Posts Tagged developer-experience-devex

In the ever-evolving world of automotive technology, BMW has been at the forefront of innovation, seamlessly integrating software into the heart of their vehicles. As cars become increasingly complex, with a growing emphasis on connectivity, over-the-air upgrades, and brand-specific user experiences, the need for a robust and scalable software development approach has become paramount.

Enter the BMW Software Factory, a platform that aims to empower the company’s developers and provide them with a superior development experience. At the core of this initiative is the adoption of Pulumi, a modern infrastructure as code (IaC) solution that has transformed the way BMW manages its software ecosystem.

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As cloud computing continues to evolve, so do the tools and frameworks that developers rely on to manage their infrastructure. For the team building Serverless Stack (SST), a framework built to empower application developers, the journey began with AWS’s CDK. While CDK offered a way to define infrastructure using familiar programming languages, it soon became clear that more was needed to meet developers’ growing needs.

Explore SST’s journey from its origins with CDK to its transition to Pulumi, a modern IaC platform that addresses many of the limitations faced by application developers.

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Infrastructure management is all fun and games until you find yourself scrolling through 1000+ resources in your AWS console. Worse, when one rogue product team wants to use Azure and your data team wants to be on GCP, you’re ARM wrestling in Azure and watching your economies of scale tip the wrong direction as you’re copy-pasting CloudFormation templates into yet another git repo. This. Needs. To. Be. A. Platform!

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We are excited to announce the kickoff of the Platform Engineering & DevOps Series, which will run from July 16 to October 31. This series will feature in-person events across various cities, including Berlin, London, Paris, Sydney, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Denver, and NYC. For those unable to attend an in-person event, we encourage you to participate in a virtual DevOps & Platform Engineering workshop.

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“Developer experience is hard to sell,” said Cleve Littlefield, Engineering Manager at Pulumi, during a casual meeting. With experience as both an end-user developer and a lead in self-service platform implementation, Cleve’s observation stuck with me.

Though I have expertise in leading implementations and upgrades for internal platforms, none were specifically for developers. However, experience remains vital across departments, addressing tools, processes, systems, and best practices, aiming to reduce cognitive load, increase productivity, enhance collaboration, boost communication and much more.

Intriguingly, engineering teams may perceive its value differently. Therefore, we will dive into the concept of developer experience, aka DevEx, which, in truth, should translate into a competitive advantage.

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