The Life and Death of Dev Environments

Setting up Development Environments is something we all hate to do but can't live without. Configuring your runtime, database or any other service is always a pain because, not only do you have to make it work on your machine, you have to take into account where your colleagues are working as well.

Standardizing your Development Environment is the easiest way to eliminate all these headaches but, if left unattended, the standard itself can be a burden to maintain. That's where AI can help abstract this entire process and truly allow you lean back and never worry about setting up your machine again.

In this talk, we'll take a look at the most popular Dev Environment configuration standards, how they increase our development velocity and how we can leverage AI to handle all of that for us.

A Deep Dive into Development Environment Configuration Standards

All of us hate going through the tedious process of setting up an environment that can handle running our project. Configuring your runtime, database or any other service is always a pain because, not only do you have to make it work on your machine, you have to take into account where your colleagues are working as well.
Standardizing your Development Environment is the easiest way to eliminate all these headaches and allow you to truly configure once and never worry about it again.
During this talk, we will take a deep dive into the most popular standards used for Dev Environments so you can choose one that maximizes your development velocity whether you're working locally or in a remote environment.

Meet Developers Where They Are

The key to success lies in meeting developers where they are, not where we want them to be. This talk delves into strategies for building developer tools and platforms that seamlessly integrate into existing workflows, reducing friction and context-switching, while fostering community contributions. You will learn why, some of the biggest dev tools out there, invest their resources into creating CLI tools, IDE extensions, and other integrations. We explore the power of standards, such as OpenAPI, the compounding benefits of an API-first approach, and, of course, how this all ties to AI agents and Intelligent Development Environments.
Join me on a journey to understand how platforms can thrive by empowering, not only their developers, but their communities as well, to create integrations for any tool already used by them.

The session targets developers and engineering managers that want to provide a seamless experience for their users to interact with their product.