As another “devops-y” guy (I’m essentially a sysadmin, but i accept whatever job title is trending right now) i agree on everything. It’s nice to see (from a distance) all the bs developers have to endure on a daily basis knowing it doesn’t affect me much.

Also… a lot of that complexity is essentially self-inflicted.

I must say however: “devops” is completely different from what old-school system administration used to be.