The Cloud Should be Fun … and if not, you're probably doing it wrong

by Holly Cummins

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The Cloud Should Be Fun (and if it’s not you’re probably doing it wrong) Holly Cummins Red Hat 13 December, 2022 WTF

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I help build Quarkus

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cloud should be fun? WTF? image: DALL-E

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what is fun?

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus partying?

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus silly pictures?

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus jokes?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus (ducks make jokes funnier)

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus joy?

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus happiness?

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus all that, and …

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Photo by Linearahandmade@etsy Exploration

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Photo by Linearahandmade@etsy Exploration > Hello, World

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Photo by William Warby Puzzle

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Photo by William Warby Puzzle Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException: WhyWhyWhyIsThisHappeningNullPointerException at StackTraceExample.method111(StackTraceExample.java:15) at StackTraceExample.method11(StackTraceExample.java:11) at StackTraceExample.method1(StackTraceExample.java:7) at StackTraceExample.main(StackTraceExample.java:3)

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Games

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Games

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Play

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Play

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Positive affect

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Katie Bouman, discovering that her algorithm for imaging black holes worked. It feels good

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why fun is valuable

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“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” Aristotle

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job satisfaction is the no. 1 predictor of organizational performance

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@holly_cummins #RedHat

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@holly_cummins #RedHat “so, what was said on the conference call?”

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@holly_cummins #RedHat “so, what was said on the conference call?” “I have no idea …

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@holly_cummins #RedHat “so, what was said on the conference call?” “I have no idea … but they were laughing, so the project is OK. ”

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@holly_cummins #RedHat “so, what was said on the conference call?” “I have no idea … but they were laughing, so the project is OK. ” a team that doesn’t laugh together doesn’t want to work together

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@holly_cummins #RedHat “my contractors are in their zone of competence.”

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Studies have shown... Employee fun

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Studies have shown... Employee fun

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Studies have shown... Employee fun Less sick leave

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Studies have shown... Employee fun Less sick leave Harder working

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus Studies have shown... Employee fun Less sick leave Harder working More productivity

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus “Your brain at positive is 31% more productive than your brain at negative, neutral or stressed.”

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus https:/ /www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/eproto/workingpapers/happinessproductivity.pdf

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus “Individuals [who just watched a comedy video] have approximately

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@holly_cummins #RedHat Photo by Dan Cook on Unsplash

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@holly_cummins #RedHat Photo by Dan Cook on Unsplash laughter:

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@holly_cummins #RedHat Photo by Dan Cook on Unsplash laughter: defuses tense situations

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@holly_cummins #RedHat Photo by Dan Cook on Unsplash laughter: defuses tense situations creates team cohesion

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@holly_cummins #RedHat Photo by Dan Cook on Unsplash laughter: defuses tense situations creates team cohesion is a nice muscle workout

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achieving fun

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus laugh, eat cake, wear silly hats fun execution plan

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus find un-fun things & get rid of them laugh, eat cake, wear silly hats fun execution plan

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus don’t prohibit fun find un-fun things & get rid of them laugh, eat cake, wear silly hats fun execution plan

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus don’t prohibit fun find un-fun things & get rid of them laugh, eat cake, wear silly hats fun execution plan

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus don’t prohibit fun find un-fun things & get rid of them laugh, eat cake, wear silly hats fun execution plan

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus don’t prohibit fun find un-fun things & get rid of them laugh, eat cake, wear silly hats fun execution plan

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus flow feels good

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus flow feels good

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus friction saps energy

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus friction saps energy

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus   A process being unfun is a red flag that it’s not adding value.

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is cloud fun?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus is cloud fun?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings elasticity what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings elasticity what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings elasticity exotic hardware what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings elasticity exotic hardware what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings elasticity exotic hardware low friction & fast speed to market what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cost savings elasticity exotic hardware low friction & fast speed to market what is cloud-y?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus cloud brings new ways of working

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus “devops helps make our lives humane and win in the marketplace.” -Gene Kim

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus SRE dedicated to eliminating toil from ops because toil isn’t valuable.

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus SRE dedicated to eliminating toil from ops because toil isn’t valuable. toil isn’t fun.

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no really is cloud actually fun?

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©Katerina Kamprani - The Uncomfortable Used with permission - thanks! bad tools

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“the CEO bought [tool] after a conversation on a golf course … ©Katerina Kamprani - The Uncomfortable Used with permission - thanks! bad tools

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“the CEO bought [tool] after a conversation on a golf course … … eight years ago … ©Katerina Kamprani - The Uncomfortable Used with permission - thanks! bad tools

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“the CEO bought [tool] after a conversation on a golf course … … eight years ago … and everyone still has to use it” ©Katerina Kamprani - The Uncomfortable Used with permission - thanks! bad tools

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bad tools

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inconsistent tools

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inconsistent tools

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too many tools

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too many tools

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus

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aside: what’s the point of laughing at something? to show we get it

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus too much governance

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus too much governance

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus is OpenShift fun?

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus “this provisioning software is broken” @holly_cummins

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus what we sold “this provisioning software is broken” 10 minute provision-time @holly_cummins

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus what we sold “this provisioning software is broken” 10 minute provision-time 3 month provision- time what the client thought they’d got @holly_cummins

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus what we sold “this provisioning software is broken” 10 minute provision-time 3 month provision- time what the client thought they’d got the reason 84-step pre-approval process @holly_cummins

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus Provider A Provider B “we’re going to change cloud provider

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus Provider A Provider B “we’re going to change cloud provider to fix our procurement process!”

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus Provider A Provider B “we’re going to change cloud provider to fix our procurement process!”

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus “your laptop can either access the cloud servers … or access our jira.”

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus “it takes us a week to start coding.”

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus friction costs: developers leave

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fixing it

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus automation

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus automation computers don’t expect to have fun (yet)

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus automation revenge! computers don’t expect to have fun (yet)

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus automation revenge! computers don’t expect to have fun (yet) let them do the tedious tasks

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus automation revenge! computers don’t expect to have fun (yet) let them do the tedious tasks bonus: automating stuff is fun

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus go PaaS

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus funtainer: ‘serverless container’

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus function-container: ‘serverless container’

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus go managed

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus go PaaS image: DALL-E

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus DevEx

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus DX

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus (remember, quarkus is built for developer joy and easy cloud-ing)

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus but …

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus friction is mostly not about the products and tools

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus make the easiest thing to do the right thing to do

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus DevOps

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus DevSecOps

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus three economies resolve a tension by finding a mutual win

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@holly_cummins #RedHat #Quarkus flow and feedback make things fun optimise for flow optimise for feedback

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus judge, judge, judge …

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus are you doing it wrong? judge, judge, judge …

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus are you doing it wrong? it’s ok if it’s not all-fun-all-the-time judge, judge, judge …

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus are you doing it wrong? it’s ok if it’s not all-fun-all-the-time some platforms are kind of hard judge, judge, judge …

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus are you doing it wrong? it’s ok if it’s not all-fun-all-the-time some platforms are kind of hard process change is hard judge, judge, judge …

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@[email protected] #RedHat #Quarkus are you doing it wrong? it’s ok if it’s not all-fun-all-the-time some platforms are kind of hard process change is hard people are hard! judge, judge, judge …