Ask HN: How do you define DevOps and is it dead?
It&#x27;s a good time to step back and define (or re-evaluate the definition of) &quot;DevOps.&quot;  It&#x27;s an interesting word for an interesting movement, but (I think sadly) it has come to mean just &quot;Ops.&quot;<p>&quot;DevOps&quot; is a teamwork style and process pattern, wherein the same people engineering the logic of a system also support each other in taking ownership over the execution of the logic and maintenance of the system.<p>DevOps means that, instead of sending an impatient email to the &quot;DB admin&quot; to apply your migrations, that you invite her to become familiar with the reason the migration was needed in the first place.  In turn, she extends her toolchain to empower you to apply the migration yourself.  Soon, you are part of the same team and the line dividing you, stopping you from supporting each other, is gone.<p>DevOps is good for people who like to always be learning; it can be difficult for people who like to ever more deeply specialize.<p>One thing that seems clear to me: the rise of packaged and  automated ops solutions is not a threat to DevOps; on the contrary, it makes it even easier for a &quot;Dev&quot; team to collaborate on and take ownership of the &quot;Ops&quot; of an organization.