Build & DeployKeynote45min
Platforms: Build abstractions, not illusions
This talk delves into the inherent complexity in today's technology and the drive to hide this complexity in platforms for improved productivity. However, it cautions against creating dangerous illusions instead of useful abstractions. Drawing from two decades of experience, it will highlight successes and disappointments in building complex distributed systems.
Gregor Hohpe
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Wednesday, October 9, 10:50-11:35
Room 8
Let’s be honest, the tech we have today is amazing but it can also be complex. So, it’s only natural that the platforms we build want to hide that complexity to improve productivity, avoid mistakes, and reduce cognitive load. So, the more complexity we can hide, the better our platform? Actually no - we need to be careful that we create useful abstractions, not dangerous illusions. This talk reflects on two decades of building complex distributed systems, highlighting where abstractions helped and where illusions led to major disappointments.
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor helps technology leaders transform both their organization and their technology platform. You’ll find him riding the Architect Elevator from the engine room to the penthouse, perhaps automating serverless solutions in the morning and preparing board presentations in the afternoon. His favorite pastime is dissecting buzzwords and replacing them with meaningful decisions and architectural trade-offs.
Gregor has served as Director at AWS and Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, as Smart Nation Fellow to the Singapore government, and as Chief Architect at Allianz SE, where he oversaw the architecture of a global data center consolidation and deployed the first private cloud software delivery platform.
Gregor has served as Director at AWS and Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, as Smart Nation Fellow to the Singapore government, and as Chief Architect at Allianz SE, where he oversaw the architecture of a global data center consolidation and deployed the first private cloud software delivery platform.
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