Production Is Where the Rigor Goes
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In early February, Martin Fowler and the good folks at Thoughtworks sponsored a small, invite-only unconference in Deer Valley, Utah—birthplace of the Agile Manifesto—to talk about how software engineering is changing in the AI-native era. The longer I sit with this recap, the more troubled I am by what it doesn't say. I worry that the most respected minds in software are unintentionally replicating a serious blind spot that has haunted software engineering for decades: relegating production to the realm of bugs and incidents.
They recently published a summary of key insights and themes from the summit, sorted into ten topical buckets.
This document represents an almost incalculable amount of engineering skill, practical expertise, and battle-hardened wisdom, from some of the leading voices and actual titans in our field. It’s also a fascinating capsule of where the industry is at in this weird, compressed moment of change, from people who aren’t trying to sell you anything.
I recommend digesting their notes for yourself, with Annie Vella’s after-event musings as an essential pairing. (Annie’s most important takeaway: “Nobody has this figured out.”)