Reality Check: How much influence do developers really have?
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The document discusses the influence of developers in the context of DevOps, emphasizing that developers' roles and tools are diverse and fragmented across different demographics and technologies. It notes that while developers are becoming increasingly powerful and integral to organizational structures, the complexities of modern development, including container management, present significant challenges. The presentation highlights the importance of great developer experience amid these evolving dynamics.
Reality Check: How much influence do developers really have?
- 1. Reality Check: How much influence do developers really have? DevXCon, May 2017 Donnie Berkholz VP, IT Service Delivery
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- 3. 3 DevOps (n): A philosophy of organizational culture, structure and practices designed to build and operate the right service, more quickly and reliably. Donnie Berkholz, 451 Research
- 4. Source: 451/Microsoft Hosting + Cloud Study 2015 Practitioners are powerful
- 5. It’s all about social 451 Research, 1Q14 DevOps study, n=200
- 7. Red Hat
- 8. SAP
- 9. Basho
- 10. HashiCorp
- 11. IBM
- 12. Enstratius
- 13. Most open-source devs ride solo Donnie Berkholz Source: http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/2013/04/22/the-size-of-open-source-communities-and-its-impact-upon-activity-licensing-and-hosting/
- 14. Which developers? No single segmentation • Employer • Adoption spectrum • Language • Framework • Etc…
- 15. Which developers? No single demographic • Enterprise • Backend systems • Mobile • Web • Agency • SI • SMB • Independent • ISV
- 16. Which developers? No single language/framework • “Enterprise”: Java, C#, C/C++ • “Webby”: JavaScript / Node.js / TypeScript / CoffeeScript • React, Angular, Vue.js • Dynamic: Python (Django), PHP, Ruby (Rails) • Mobile: Obj-C / Swift • Systems: Go / Rust • Data: R • Functional: Erlang, Elixir, Scala, Clojure, F#, Haskell
- 17. Which developers? No single OS Stack Overflow developer survey, Ubuntu is 12.3%; Fedora, Mint, Debian are all <2%
- 18. Which developers? No single dev tool Stack Overflow developer survey,
- 19. Which developers (DevOps)? No single automation Stack Overflow, Dec
- 21. Devs are taking over tech “ One of the biggest changes is that we no longer have an official ‘architecture’ team. Instead, we have made ‘architecture’ an ‘ingredient’ on each of our teams.” http://tech.gilt.com/post/102628539834/making-architecture-work-in-microservice – Lauri Apple, Gilt Groupe, 14 Nov 2014
- 22. Container management is a fragmented mess
- 23. Complexity is the new normal
- 24. Some content from this presentation is Creative-Commons licensed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Developers matter more than ever, but great DX is harder than ever. Questions? Comments? @dberkholz