https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/ Recent content in The DevOps Dirty Dozen: Unmasking the Triple D's of Anti-Patterns on Trinidad Marroquin Hugo en Trinidad Marroquin Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/devops-as-a-buzzword/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/devops-as-a-buzzword/ Part 12 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how adopting DevOps in name only creates false progress, hides unchanged behavior, and what real DevOps practice requires. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/set-it-and-forget-it/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/set-it-and-forget-it/ Part 11 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how neglected automation, monitoring, credentials, and platform assumptions create silent operational risk over time. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/resistance-to-change/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/resistance-to-change/ Part 10 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how resistance to change preserves outdated processes, increases hidden risk, and what teams can do to evolve safely. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/metrics-misuse/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/metrics-misuse/ Part 9 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how vanity metrics distort behavior, hide operational risk, and why teams need outcome-focused measurements instead. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/big-bang-deployments/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/big-bang-deployments/ Part 8 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how big bang deployments concentrate risk, slow recovery, and why smaller incremental releases build safer systems. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/hero-culture/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/hero-culture/ Part 7 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how hero culture burns out the best engineers, hides systemic fragility, and prevents teams from building sustainable operational capability. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/ignoring-feedback-loops/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/ignoring-feedback-loops/ Part 6 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how ignoring monitoring signals, user feedback, and anomaly warnings turns small problems into catastrophic failures — and what it takes to build a culture that listens. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/over-reliance-on-tools/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/over-reliance-on-tools/ Part 5 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how believing tools alone can solve DevOps challenges neglects culture, process, and collaboration — and what to do about it. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/transforming-blame-culture/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/transforming-blame-culture/ Part 4 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how blame culture erodes trust, stalls innovation, and what it takes to build psychological safety instead. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/closing-pandoras-box-automating-chaos/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/closing-pandoras-box-automating-chaos/ Part 3 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how automating flawed processes amplifies dysfunction — and why process clarity must come before automation. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/drowning-in-choices-tool-overload/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/drowning-in-choices-tool-overload/ Part 2 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how tool overload creates cognitive load, integration debt, and analysis paralysis — and what teams can do about it. https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/breaking-barriers-devops-silos/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 https://trinidadmarroquin.com/posts/devops-dirty-dozen/breaking-barriers-devops-silos/ Part 1 of the DevOps Dirty Dozen series: how organizational silos undermine DevOps collaboration and what teams can do about it.