DOP 250: From Godfather of DevOps to Godfather of AI
Show Notes
#250: Sure, we can use Generative AI to write code for us and generate cool pictures…sometimes.
But who has the responsibility for making sure all that infrastructure stays up and running? Look no further than your favorite sysadmin or cloud engineer. There is nothing new under the sun…
In this 250th episode, we have our friend Patrick Debois back on to talk about how he’s researching we can use Generative AI beyond just the typical use cases that we see today and why understanding how to integrate all these new tools together may be more important than learning how to be a prompt engineer (whatever that means).
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Patrick Debois
Patrick Debois is a practitioner, researcher, and eternal learner exploring how AI agents are reshaping software development — not just for individuals, but for teams and organizations. As independent advisor, Product DevRel lead at Tessl, and curator of ainativedev.io, he studies AI-native development patterns, context engineering, and how the context flywheel turns everyday coding into organizational knowledge.
He accidentally coined the term DevOps in 2009 by organizing the first DevOps Days, and co-authored the DevOps Handbook. From DevOps to DevSecOps to AI-native dev — Patrick has been at the frontier of emerging practices, always drawn to the same question: how do teams get better, together?
He organizes AI Native DevCon and is a frequent conference speaker known for knowledge packed talks. His current work centers on context engineering, the Context Development Lifecycle (CDLC), and the organizational patterns that emerge when AI agents become teammates. He shares his ongoing research through talks, workshops, and the blog on jedi.be.
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Viktor Farcic
Viktor Farcic is a member of the Google Developer Experts and Docker Captains groups, and published author.
His big passions are DevOps, Containers, Kubernetes, Microservices, Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment (CI/CD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
He often speaks at community gatherings and conferences.
He has published DevOps Paradox and Test-Driven Java Development.
His random thoughts and tutorials can be found in his blog The DevOps Toolkit.