Ops
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
Short for operations, referring to the people and practices responsible for running, deploying, monitoring, and supporting systems in production. In engineering culture, 'ops' can mean a distinct function or a shared responsibility depending on the team model.
In plain English: The part of a tech organization focused on keeping systems running in real use.
Example: "Loop ops in before promising that migration date, because they’ll own the deployment risk."
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