Developer guide to building apps without carrying the infrastructure burden

Application developers frequently face an "infrastructure tax," where significant time is spent on tasks unrelated to building features, such as debugging IAM permissions or provisioning environments. This blog post advocates for a separation between development work and infrastructure management, suggesting that developers should focus on declaring their needs—like databases or runtimes—while a platform manages the provisioning and maintenance. This approach allows developers to concentrate on application architecture, service selection, and performance requirements without being bogged down by infrastructure details. By abstracting away infrastructure complexities, development speeds up, leading to quicker feedback loops and less stressful on-call duties. The post addresses concerns about losing flexibility, vendor lock-in, and debugging capabilities by highlighting how standardized platforms can still offer necessary configuration options and enhance security and compliance. Ultimately, the goal is to enable developers to focus on creating and maintaining their applications rather than being sidetracked by infrastructure challenges.