DevOps Culture and Practices

# DevOps Culture and Practices

DevOps isn't just tools—it's a cultural shift that breaks down silos between development and operations.

## Core Principles

**Automation First**

If you do it more than twice, automate it. CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, testing—automate everything.

**Continuous Feedback**

Implement monitoring and alerting from day one. Fast feedback loops enable rapid iteration.

**Blameless Post-Mortems**

Learn from failures without pointing fingers. Focus on systemic improvements.

## Essential Practices

- Infrastructure as Code

- Automated testing at all levels

- Feature flags for safe deployments

- Observability and monitoring

## Tools of the Trade

Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins/GitLab CI, Prometheus, Grafana—master these and you're set.

DevOps is about people, not just pipelines.