(Adapted from a talk I gave at DevOpsDays Indianapolis and DevOpsDays Riga)

Don't believe everything you read on the internet when it comes to DevOps. A lot of people think they know what they are talking about, but they really don't.

Here's a simple list of some common misconceptions about DevOps, and why they are wrong.

“DevOps is more than just tools”

False!

• If it was more than just tools, why would we have so many of them?
• Nobody cares about your culture
• There are a LOT of tools on DevOps twitter

“DevOps is more than just automation”

False!

• The “A” in CAMS is the only vowel
• Vowels are more important than consonants
• Therefore, automation is the most important

“Kubernetes won’t solve all your problems”

False!

• Kubernetes came from Google
• Docker is boring and old
• YAML shows your commitment to precision

“If you DevOps, you still need testing”

False!

• Remove the human element and remove the human error
• If your microservice only does one thing, it can’t have an error. That would be an additional thing
• QA people are annoying anyway

“You can’t buy DevOps”

False!

• You may not be able to buy it, but I can sell it to you
• Seriously, I would love to sell you some devops
• What will it take to get you in a devops today?

“DevOps is not a title”

False!

• Nobody can tell you what titles to use in your organization
• I suppose your HR people can
• But what does HR know anyway?

“You can do DevOps on Windows”

False!

• A key component of DevOps is a smug sense of self-satisfaction
• Windows is all click-next, right?
• Something something slashdot

“Cats are more aligned with DevOps than dogs”

False!

Need I say more?

Note - if you take any of this too seriously, we need to have a conversation