A Build Monkey's Apology

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   A Build Monkey's Apology Scott Robinson ThoughtWorks

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   Excuses Scott Robinson Apologist

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   Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the discipline

   of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of information.
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   Automate Everything Scott Robinson Occasional DevOp

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   I broke the build. Sorry.

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   Smoke Build Test Deploy

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   Smoke Build Test Deploy Test

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   Smoke Build Test Deploy Test Build Build Test Test

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   Smoke Build Test Deploy Test Build Build Deploy Deploy Test

   Deploy Test
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    Smoke Important Mess Less Important Mess

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    Feedback Cycle

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    Feedback Cycle • Order stages by team value • Do

    not stop for regression • Do not mark tests as broken
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    What stops us from continuing with confidence?

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    I broke builds while fixing a broken build. Sorry.

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    None
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    Will it debug?

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    None
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    Configuration • Version control build configuration • Build scripts in

    the source tree • Use new pipelines and agents
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    Resource by Capability • build • project-a • scott’s box

    NO • Windows • JRuby • Selenium YES
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    Who is on the pager tree for the build?

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    Audience Participation?

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    I broke dependencies for my team. Sorry.

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    I fixed it. Live.

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    Version Control

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    Configuration Management

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    Configuration Management

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    I didn’t test Chef. Sorry.

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    Configuration Management Vagrant

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    I tested Chef... in production. Sorry.

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    What does “production” mean?

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    Summary of Mistakes • Broke the build. • Broke builds

    while fixing a broken build. • Broke dependencies for my team.
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    Sorry.