Pulling the Strings

“Write a Book About Puppet 8,” They Said. “It’ll Be Fun,” They Said.

Episode Summary

In 2023, David Sandilands published Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers. This is how he got there, beginning with the unsolicited LinkedIn message that started it all. On this episode of the podcast, hear from David Sandilands himself on creating to the leading word on using Puppet 8 for DevOps.

Episode Notes

The opportunity to write a Puppet 8 book landed in David Sandilands’s lap when he had just started at Puppet and with a child on the way. About a year and a half later in mid-2023, “Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers” launched via Packt. This is the story of everything that happened in the middle.

Speakers:

• Ben Ford, Community Lead at Puppet by Perforce
• David Sandilands, Senior Solutions Architect at Puppet by Perforce

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[10+ YEARS OF DEVOPS REPORTS]

Highlights:

• What other Puppet books didn’t have
• The joy of creating a book that doesn’t have to cater to one audience or another
• What it's like to work with a publisher
• Learning to lean on your community for support
• Hard-learned tips for writing your own book

Links:

• Check out David's book, “Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers,” via Packt
• “Puppet Best Practices” by Chris Barbour and Jo Rhett
• Ben Ford on Twitter
• David Sandilands on Twitter