Simplified software development has become increasingly complex, with developers wasting up to 70% of their productive time on non-coding tasks such as setting up environments. Standardized Development Environments (SDEs) aim to bring sanity back by providing a consistent workspace, configuration of tools, build process, and environment settings. SDEs like Dev Containers, Devfile, and Nix offer solutions for integrating with popular development tools and frameworks, ensuring that every developer operates within the same parameters. By optimizing productivity, scalability, and security, SDEs accelerate developer velocity, enabling teams to release faster and focus on building software. Companies such as Shopify, Uber, Airbnb, Stripe, LinkedIn, Tesla, Palantir, Spotify, and others have built internal SDE platforms to increase development velocity, and solutions like Daytona make enterprise-grade development environment management accessible to any team.