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No one thinks software development is easy, but who would have thought it could be hard in so many different ways? Evans Data estimates there are 26.9 million software developers globally. Recently more than 100 of those developers weighed in on Ali Spittel’s question, “What’s the most difficult part of your job as a developer?”

About a decade ago, I was a CIO evaluating a technology solution and I shared our primary requirements with a prospective vendor’s rep. He demoed at least three products from the company’s portfolio. Each tool had its own user experience, development approach, and learning requirements, but all three were needed to solve our business requirements. As CIO, I recognized that different parts of my team would either need to collaborate using these different tools, or I would have to hire more advanced developers capable of mastering them all. Читать дальше...

When we set out to rebuild the engine at the heart of our managed Apache Kafka service, we knew we needed to address several unique requirements that characterize successful cloud-native platforms. These systems must be multi-tenant from the ground up, scale easily to serve thousands of customers, and be managed largely by data-driven software rather than human operators. They should also provide strong isolation and security across customers with unpredictable workloads, in an environment in which engineers can continue to innovate rapidly.

No one thinks software development is easy, but who would have thought it could be hard in so many different ways? Evans Data estimates there are 26.9 million software developers globally. Recently more than 100 of those developers weighed in on Ali Spittel’s question, “What’s the most difficult part of your job as a developer?” I expected the answers to mostly coalesce around a few key themes, but the responses were highly varied. It’s worth digging into them to see how your company can improve life for your developers. Читать дальше...