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Common DevOps Mistakes to Avoid in Startups
Most DevOps engineers fail due to lack of knowledge about what not to do, rather than what to do. This article provides a direct breakdown of the ten most costly DevOps mistakes engineers make early in their careers at startups.
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Key summary
This article highlights the common DevOps mistakes made by engineers in startups, including deploying without understanding what you're deploying, using production as a development environment, and treating security as a final step.
TL;DR
- Deploying without understanding what you're deploying
- Using production as a development environment
- Hardcoding secrets and credentials
- Overengineering for problems you don't have yet
- No observability before launch
- Treating security as a final step
- Manual deployments in production
- No disaster recovery plan
- No documentation or runbooks
- Solving technical problems without understanding the business
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