From Bare Metal to Abstraction A There and Back Again Tale to the Heart of CloudNative Computing. DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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Jeremy Meiss Director, DevEx & DevRel OneStream Software DevOpsDays KC Organizer DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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A long time ago, in a data center far, far away… DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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The Dark Ages of IT /r/sysadmin horror stories are fun, if not a bit triggering BOFH. ‘nuf said. No online documentation Power switch kicked off meant a 30-minute drive to the data center Data recovery bandwidth as fast as a car loaded with tapes could drive Didn’t update things until something was broke Large binders of CDs for every OS and program in the company Hotswap was a myth (and no one really used SCSI back then Sneakernet filesharing DevOpsDays Austin 2025 )
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“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” -Douglas Adams DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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Journey from Bare Metal to Cloud Native Limitations inherent in managing physical servers Adoption of virtualization to improve resource utilization Cloud computing brought on-demand compute resources (a virtual Rent-a-Center) DevOps movement pushed collaboration and automation, breaking down silos Docker & containerization provided a standardized way to package applications Orchestration platforms like Kubernetes emerged to manage containers at scale … DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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Core Foundational Elements Automation Past DevOpsDays Austin 2025 Present
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Future Challenges Practitioner Experience + AI-Driven Operations Expanding Cloud Boundaries Sustainability and Efficiency Focus Continued Open Ecosystem Growth DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” -Ginni Rometty, former IBM CEO DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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@jerdog.dev /in/jeremymeiss Thank you! @jerdog @jerdog@hachyderm.io jmeiss.me @IAmJerdog DevOpsDays Austin 2025
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