PlatforMa 2026 | Romi Hemo from HoneyBook - No Fear to Break

Join us as we explore how you actually break into DevOps — and thrive once you're there! In this episode, Romi Hemo, DevOps Engineer at HoneyBook, shares how she went from QA automation to owning production deploys by refusing to fear touching, breaking, or taking on more than her job asked. Discover how she "stole" her way into the role one task at a time, why her team tore out a pile of deploy scripts for a Go + Temporal "Deploy Service" running GitOps with Argo CD, and her bet that in the AI era "everyone is a builder" and it's all just prompts. Romi Hemo on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/romi-hemo-9b39b2214/ Miki Manor on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikimanor/ Ofir Stein on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofir-stein/ DevOps Leaders - https://www.linkedin.com/company/devops-leaders-il/posts/?feedView=all Key takeaways: From QA automation to DevOps: the path was a strong infra/automation base, then "stealing" DevOps tasks one at a time until the move was obvious — value first, permission later. Her two rules for breaking in: come in without fear (to try, to break — DevOps breaks a lot) and relentlessly create added value beyond your job description. Tearing out messy, duplicated deploy scripts for a purpose-built "Deploy Service" in Go + Temporal — and surviving the over-engineering trap on the way ("how will I look in two years?"). The move from a Helm installer to GitOps with Argo CD: commit, push, and let Argo reconcile the cluster to desired state — plus using Port for production and staging deploys. The payoff for developers: fewer failures, more visibility, more self-service capability, and far less getting blocked. * Working AI-native today — 4 parallel tasks and 4 Claude tabs open, more time on planning and less on the small stuff, but you have to watch what the agent actually wrote in the PR before giving it free rein. Her prediction for the AI era: "everyone is a builder," the future platform is mostly text and prompts — "I just talk to Claude and it does everything I need." We're recording live from the Platforma 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, featuring fascinating discussions on AI and more. Join our exclusive DevOps Leaders community with over 300 members, where we share knowledge and improve together. What's your biggest challenge in the DevOps field? Drop it in the comments! Subscribe for weekly insights and updates on the latest in DevOps! #DevOps #Podcast #Technology #AI #HoneyBook