Reality Check:
How much influence do
developers really have?
DevXCon, May 2017
Donnie BerkholzVP, IT Service Delivery
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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
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/
Which developers? No single segmentation• Employer
• Adoption spectrum
• Language
• Framework
• Etc…
Which developers? No single demographic• Enterprise
• Backend systems
• Mobile
• Web
• Agency
• SI
• SMB
• Independent
• ISV
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
Which developers? No single OS
Stack Overflow developer survey,
2016
Ubuntu is 12.3%; Fedora, Mint, Debian are all <2%
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
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Developers matter more than ever,
but great DX is harder than ever.
Questions? Comments?
@dberkholz