conflict with our current practices.

Speaker - Ryan Bergman
Existing in the shadow world between developers, architecture, and management, Ryan Bergman wages a constant battle against technical debt, feature bloat and unshaven yaks. He has worked as a professional programmer, architect, and technical product owner for the past 18 years in the Des Moines area.

[Meeting Agenda]
• 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM - Pizza
• 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Presentation

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