Abstractions are Dead, Long Live Abstractions!

QCon New York 2023

Sponsored session

Abstractions are Dead, Long Live Abstractions!

Wednesday Jun 14 / 10:35AM EDT, Williamsburg / Greenpoint

Abstract

In modern app development, we have scripts that build and deploy servers, configure connectivity, monitor and report status, package and distribute code, observe activity across the system, and scale up or down as we need. While we hoped "DevOps" would blend Development and Operations into something better, we've forced both sides to learn more and go deeper than ever before adding complexity at every step. In short, there’s nothing short about it. We found ourselves here by working with the wrong abstractions. And even worse, we’re stuck in a place far outside the skills and strengths of our team while losing track of our app and the customers it serves. In this talk, let’s shift our thinking to solve the problems we’re good at and get back to building great apps that matter.

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Ngrok provides secure connectivity into any environment. With one line, developers get ingress with auth, observability, and more without provisioning additional services.

76% senior dev or higher
1:11 speaker ratio
60+ practitioners

QCon New York 2023 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.

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