Good question. Had to sit here and think about how I wanted to answer that one. Proscriptively? Probably. Inherently, not as much, but maybe. What I mean is,

Good question. Had to sit here and think about how I wanted to answer that one. Proscriptively? Probably. Inherently, not as much, but maybe. What I mean is, in some cases it probably is just a ‘brand’ in that I’ve just had too many experiences with companies that hired “DevOps Engineers” due to a lack of hiring discipline to actually bring in a SME for a critical component. This is how I think some Devops practitioners end up getting shit “thrown over the wall” and probably lies at the root of what they’re complaining about. So yeah I would say Devops is probably more of a brand than a transformational way of delivering software for SOME companies. These are the “pretenders” IMO. To your other question, what are redeeming features? Also a good question. One in fact. . . that forces me to really sit down and think about. I haven’t ever thought about the question of “what’s redeeming about Devops” as a Devops practitioner.