Long Distance DevOpsBridget Kromhout

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Bridget Kromhout

Operations Engineer @DramaFeverMinneapolis, Minnesota

@devopsdays@devopsdaysMSP

@arresteddevops

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Docker, Packer, ChefPython (Django) main website

Go microservices (video analytics ingest, on-the-fly image processing,

bookmarking…)Upstreams routed via nginx

Celery + SQS for async tasksCDNs for video delivery

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I live about 1,185 miles from the DramaFever New York office. (It’s probably definitely fine.)

So, where do remote workers work?

Co-working spaces...

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coffeeshops...

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Even at home!

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group chat

visibility into daily work

consistentenvironmentsvideo chat

“Github is where we record decisions and notes from meetings or Slack.”

“Listen to the #tech channel on Slack.”

tech team communication

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Group chat: we use Slack

But anything you like works

If you all use it.

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a slack haiku

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Working remote…

...but not isolated.

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Collaborative culture: Pull requests to change policies & procedures.

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Misunderstandings happen.

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Over-communicate; it’s better than being hurt or angry for no reason.

“There's a lot of "sausage-making" exposed here, so keep in mind the goal on these is to do blameless post-mortems with the goal of creating a culture of continuous improvement.”

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Blameless culture: focus on improvement

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OKRs (or, Work: the Game!)

being remote-friendly helps everyone, including those who live near an office

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remote-friendly...

more accessibility!

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In 2014, I only just made it to 25K miles.In 2015, I’m almost there on May 1st.

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From sharing a desk...

...to sharing the stage.

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Harder to go through an entire batch of cookies. (USPS Priority Mail helps.)

Connecting across teams is made easier by serious business tooling.

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Empathy is defined by connecting and caring, not by distance.

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Thank you!