Speedscale

AI and Platform Engineering are in style, but: - 💰are they worth the time and investment? - ⏰ How long 'till the investment pays off? - 🏦 And how big of an investment is required? The 2024 DORA report came out and state that AI doesn't *really* deliver. In this quick take, CTO Matthew LeRay discusses his opinions why and other research around the impact of AI.

"By the time an environment is populated with test data... it’s usually already obsolete ...non-prod environments are usually left running, consuming costs well past their expiration" Check out Speedscale's recent feature in Intellyx's Brain Candy segment! https://bit.ly/4dQxaeo

This Tuesday, Oct 8th, 2pm EST - listen to Ken Ahrens and Jeff Caplan on the “Don’t Forget the Data” webinar: ⏰ Devs spend up to 15 hours a week trying to set up realistic environments and data 💸 Meanwhile 44% of most cloud costs are non-prod environments (that are usually broken) 💪 You can leverage your powerful dev machines to host local environments Learn how production traffic replication technology is enabling devs to provision realistic local environments on-demand. 🚀 Simulate production endpoints and load 📄 Find good, sanitized data and containerize it for everyone 👯 Make it on-demand, so engineers have what they need, when they need it. Register here: https://bit.ly/3XM5sL6

What makes Speedscale so unique is how we help developers get as close to production as possible with our traffic-based approach. But an immediate follow-up question we often get is: "How does Speedscale handle PII and sensitive data?" 🤔 Data privacy is a huge concern for many organizations, and the good news is, we've built this into our product from day one. Speedscale redacts PII to prevent sensitive data from ever leaving your network, so you can protect your customer data AND test realistically. Learn more in this blog: https://bit.ly/3YOajMx

The most important ingredient for your ephemeral or preview environment is data. Not just any data. You need realistic, as-close-as-you-can-get-to-prod data. So, how do you do it? Find out in our blog: https://bit.ly/3yFbdR4

Large, complex environments are falling out of favor to more ephemeral, short-lived, preview environments. Why? As a developer, you want to quickly understand if the app or feature you're building works -- without a lot of overhead. Our blog covers what to know about Kubernetes preview environments, including adoption, use cases, and implementation: https://bit.ly/3MasfJU

In 2️⃣ days: The Atlanta #Kubernetes Meetup is taking place at ATDC! We'll be hosting alongside our friends at StormForge. CTO John Platt will be giving a talk on Kubernetes autoscaling approaches. It's not too late to register: https://bit.ly/3AAVEKA

Developer environments are becoming increasingly important in today's software engineering landscape. The better your environments, the faster you can iterate. But there's still a lot of confusion on what they are, and how they should work. Let's take a look at what you should know about developer environments, including: ▪️What they are ▪️Difference between IDPs and developer environments ▪️What types of dev environments exist ▪️How to increase dev productivity with dev environments https://bit.ly/3X4lb7L #DeveloperEnvironments #PlatformEngineering

We're back at it! Come join us next week on Thursday, Aug 29 at 7:00 PM for our next Atlanta #Kubernetes Meetup. We'll be hosting alongside our friends at StormForge. CTO John Platt will be giving a talk on Kubernetes autoscaling approaches. Register for free: https://bit.ly/46NJlqi

Thank you Scott Moore ⚛ for having us on your podcast! 🙌 Be sure to check out the episode below on "Scaling Kubernetes, Microservices, and Ephemeral Environments" 🎙 👇