What has changed in the software industry from 20 years ago and five years ago, and what might trends indicate about the future? Consider what developers use over and over again, year after year: programming languages, databases, testing, deployment, and operations. How can we improve developer experience with advanced programming language features, atomic and long-running transactions, and DevOps/SRE? Gazing into the future possibilities with Lev and Vaughn is fun and engaging.