Victor Frye!

Your friendly neighborhood developer

Bio!
Victor Frye is a developer who thrives at the intersection of technical problem-solving and creative innovation. As a Senior Software Engineer and DevOps specialist at Leading EDJE, he specializes in .NET application development, Azure cloud infrastructure, and DevOps automation, with a focus on modernization and developer productivity. The self-proclaimed number one Clippy fan, he brings a playful yet efficient approach to his work. Beyond the keyboard, Victor is an active member of the Grand Rapids developer community, always eager to share insights and explore emerging technologies. During his free time, he can be found exploring fantasy worlds—in pages or pixels—or spending quality time with his wife and two dogs. Fueled by coffee and curiosity, Victor is always ready for the next challenge.
Session!

The DevOops Handbook: A satirical guide to slow software delivery


In the quest for rapid software delivery, DevOps principles are misapplied or skipped entirely, leading to a “DevOops culture.” In this talk we'll explore DevOps missteps through a satirical narrative where missteps and bad practices are presented as the path forward. To start, we’ll discuss deploying code the way of the masochist. This will include a convincing argument for detail-oriented change requests and late-night deployments to prevent any witnesses to our misdeeds. Following this, we will outline our project mismanagement philosophy for maintaining constant chaos: embracing siloes and eliminating feedback loops. Finally, we'll present why quality assurance is overrated and unnecessary. Instead, we'll present the benefits of zero testing and disabling quality and security tools – they are just like that “check engine” light in the car: useless and annoying. Together we’ll see how easy it is to establish the worst DevOps culture for modern software delivery: a DevOops culture! Or not. While this talk is tongue in cheek, we will see how to overcome these all-to-real mindsets. By the time we are done, we'll have navigated the treacherous waters of software misadventures with a wink and a smile so we can march forward, turning our ‘oopses’ into opportunities and our code catastrophes into triumphs.
Where/When?

Schedule TBD