July 2021 Summaries

Buildkite is a core supporter of the Mobile Native Foundation, established in March 2021, which aims to foster collaboration on open source projects and discussions to enhance processes and technologies for large-scale Android and iOS applications. The foundation addresses challenges faced by developers, such as constantly re-implementing UI frameworks and build systems, by encouraging the development of guidelines, libraries, and tools that improve the mobile development experience. It provides a platform for mobile developers and infrastructure engineers to share experiences and insights, with discussions covering topics like backend-driven UI, CI hardware, and Android build times. Participants are encouraged to engage, share best practices, and connect with other teams through the foundation's GitHub discussions repository.

At the recent PagerDuty Summit, discussions centered on the current state and future of DevOps, with a particular focus on the complexity driving innovation in the field. Speakers, including Christine Yen of Honeycomb.io and Armon Dadgar of HashiCorp, emphasized the need for a cognitive shift to create tools that help bridge the gap between development and operations, allowing teams to work more efficiently together. Despite the lack of truly new ideas, the intricate nature of modern development environments necessitates solutions that simplify processes and enhance collaboration. Yen highlighted the ongoing challenge of determining the optimal approach to DevOps, while Dadgar stressed the importance of making infrastructure and observability more accessible. The summit underscored a philosophical shift towards zero trust security architectures, as the traditional secure perimeter model becomes less effective in modern contexts.