Journeys to Cloud Native Architecture - Sun, Sea & Emergencies

Explore the challenges and realities of adopting Cloud Native architecture in this conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2019. Gain insights from Nicki Watt, CTO of OpenCredo, as she shares experiences from leading large-scale Cloud Native projects. Learn about the detours, bumps, and obstacles encountered during the journey to Cloud Native, including microservices, Kubernetes, and both successes and setbacks. Discover pragmatic approaches to common pitfalls such as tackling too much too quickly, relying on surface-level understanding, and ignoring security concerns. Acquire valuable principles for success, including pacing your adoption, acquiring necessary expertise, choosing tools wisely, and actively planning for failure. This talk provides a realistic view of the Cloud Native journey, offering practical advice for businesses aiming to embrace modern practices and scale faster.

Intro
Feeling pain Learning from failures
Overview - The Dream
"Going Cloud-Native" is an approach to build and run applications capable of exploiting and taking advantage of modern, scalable cloud like delivery techniques and tools in order to meet business objectives!
Tackling Too Much Too Quickly (Sunburn)
Relying on a Surface Level Understanding (Caught In Deep Water)
Distributed Systems are hard. The devil is in the detail And the detail matters
Other War Stories ... DRY Dependency Hell • The Singularity Fallacy
Ignoring Security (Living Dangerously)
Summary & Principles for Success
Don't take on too much too quickly • Acquire enough expertise to journey safely • Choose your Tools wisely • Engage don't enrage Security . Anticipate, Plan and Actively Test for Failure