Improving Dev Experience - How We Built a Cloud Native Dev Stack At Scale

Explore how Razorpay improved developer experience at scale using open-source tools in this 32-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Discover the process of extending cloud-native development to local desktops and integrating it with Kubernetes-driven CI/CD workflows. Learn about building a developer-centric packaged environment that reduces cognitive load, including the use of tools like helmfile, traefik routing, and devspace. Gain insights into application cluster development, microservice fleet setup, and cluster management techniques. Understand how this approach aligns developers, practitioners, and operators towards faster iterations, customizable dev tools, and improved productivity in a cost-effective, GitOps-native solution.

Introduction
Why we embarked on this journey
Problems with shared environment
Simplify developer workflow
Dev Stack
Dev Space
Helm File
Header Based Routing
Additional Features