The Zen Of......

I was perusing around a couple of different new sites that I frequent and saw a post titled "The Zen Of DevOps".  Being in a DevOps position I decided to take a look.  What I read was pretty accurate with regards to the way one should be thinking with regards to DevOps.

Here is what the article said with regards to the Zen of DevOps:

Automated is better than manual.
 
Reusable is better than repeatable.
 
Multiple is better than single.
 
Single is better than unstable.
 
Continuous is better than planned.
 
Now is better than never.
 
Although never is often better than *right* now.
 
Special cases aren't special enough to be manual.
 
Collaboration rules over the rules.
 
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
 
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to automate.
 
If the automation is complex, it's a bad idea.
 
If the automation is simple, it may be a good idea.
 
Infrastructure as code is one honking great idea -- let's do more!

When planning out details during research for a project, these are certainly rules to design by. 
While we are on the topic of Zen, here is the popular "Zen of Python":

    Beautiful is better than ugly.
    Explicit is better than implicit.
    Simple is better than complex.
    Complex is better than complicated.
    Flat is better than nested.
    Sparse is better than dense.
    Readability counts.
    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
    Although practicality beats purity.
    Errors should never pass silently.
    Unless explicitly silenced.
    In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
    Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
    Now is better than never.
    Although never is often better than *right* now.
    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
    Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

I just thought I would share these.  Nothing technical, but certainly relevant to (at least) my every day.