Boring Is Powerful

Jon makes the case, at DevOpsDays London 2017, that Boring Is Powerful. There's video of this content at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EUfSpk96M

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2. BORING IS
   POWERFUL_
   JON TOPPER | @jtopper | he/him/his
   

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3. @jtopper
   

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4. “We have come to know, or rather to
   believe, that boredom is not part of the
   natural lot of man, but can be avoided
   by a sufficiently vigorous pursuit of
   excitement”.
   - Bertrand Russell, 1930
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5. BIG DATA
   BLOCKCHAIN
   INTERNET OF THINGS
   CONTAINERS
   SCHEDULERS
   MACHINE LEARNING
   AUGMENTED REALITY
   VOICE INTERFACES
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6. @jtopper
   

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7. @jtopper
   

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8. BORING IS
   POWERFUL_
   

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9. ON CALL:
   BORING_
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14. GITHUB STARS
    MONGODB/MONGO_
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15. VERSION DATE NOTABLE FEATURES
    1.2 December 2009
    1.4 March 2010 Background index creation. Log rotation.
    1.6 August 2010 Sharding & replica sets.
    1.8 March 2011 Data journalling. Sparse & covering indices.
    2.0 August 2011 Authentication
    2.2 July 2012 DB level locking. Backup tool backs up indexes.
    2.4 March 2013 RBAC. TLS Support. Modular authentication*
    2.6 April 2014 HTTP interface disabled. Audit logging* SNMP*
    3.0 March 2015 WiredTiger optional. Large replica sets (50). Query introspection.
    3.2 December 2015 WiredTiger default. Encryption at rest*
    3.4 November 2016 Passes Jepsen test suite. Views. Log redaction*
    * Enterprise
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16. https:/
    /jepsen.io/analyses/mongodb-3-4-0-rc3
    CALL ME MAYBE
    MONGODB_
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17. BUSINESS
    CONSIDERATIONS_
    Availability
    Agility
    Cost
    Data integrity
    Fashion
    Performance
    Regulatory Compliance
    Scalability
    Security
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18. GITHUB STARS
    FEATURE OVERLAY_
    TLS Audit logs
    Auth
    Jepsen
    pass
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19. FASHIONABLENESS
    DECREASES OVER TIME_
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20. FEATURE AVAILABILITY
    INCREASES OVER TIME_
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21. QUALITY
    INCREASES OVER TIME_
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22. RELIABILITY
    INCREASES OVER TIME_
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23. SECURITY
    INCREASES OVER TIME_
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24. COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE
    INCREASES OVER TIME_
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25. STACK OVERFLOW
    MONGODB QUESTIONS_
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26. @jtopper
    

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27. SOFTWARE BECOMES
    BORING OVER TIME_
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28. @jtopper
    

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29. PEACE
    AMONG WORLDS_
    

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30. @jtopper
    

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31. DEVELOPMENT
    CONSIDERATIONS_
    Deployment
    Packaging
    Language Support
    Development Environments
    Test Harnesses
    

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32. OPERATIONAL
    CONSIDERATIONS_
    Deployment
    Upgrades
    Clustering
    Load Balancing
    Scale Up
    Scale Out
    Monitoring
    Authentication
    Logging
    Capacity Planning
    Audit
    Backup
    Recovery
    Data Lifecycle
    Encryption in transit
    Access Control
    Packaging
    License Costs
    Language Support
    Encryption at rest Support Availability
    Performance Tuning
    Development Environments
    Hireability
    Test Harnesses
    

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34. USER
    CONSIDERATIONS_
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35. @jtopper
    

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36. ONLY INNOVATE
    TO DIFFERENTIATE_
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37. BORING
    IS POWERFUL_
    Fashionable software carries risk
    Consider the business context
    Take risks only for differentiators
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38. KEEP IN
    TOUCH_
    http:/
    /www.scalefactory.com/
    https:/
    /github.com/scalefactory
    @jtopper
    jon@scalefactory.com
    

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