DevOps-driven Delivery

"DevOps" was supposed to break strict silos. In most companies, it just renamed the "SysAdmin" team to "DevOps Team" and nothing changed.

True DevOps

True DevOps is not a title; it is a workflow. It means the developer has kubectl access to production (or a paved path to it) and carries the pager. If you don't carry the pager, you don't care about code quality.

The "DevOps Engineer" Paradox

Hiring a "DevOps Engineer" is an anti-pattern. DevOps is a culture of shared responsibility. If you have a dedicated person who "Does the Deployment", you have re-created the separation (The Wall of Confusion) that DevOps was meant to destroy.

Elite Performers (DORA Metrics)

The only metrics that distinguish elite teams:

1. Lead Time for Changes: < 1 hour.
2. Deployment Frequency: On-demand.
3. Change Failure Rate: < 5%.
4. MTTR (Recovery): < 1 hour. If you measure "Lines of Code" or "Hours Worked", you are measuring vanity.