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[−]groestl · 2026-11-14 Sat 18:51 UTC · link
DevOps requires tooling and infrastructure, and at a certain size, a dedicated DevOps Engineer optimizes that tooling. What's wrong with that?
[−]aduty · 2026-11-14 Sat 21:43 UTC · link
Most places mean someone who does development and operations. They see it as a term for someone who has responsibilities on both sides, not a specialty.
[−]stroebs · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:50 UTC · link
In my experience DevOps Engineer has been infrastructure + operations while having a good grasp on code but writing application code was almost never part of the role. Almost every position had a coding interview round though.
[−]groestl · 2026-11-15 Sun 09:39 UTC · link
Which is still the philosophy (i.e. one person responsible for the whole app lifecycle, from development to production, so there's no diffusion of responsibility when it comes to production readiness).

However, a decent sized team can affort a role which focuses on the orthogonal tooling aspects which benefits all engineers who follow DevOps best practices. And that would be a DevOps Engineer.