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Something flipped this year. Chatbots were a toy. Useful sometimes, but a toy. Agents are not. Agents take actions, hold credentials, write code, move Kanban cards, and run on cron schedules. The window between "this is interesting" and "this is existential" has closed faster than cloud, faster than Kubernetes, faster than any prior shift. Viktor's read is blunt. One person can now build a bigger business than most mid-size companies have ever managed. That is not hyperbole -- that is a description of what is already happening with a handful of solo-built projects shipping in weeks what used…
DevOps Paradox
by Darin Pope & Viktor Farcic · English · Tech & Science
What is DevOps? We will attempt to answer this and many more questions.
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