#90DaysOfDevOps - Day 1

DevOps is a set of practices that aims to improve collaboration and communication between software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) teams. The goal of DevOps is to shorten the software development lifecycle, increase the frequency of software releases, and improve the quality and reliability of software applications. It emphasizes automation, collaboration, and a cultural shift towards shared responsibility for the entire application lifecycle.

Devops which is a combination of two distinct words simply means Development and Operations, in the past, at about 1950s-1960s, The early days of business computing saw the development of mainframe computers. Businesses started using these machines for basic data processing tasks and automation of certain business processes. And as the years went by, The advent of microcomputers and personal systems in the 1970s and 1980s brought computing power to smaller businesses. Software applications were used for tasks such as counting, payroll, and inventory management which started to become more widely available. and the drive to serve customers became the number marketing goal. While this software and computers made organizations best serve their clients, the operations team were the go-between the company and the clients when it comes to having a seamless experience interacting with the services the company was offering.

This (Operations) team relays back to the development team anytime there is a report of some technical glitches from the software, and while the development team jumps into action to rectify the bug, the waiting period for the clients is usually not good for business. So that means there are silos somewhere in the software development life cycle

DevOps brings a set of practices that helps to reach organizational goals, by reducing the time between the ideation phase of a product and its release in production to the end-user or whomever it could be an internal team or customer, and when there is a need for updates and patches to the software.