About DevOps Answers

Practical knowledge, not paywalled marketing

DevOps Answers exists for one reason: practical knowledge shouldn't be locked behind a paywall or buried in vendor marketing. We're a community of IT and DevOps professionals who believe the best answers come from people who have actually run the pipelines, debugged the outages, and scaled the platforms — not just written about them.

Whether you're a sysadmin moving into platform engineering, a developer picking up infrastructure for the first time, or a seasoned SRE looking for a sanity check, DevOps Answers is a place to learn, share, and get straight answers to real problems.

What we're about

• ✅ Practical over theoretical. Every article, guide, and answer is rooted in real-world experience — what worked, what didn't, and why.
• ✅ No silos. DevOps is about breaking down the wall between development and operations. Our community reflects that: developers, ops engineers, platform teams, and founders all learn from each other here.
• ✅ Evidence-based. We test, measure, and verify before we recommend. If something is opinion rather than experience, we say so.

About Neil

Neil Millard is a successful entrepreneur, speaker and trainer. A recognised expert on cloud and automated server infrastructures, he assists businesses to embrace new technology to move faster, become more automated and respond more quickly to their customers' wants and needs.

Having spent many years in the financial sector with clients such as Barclays, HMRC, Marks & Spencer and AXA, he is now on a mission to help grow companies through DevOps and Platforms. With over 20 years of IT experience, Neil brings deep practical knowledge to every engagement.

What DevOps Answers offers

Neil writes and curates content here, runs DevOps Office Hours, and offers a free Deployment Risk Review for teams who want a second pair of eyes on their CI/CD and cloud setup.

DevOps Answers is owned and operated by Delta Famiglia Ltd.