Explore the increasing presence of AI in DevOps and its impact on job displacement. Learn about advancements in AI technology and its potential impact on soft energy engineering. Discover the predicted trends for 2024, including the explosion of AI certifications and the growing role of platform engineering. Dive into the future of AI and the use of WebAssembly. Hear predictions for the future and creating a successful team.
AI assistants will displace operational jobs and increase demand for AI-related skills.
Kubernetes will move into the background with the focus on building layers on top of it as a unified model for running applications and managing their lifecycle.
Deep dives
AI assistants and their impact on jobs
In 2024, AI assistants will start displacing operational jobs, showcasing tangible proof that jobs can be replaced by AI. While it may not lead to a complete replacement of professions, the threat of job displacement will become more real. AI assistants will become more common in software engineering, helping with tasks such as code writing and operational support. This trend will lead to an increase in AI-focused certifications and a high demand for AI-related skills.
Kubernetes moving to the background
Kubernetes will continue to move into the background in 2024, with the majority of interactions happening through platform engineering. While not everyone will be interacting directly with Kubernetes, the focus will shift towards building layers on top of Kubernetes as a unified model for running applications and managing their lifecycle. As platform engineering becomes more prominent, tools and workloads outside of Kubernetes will start moving towards it, enabling better management and utilization of resources.
Reevaluating on-premises and hybrid infrastructure
The trend of moving back to on-premises infrastructure will not be significant in 2024. Instead, organizations will realize the need to strike a balance between cloud and on-premises solutions. The focus will be on understanding what works best in each environment and making data-informed decisions. Hybrid infrastructure will be driven by practical experience in the cloud, realistic expectations, and cost considerations, with self-serving API-driven interactions becoming the norm.
The emergence of WebAssembly (Wasm)
Although WebAssembly (Wasm) will not have a significant percentage of workloads in 2024, it will start to gain traction as a solution for simpler and less complicated workloads. People will recognize the value of Wasm when they don't need the complexity of Kubernetes and its ecosystem. We can expect to see an increase in SaaS offerings for Wasm, more serverless deployments based on Wasm, and a better understanding of when and where Wasm fits into the system.
#244: 2023 is in the rearview mirror. Welcome to 2024, the year of our AI overlords.
In this episode, Darin and Viktor make their predictions about all the technologies that will potentially impact our day to day work for both the good and the bad. Not surprisingly, AI is at the top of that list, but maybe not for the reasons that you might think.