Boxen: PuppetConf 2013 - Speaker Deck

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BOXEN

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WFARR

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JBARNETTE

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INVENTING ON PRINCIPLE

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WHAT IN THE HELL IS MY PRINCIPLE?

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SOFTWARE IS TERRIBLE

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DEVELOPING SOFTWARE IS HARD

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INTERACTING WITH SOFTWARE IS PAINFUL

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PAINFUL SOFTWARE CREATES FRICTION

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FRICTION GETS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PRODUCT

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SOFTWARE SHOULD FEEL EASY TO EVERYONE

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SOFTWARE SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY

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“Help people design, build, and ship software better, together.” "

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“Help people more easily design, build, and ship things, with software.”

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WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PORCELAIN TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO SHIP

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SHIPPING ISN'T JUST FOR SOFTWARE, YO

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EVERYONE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION SHIPS; HOW DOES YOUR CULTURE ENCOURAGE THAT?

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ENABLE #

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HOW?

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WE NEED A MISSION STATEMENT

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TATFT

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T E S T A L L T H E F & % $ I N G T I M E

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“Whatever you do, make sure you are testing, because if you aren’t, all you are doing is making it harder for yourself when you revisit the code, and making it even harder for the next developer who will inevitably have to maintain what you just wrote.” - Bryan Liles

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“Whatever you do, make sure you are automating, because if you aren’t, all you are doing is making it harder for yourself when you revisit the problem, and making it even harder for the next person who will inevitably have to reproduce your solution.”

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AUTOMATE PROBLEM REPRODUCE SOLUTION

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AUTOMATING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS LEADS TO REPRODUCIBLE SOLUTIONS

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AUTOMATING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS LEADS TO REPRODUCIBLE SOLUTIONS WHICH ARE EASIER THAN SOLVING PROBLEMS UNIQUELY EACH TIME

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AUTOMATING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS LEADS TO REPRODUCIBLE SOLUTIONS WHICH ARE EASIER THAN SOLVING PROBLEMS UNIQUELY EACH TIME FOR EVERYONE

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A U T O M A T E A L L T H E F & % $ I N G T H I N G S

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# WORK IN ENVIRONMENTS

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class github::environment { include clojure include go include mysql include nodejs include postgresql include ruby $gems = [ 'bundler', 'rails' ] ruby::gem { $gems: } }

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class github::environment::rails { include mysql include nodejs # asset pipeline :( include ruby $gems = [ 'bundler', 'rails' ] ruby::gem { $gems: } }

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class github::environment::webscale { include mongodb include nodejs include redis }

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class github::environment::hipsterstack { include funding::series_a # FIXME: include business_model }

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class github::environment::design { include photoshop # ??? }

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class github::environment::legal { include microsoft_word # ??? }

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class github::environment::hr { include hugs # ??? }

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WE KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS

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BUT WE ARE COMPLETELY CLUELESS WHEN IT COMES TO EMPOWERING PEOPLE OUTSIDE DEVELOPER-SPACE

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WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS AND THEN MAKE THEM BETTER WITH AUTOMATION

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TELLING THEM THEY HAVE TO USE OUR TOOLING TO AUTOMATE AWAY PAIN IS A COP-OUT

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# WORK ON PROJECTS

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+ github/github

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class projects::github { github::project { 'github': mysql => true, redis => true, ruby => '2.1', } }

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$ boxen github

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AND NOW JILL DEVELOPER CAN WORK ON GITHUB

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BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE FOLKS IN FINANCE?

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class projects::quarterly_taxes { # ??? }

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class projects::financial_audit { # ??? }

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# NEED DIFFERENT THINGS

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# DESERVE TO BE HAPPY

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# REALLY LIKE ,

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OS X 10.9 "MAVERICKS" SUPPORT

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NO MANUAL XCODE INSTALL REQUIRED

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HIERA EVERYWHERE

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UPDATING MODULES TO GET A NEW VERSION OF X SUCKS

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TRYING TO RUN A SERVICE ON A DIFFERENT PORT SUCKS

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HIERA FIXES THESE THINGS WITHOUT UGLY HACKS

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HIERA FIXES THESE THINGS WITHOUT FORKING MODULES

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YAML CHANGES ARE MORE APPROACHABLE THAN PUPPET

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HINTS OF LINUX SUPPORT

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REALLY SUBTLE HINTS

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# grep boxen github/puppet/Puppetfile mod "nodejs", "3.2.5", :github_tarball => "boxen/puppet-nodejs" mod "phantomjs", "2.0.1", :github_tarball => "boxen/puppet-phantomjs" mod "repository", "2.2.0", :github_tarball => "boxen/puppet-repository"

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MORE CORE MODULES WILL GET SUPPORT OVER TIME

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PUPPETMASTER SUPPORT

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I ACTUALLY WASN'T INVOLVED IN THIS

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SOMEONE TOLD ME THEY HAD DONE IT YESTERDAY

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GOOD ON YA

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I NEED TO BUY YOU A BEER

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MENUBAR APP

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LAST YEAR I HAD A TERRIBLE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT

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THIS YEAR I HAVE THE SAME PROOF-OF-CONCEPT

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BUT GOOD NEWS

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MY ROOMMATE IS A GITHUB FOR MAC DEVELOPER

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THIS THING IS FINALLY GOING TO HAPPEN

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HENSON

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LIBRARIAN-PUPPET "WORKS"

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LIBRARIAN-PUPPET "WORKS"-ISH

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YOUR SOFTWARE IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD

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HENSON IS NOT A DEAD PROJECT

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SOME OTHER PRIORITIES NEEDED OUR ATTENTION FIRST

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CLOSING THOUGHTS

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BOXEN IS NOT PERFECT

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IT'S SOFTWARE

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IT HAS MADE OUR LIVES A LOT EASIER AT GITHUB

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IT MIGHT MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER

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DON'T USE IT BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG NAME ATTACHED

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F&%$ THIS GUY

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DO IT FOR YOU

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HEeeeLLO BEAUTIFUL

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THANKS