Gerta Sheganaku & Waldemar Hummer
Cloud as the new mainframe: why the cloud hype does not reflect the dev reality
#1about 1 minute
Why modern cloud development feels like using a mainframe
The perceived flexibility of the cloud contrasts with the rigid, centralized developer experience that resembles old mainframe systems.
#2about 3 minutes
The slow and tedious feedback loop in cloud development
Developing against remote cloud services introduces long waits for packaging, uploading, and deploying every code change, killing developer productivity.
#3about 2 minutes
Debugging challenges in the cloud's black box environment
The inability to use local debuggers on remote cloud infrastructure forces developers to rely on slow, iterative log-based debugging.
#4about 4 minutes
The historical pendulum of centralization vs decentralization
Technology cycles swing between centralized models like mainframes and the cloud, and decentralized models like local workstations and the web.
#5about 2 minutes
Managing the high cost of ephemeral development environments
Proliferating cloud environments for feature branches and CI builds leads to significant wasted spend when they are not properly managed.
#6about 6 minutes
Improving the inner dev loop with local emulation
Local emulation platforms provide a high-fidelity cloud environment on a developer's machine, solving issues of efficiency, debuggability, and resource conflicts.
#7about 3 minutes
Demo of deploying a serverless app with LocalStack
A live demonstration shows how to deploy and test a multi-service AWS application (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS) entirely on a local machine.
#8about 2 minutes
Q&A on multi-cloud support and advanced collaboration features
The discussion covers the future roadmap for supporting other cloud providers like Azure and advanced features like state sharing for team collaboration.
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