Presentation: Testing in Production - Quality Software Faster

Track: DevOps: You Build It, You Run It

Location: Ballroom BC

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Level: Intermediate

Persona: Architect, Chaos/Resiliency/SRE, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Front-end Developer, General Software

Abstract

A major part of our developer lives depends on working safely with production - yet few organizations today are designing their production environment to enable high quality, end-to-end verification of the code we write and deploy. In this talk, we build on the foundation of great microservice architectures to include first class design for testability as a critical technique for high velocity, high quality teams. In particular, we’ll explore what it’s like to build quality software with no development, QA or staging environments. We will conduct a deep dive into “verifying in production” - what it really takes to build software that can safely be tested continuously in production. Let’s build a solid deployment pipeline, reliable systems, and developer happiness by *knowing* production is correct.

Speaker: Michael Bryzek

Co-Founder / CTO @Flow.io., previously Co-Founder / CTO @Gilt

Michael is the CTO and co-founder of Gilt Groupe, an innovative online shopping destination offering its members special access to the most inspiring merchandise, culinary offerings, and experiences every day, many at insider prices. Gilt continually searches the world for the most coveted brands and products, including fashion for women, men, and children; home decor; artisanal ingredients; hotels and travel experiences on every continent; and unique activities in a growing list of cities and destinations. We believe that every day is an opportunity to inspire and be inspired. Michael has built Gilt's technology platform to support massive bursts of traffic as sales start every day at noon. He holds a BSc and Masters in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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