From artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies, to platform engineering rooted in devops principles, to chaos engineering techniques that enhance resilience, to the expanded use of internal developer portals that boost productivity, innovations are combining to revolutionize every facet of software engineering.
Various forms of AI are steadily infiltrating application development tools and devops platforms.
So far AI has been integrated into development tools faster than it has into devops platforms, potentially leading to an imbalance.
The growth of codebases is outstripping the ability of devops teams to keep pace.
Next-generation devops platforms, infused with AI and operating in the cloud, are on the horizon.
By early 2024, devops teams will be able to deploy applications using natural language interfaces to engage large language models.
Devops teams will soon benefit from higher levels of abstraction through visual interfaces that simplify devops workflow management.
The ultimate objective is to provide a level of abstraction for devops environments that eliminates much of the complexity.
In essence, devops is on the cusp of a digital transformation, like the modernization we've witnessed in many other processes.
Devops hinges as much on culture as it does on tools and platforms.
Platform engineering has emerged as a methodology to centralize devops processes and workflow management.
Advocates for platform engineering argue for the elimination of redundant devops platforms in favor of a unified CI/CD platform that serves as a corporate standard.
A developer portal provided by a platform engineering team well-versed in devops best practices empowers developers to self-service their needs within clearly defined boundaries, elevating code quality and security.
The primary motivation behind investing in platform engineering is to boost developer productivity, a crucial consideration in the current challenging economic climate where attracting and retaining developers has become increasingly difficult.
Chaos engineering has emerged as a devops discipline that rigorously tests the capability of distributed computing systems to withstand unforeseen disruptions.
By systematically revealing weaknesses, Chaos engineering gives devops teams profound insights into their application environments, which can be harnessed to enhance everything from cybersecurity to cost efficiency.
The challenge lies in seamlessly integrating chaos engineering tools and platforms into existing devops workflows without causing downtime for organizations.
Collectively, AI, digital twins, platform engineering, internal developer portals, and chaos engineering promise to dramatically transform software engineering.
It's a transformation of devops that mirrors the digital transformation of countless other processes.
The challenge, as always, will be adapting to the accelerated pace of technological and process innovation within devops cultures.
This Cyber News was published on www.infoworld.com. Publication date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 10:13:30 +0000