Abstractions are Dead, Long Live Abstractions!

In modern app development, we have scripts that build and deploy servers, configure connectivity, monitor and report status, package and distribute code, observe activity across the system, and scale up or down as we need. While we hoped "DevOps" would blend Development and Operations into something better, we've forced both sides to learn more and go deeper than ever before adding complexity at every step. In short, there’s nothing short about it. We found ourselves here by working with the wrong abstractions. And even worse, we’re stuck in a place far outside the skills and strengths of our team while losing track of our app and the customers it serves. In this talk, let’s shift our thinking to solve the problems we’re good at and get back to building great apps that matter.