GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech The Evolution of Infrastructure from Code • Adam Keller, Elad Ben-Israel & Eric Johnson
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Sep 20, 2024 
Join Adam Keller, Senior Technologist at AWS, Elad Ben-Israel, Co-Founder of Wing and creator of the AWS CDK, and Eric Johnson, Principal Developer Advocate for Serverless at AWS, as they discuss the evolution of cloud development. They delve into the shift from Infrastructure as Code to Infrastructure Plus Code, emphasizing the role of powerful tools like the CDK and Wing. The conversation highlights the challenges of managing complex tech solutions, the importance of better abstractions, and how generative AI can streamline operational processes for developers.
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Infrastructure Is Desired State For Cloud Resources
- Infrastructure as code defines desired state so tools can reconcile and apply changes automatically.
- Modern cloud resources are often managed services, so 'infrastructure' increasingly means cloud resources rather than physical hardware.
Names Hide The Cloud's Convergence
- The term 'infrastructure as code' is overloaded and mixes two historically separate domains.
- Wing aims to unify infrastructure and application code as first-class citizens in a single model.
CDK Let Teams Ship App And Infra Together
- Adam describes how CDK's assets let you couple application artifacts with infrastructure code.
- This removed the need for separate pipelines and allowed managing infra and app changes from one place.