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		sunaurus on Sept 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DevOps didn’t exist when I started as a developer I know that "DevOps" is one of those terms that can mean whatever the user wants it to mean (like "agile" and "REST" and so on), but at least with DevOps, I've mostly only seen 2 types of common definitions: 1) "DevOps teams" are just rebranded operations teams 2) "DevOps teams" are teams that are responsible for both development and operations for their app I think the first one is the one you're frustrated with, and I agree it's a completely useless label when used like that, but it's not definitely not the only way it's used.

wyclif on Sept 14, 2019 [–]

I always understood DevOps as a methodology, not a job title. Apparently, a lot of people think it's wrong to look at it the way I do.

_betty_ on Sept 15, 2019 | [–]

I'd view it as a culture instead of methodology, but I think that's compatible with your view and option #2 from poster above.

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