Speaker
Abstract
The runtime boundaries between applications and the cloud are shifting from virtual machines to containers and functions. The integration boundaries are moving away from pure data access to one where the mechanical parts of the application are running within the cloud. This new architecture commoditizes the full application stack, allowing developers to focus on the business logic by offloading integration logic and management responsibilities to cloud services.
In this talk, we will look at the intersection of cloud-native technologies such as Dapr with developer-focused cloud services. We will discuss how this evolution enables migrating, porting, and reusing not only applications, but also patterns, skills, and operational practices. Join us to learn how to take advantage of the latest cloud-native technologies and practices to build scalable, flexible, and portable applications.
Interview
I am a Product Manager at Diagrid where we are working on building services for developers based on open source technology and I lead the product team, so I set the direction for the strategy and roadmap. That basically means a lot of investigation into how open source and cloud technologies change the way developers are building distributed applications. I mean that is from local developer experience to messaging, event-driven interactions, service orchestration, resiliency, high availability, all from the point of view of a developer.
I've been an engineer, consultant, architect, and product manager in the span of a decade and I've seen basically really great monolithic applications, microservices functions, Kubernetes, Amazon Lambda, and now I see event services such as Amazon Event Bridge and other similar ones, which is basically a modern take on the old idea of ESB.
So my talk is really about looking at the evolution of the application architecture and describing how it is changing and where it's headed. These new apps will be blending with the cloud services at much deeper levels than before, and it'll be probably an injustice just to call them microservices. The whole definition of microservices is changing slightly.
I would say that the tech leads and architects that make technology choices that set the direction within their organization in terms of best practices and what patterns to adopt and trying to come up with solutions that will last longer.
I would say this is something that excites me, which is stepping back and understanding the direction of change that is happening, and to use that to make more guided decisions within their organization towards one that will last longer and, of course, cause less disruption internally.
Topics
QCon London 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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Monday 27 March
10:35 Fleming (3rd Fl.) Session consistency Eventual Consistency – Don’t Be Afraid! Susanne Braun Principal Tech Lead @SAPSignavio Distributed data-intensive systems are increasingly designed to be only eventually consistent. 11:50 Fleming (3rd Fl.) Session cloud native The Commoditization of the Software Stack: How Application-first Cloud Services are Changing the Game Bilgin Ibryam Principal Product Manager @Diagrid, Co-author of “Kubernetes Patterns“, Previously Architect @RedHat The runtime boundaries between applications and the cloud are shifting from virtual machines to containers and functions. The integration boundaries are moving away from pure data access to one where the mechanical parts of the application are running within the cloud. 13:40 Rutherford (4th Fl.) Unconference Unconference: Building Modern Backends Shane Hastie Global Delivery Lead @SoftEd, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods @InfoQ What is an unconference? An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. Attendees come together, bringing their challenges and relying on the experience and know-how of their peers for solutions. 14:55 Churchill (Ground Fl.) Session OpenTelemetry Effective and Efficient Observability with OpenTelemetry Daniel Gomez Blanco Principal Engineer @Skyscanner Modern architectures require effective observability solutions to be able to monitor their health and understand how system changes affect operations distributed across multiple services. 16:10 Fleming (3rd Fl.) Session api Connecting the Dots: API Design in a Distributed World Ben Gamble Adviser, Architect & Speaker About Interactive Technology, Startups & Event Driven Systems As we’ve gone from building monoliths to building microservices, the number of APIs we’ve got to manage has gone from just the database and front end, to at least one per service. 17:25 Churchill (Ground Fl.) Session Data What is Derived Data? (And do You Already Have Any?) Felix GV Principal Staff Engineer @LinkedIn There is a growing trend of databases specializing in derived data ingestion and serving. They complement more traditional “primary data” (or “source of truth”) systems.