Reduce Toil by Improving Your Automation - DevOps 2024

Explore strategies for reducing toil through improved automation in this DevOps conference talk. Learn how to identify areas for automation, understand the benefits and potential drawbacks, and design effective automation solutions. Discover techniques for turning expertise into automated processes, automating inter-team tasks, and evolving your automation practices over time. Gain insights into specific automation tasks for incident response and explore resources for further learning on the topic of reducing operational burden through smart automation practices.

intro
preamble
hi!
our developer needs resources in the cloud...
expertise
what is automation
is ai automation? is automation ai?
benefits of automation
potential drawbacks
goals for the automation itself
automate inter-team toil
design automation for delegation
turn expertise into automation
example automation tasks for incident response
what should we automate?
evolution of automation
resources