Yevgeniy Brikman
@brikis98.bsky.social
Co-founder: https://gruntwork.io. Author: https://fundamentals-of-devops.com, https://terraformupandrunning.com, https://hello-startup.net. Previously: LNKD, TRIP.
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Yevgeniy Brikman
@brikis98.bsky.social
· Jun 11
It's here! Just got my copies of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." It's the 3rd book I've published with @oreilly.bsky.social, and I think it's the best one so far—the ultimate hands-on guide to running and maintaining software in production.
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
I just finished "The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green. It's a collection of essays on a variety of topics from the modern era, including the QWERTY keyboard, Canadian geese, Super Mario Kart, teddy bears, and Haley’s Comet.
A few thoughts:
A few thoughts:
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I just finished "The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green. It's a collection of essays on a variety of topics from the modern era, including the QWERTY keyboard, Canadian geese, Super Mario Kart, teddy bears, and Haley’s Comet.
A few thoughts:
A few thoughts:
In 2022, I got a desk treadmill, and it turned out to be one of the best investments I’ve made in my health in years. It improved my fitness, productivity, and likely added years to my life. I’ve gotten so many questions about it that I decided to write a blog post:
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In 2022, I got a desk treadmill, and it turned out to be one of the best investments I’ve made in my health in years. It improved my fitness, productivity, and likely added years to my life. I’ve gotten so many questions about it that I decided to write a blog post:
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November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨 Sale alert 🚨
"Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery" is 10% off now with this coupon! If you're looking to level up how your team ships software, or just looking for a good gift for the holidays, grab the discount now, before it expires!
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"Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery" is 10% off now with this coupon! If you're looking to level up how your team ships software, or just looking for a good gift for the holidays, grab the discount now, before it expires!
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A reminder: share your DevOps horror stories with the tag #AdrenalineOps, and you can win a 1-year GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery!"
With Halloween approaching, it's time to share your DevOops horror stories! 👻 🎃
The best 5 stories win a GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery."
Here's one of my stories:
I took down TripAdvisor.
In my 1st week on the job. 😅
The best 5 stories win a GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery."
Here's one of my stories:
I took down TripAdvisor.
In my 1st week on the job. 😅
A midnight outage, accidentally dropping a database table, or a deployment you’ll never forget? Post your #AdrenalineOps story to win a DevOps starter kit!
On Nov 21, we'll pick 5 winners to get a 1-year GoLand license and @brikis98.bsky.social's book Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery!
On Nov 21, we'll pick 5 winners to get a 1-year GoLand license and @brikis98.bsky.social's book Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery!
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A reminder: share your DevOps horror stories with the tag #AdrenalineOps, and you can win a 1-year GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery!"
In this GOTO Book Club interview, I chat with @kief.com about my book "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery," the definition of DevOps, tools for managing infrastructure and applications, why you can't not have a framework, and the future of DevOps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyz_...
Fundamentals of DevOps & Software Delivery • Yevgeniy "Jim" Brikman & Kief Morris • GOTO 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In this GOTO Book Club interview, I chat with @kief.com about my book "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery," the definition of DevOps, tools for managing infrastructure and applications, why you can't not have a framework, and the future of DevOps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyz_...
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"You can't not have a framework. Either you use one or you create your own - and yours probably won't be well documented or maintained." @brikis98.bsky.social and @kief.com discuss why infrastructure automation needs standardization, not more custom wrapper scripts.
Fundamentals of DevOps & Software Delivery • Yevgeniy "Jim" Brikman & Kief Morris • GOTO 2025
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub
http://gotopia.tech/bookclub
Read the full transcription of the interview here:
https://gotopia.tech/episodes/405
Yevgeniy…
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"You can't not have a framework. Either you use one or you create your own - and yours probably won't be well documented or maintained." @brikis98.bsky.social and @kief.com discuss why infrastructure automation needs standardization, not more custom wrapper scripts.
With Halloween approaching, it's time to share your DevOops horror stories! 👻 🎃
The best 5 stories win a GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery."
Here's one of my stories:
I took down TripAdvisor.
In my 1st week on the job. 😅
The best 5 stories win a GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery."
Here's one of my stories:
I took down TripAdvisor.
In my 1st week on the job. 😅
A midnight outage, accidentally dropping a database table, or a deployment you’ll never forget? Post your #AdrenalineOps story to win a DevOps starter kit!
On Nov 21, we'll pick 5 winners to get a 1-year GoLand license and @brikis98.bsky.social's book Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery!
On Nov 21, we'll pick 5 winners to get a 1-year GoLand license and @brikis98.bsky.social's book Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery!
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
With Halloween approaching, it's time to share your DevOops horror stories! 👻 🎃
The best 5 stories win a GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery."
Here's one of my stories:
I took down TripAdvisor.
In my 1st week on the job. 😅
The best 5 stories win a GoLand license and a copy of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery."
Here's one of my stories:
I took down TripAdvisor.
In my 1st week on the job. 😅
I made some changes to the "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery" website:
- Updated the text in the intro section
- Added a "how this book is different" section
- Minor tweaks to other sections
Thoughts? Is the site clear? What could I improve?
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
- Updated the text in the intro section
- Added a "how this book is different" section
- Minor tweaks to other sections
Thoughts? Is the site clear? What could I improve?
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery
This book is a hands-on guide to software delivery—that is, all the processes, tools, and techniques that are required to run and maintain software in production on an ongoing basis—and DevOps, one of...
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I made some changes to the "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery" website:
- Updated the text in the intro section
- Added a "how this book is different" section
- Minor tweaks to other sections
Thoughts? Is the site clear? What could I improve?
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
- Updated the text in the intro section
- Added a "how this book is different" section
- Minor tweaks to other sections
Thoughts? Is the site clear? What could I improve?
www.fundamentals-of-devops.com
I've come across many companies where:
🔥 They're constantly putting out fires
🚨 Nothing is reproducible or documented
⚠️ Even minor changes feel risky
😰 The predominant emotions are fear & stress
This is "DevOps Bankruptcy." We wrote a guide on how to get yourself out of it:
🔥 They're constantly putting out fires
🚨 Nothing is reproducible or documented
⚠️ Even minor changes feel risky
😰 The predominant emotions are fear & stress
This is "DevOps Bankruptcy." We wrote a guide on how to get yourself out of it:
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've come across many companies where:
🔥 They're constantly putting out fires
🚨 Nothing is reproducible or documented
⚠️ Even minor changes feel risky
😰 The predominant emotions are fear & stress
This is "DevOps Bankruptcy." We wrote a guide on how to get yourself out of it:
🔥 They're constantly putting out fires
🚨 Nothing is reproducible or documented
⚠️ Even minor changes feel risky
😰 The predominant emotions are fear & stress
This is "DevOps Bankruptcy." We wrote a guide on how to get yourself out of it:
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 9, "How to Store Data" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about relational DBs, NoSQL, NewSQL, queues, streams, object stores, CDNs, backup, recovery, and more:
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 9, "How to Store Data" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about relational DBs, NoSQL, NewSQL, queues, streams, object stores, CDNs, backup, recovery, and more:
I just completed a fun project: I put all my reviews & notes from the books I've read on my blog!
I read ~100 books / year, and I've been tracking my reading for more than a decade, so this represents my ratings and notes for over 1,000 books.
Links are in the following tweets:
I read ~100 books / year, and I've been tracking my reading for more than a decade, so this represents my ratings and notes for over 1,000 books.
Links are in the following tweets:
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I just completed a fun project: I put all my reviews & notes from the books I've read on my blog!
I read ~100 books / year, and I've been tracking my reading for more than a decade, so this represents my ratings and notes for over 1,000 books.
Links are in the following tweets:
I read ~100 books / year, and I've been tracking my reading for more than a decade, so this represents my ratings and notes for over 1,000 books.
Links are in the following tweets:
Book review: The Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery by Yevgeniy Brikman (2025).
"FDSD is an excellent book. It is a book that is suitable to a broad audience for sysadmins, DevOps and developers, of all ranges of experience." 😊
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"FDSD is an excellent book. It is a book that is suitable to a broad audience for sysadmins, DevOps and developers, of all ranges of experience." 😊
camilomatajira.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/b...
Book review: The Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery by Yevgeniy Brikman (2025)
1. Author’s purpose The author, Yevgeniy Brikman, had a firsthand experience of the impact of DevOps practices in the company he worked for in 2011 (LinkedIn).The company, at that time, despi…
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September 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Book review: The Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery by Yevgeniy Brikman (2025).
"FDSD is an excellent book. It is a book that is suitable to a broad audience for sysadmins, DevOps and developers, of all ranges of experience." 😊
camilomatajira.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/b...
"FDSD is an excellent book. It is a book that is suitable to a broad audience for sysadmins, DevOps and developers, of all ranges of experience." 😊
camilomatajira.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/b...
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 8, "How to Secure Communication and Storage" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about cryptography, encryption in transit and at rest, hashing, secrets management, TLS certificates, AES, and more:
September 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 8, "How to Secure Communication and Storage" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about cryptography, encryption in transit and at rest, hashing, secrets management, TLS certificates, AES, and more:
CI/CD servers can be a huge security risk:
1. They have powerful credentials
2. Every dev in your company has access
3. They are used to run arbitrary code
That's a terrifying combination from a security perspective 😳😱
Here are 8 steps for secure CI/CD:
1. They have powerful credentials
2. Every dev in your company has access
3. They are used to run arbitrary code
That's a terrifying combination from a security perspective 😳😱
Here are 8 steps for secure CI/CD:
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
CI/CD servers can be a huge security risk:
1. They have powerful credentials
2. Every dev in your company has access
3. They are used to run arbitrary code
That's a terrifying combination from a security perspective 😳😱
Here are 8 steps for secure CI/CD:
1. They have powerful credentials
2. Every dev in your company has access
3. They are used to run arbitrary code
That's a terrifying combination from a security perspective 😳😱
Here are 8 steps for secure CI/CD:
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 7, "How to set up Networking" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about DNS, VPCs, VPN, SSH, service discovery, and service meshes:
August 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 7, "How to set up Networking" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about DNS, VPCs, VPN, SSH, service discovery, and service meshes:
Many tutorials focus on how to deploy an app the first time. But how you deploy changes is even more important, as you'll likely update your app hundreds or thousands of times over its lifetime.
Let's talk about 4 core strategies you can use for rolling out updates:
Let's talk about 4 core strategies you can use for rolling out updates:
August 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Many tutorials focus on how to deploy an app the first time. But how you deploy changes is even more important, as you'll likely update your app hundreds or thousands of times over its lifetime.
Let's talk about 4 core strategies you can use for rolling out updates:
Let's talk about 4 core strategies you can use for rolling out updates:
We’re exploring a new add-on for Terragrunt that adds enterprise features, but before building it, we'd love your feedback.
See the features: postimg.cc/5jL74Nqt
Share your feedback: forms.gle/Vy8vi16WPtTC...
10 randomly selected participants will get a $20 gift card.
See the features: postimg.cc/5jL74Nqt
Share your feedback: forms.gle/Vy8vi16WPtTC...
10 randomly selected participants will get a $20 gift card.
August 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We’re exploring a new add-on for Terragrunt that adds enterprise features, but before building it, we'd love your feedback.
See the features: postimg.cc/5jL74Nqt
Share your feedback: forms.gle/Vy8vi16WPtTC...
10 randomly selected participants will get a $20 gift card.
See the features: postimg.cc/5jL74Nqt
Share your feedback: forms.gle/Vy8vi16WPtTC...
10 randomly selected participants will get a $20 gift card.
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 6, "How to Work with Multiple Teams and Environments" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about setting up environments, splitting your codebase into libraries, and monoliths vs microservices.
July 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 6, "How to Work with Multiple Teams and Environments" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about setting up environments, splitting your codebase into libraries, and monoliths vs microservices.
The eulogy I gave for my mom today. www.ybrikman.com/blog/2025/07...
A eulogy for my mom
This is the eulogy I gave for my mom on July 18, 2025.
www.ybrikman.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The eulogy I gave for my mom today. www.ybrikman.com/blog/2025/07...
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 5, "How to set up CI and CD" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about GitOps, trunk-based development, feature flags, zero-downtime deployments, and more:
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 5, "How to set up CI and CD" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn about GitOps, trunk-based development, feature flags, zero-downtime deployments, and more:
Every drug becomes toxic at a high enough dose, so you always use the "minimum effective dose": just enough to get the benefits, and no more.
The same is true with DevOps: every tool & technique has a cost, so you should use the "minimum effective dose of DevOps," too.
The same is true with DevOps: every tool & technique has a cost, so you should use the "minimum effective dose of DevOps," too.
July 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Every drug becomes toxic at a high enough dose, so you always use the "minimum effective dose": just enough to get the benefits, and no more.
The same is true with DevOps: every tool & technique has a cost, so you should use the "minimum effective dose of DevOps," too.
The same is true with DevOps: every tool & technique has a cost, so you should use the "minimum effective dose of DevOps," too.
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 4, "How to Version, Build, and Test Your Code" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn version control (Git, GitHub), build systems (Gradle, Bazel), & automated tests (unit & integration tests):
July 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here's a list of the best resources related to Chapter 4, "How to Version, Build, and Test Your Code" of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery." Learn version control (Git, GitHub), build systems (Gradle, Bazel), & automated tests (unit & integration tests):
There's been recent pushback against the cloud, with some companies opting to run their infrastructure on prem (e.g., Basecamp). Unfortunately, amidst the controversy of these stories, nuance is lost.
The reality: it's a trade-off.
Let's look at 8 reasons to use the cloud:
The reality: it's a trade-off.
Let's look at 8 reasons to use the cloud:
June 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There's been recent pushback against the cloud, with some companies opting to run their infrastructure on prem (e.g., Basecamp). Unfortunately, amidst the controversy of these stories, nuance is lost.
The reality: it's a trade-off.
Let's look at 8 reasons to use the cloud:
The reality: it's a trade-off.
Let's look at 8 reasons to use the cloud:
Respond with a caption for this image.
I’ll start: I’m excited to introduce my new book, “Fundamentals of CatOps and SoftFur Delivery.”
I’ll start: I’m excited to introduce my new book, “Fundamentals of CatOps and SoftFur Delivery.”
June 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Respond with a caption for this image.
I’ll start: I’m excited to introduce my new book, “Fundamentals of CatOps and SoftFur Delivery.”
I’ll start: I’m excited to introduce my new book, “Fundamentals of CatOps and SoftFur Delivery.”
Here's a list of the best resources for learning about application orchestration (VMs, containers, K8S, serverless, etc.) that I came across while working on Chapter 3 of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery":
June 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here's a list of the best resources for learning about application orchestration (VMs, containers, K8S, serverless, etc.) that I came across while working on Chapter 3 of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery":