“I want you to write a book, describing the Three Ways and how other people can replicate the transformation you’ve made here at Parts Unlimited. Call it The DevOps Handbook and show how it can regain the trust of the business and end decades of intertribal warfare. Can you do that for me?” Write a book? He can’t be serious. I reply, “I’m not a writer. I’ve never written a book before. In fact, I haven’t written anything longer than an e-mail in a decade.” Unamused, he says sternly, “Learn.” Shaking my head for a moment, I finally say, “Of course. It would be an honor and a privilege to write
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