Automating infrastructure provisioning is a key tenant of effective organisations. A new class of tooling emerged around the term infrastructure as code but often, this tooling makes use of DSLs and configuration languages to be effective.

If you want to treat infrastructure like software, you need to bring in software development practices. UX considerations, testing, portable, abstractions. Existing infrastructure as code tooling will often ask you to consider using familiar programming languages to accomplish these things, so why not use those languages to provision your infrastructure?

In this talk, we'll take a whistle-stop tour through the history of infrastructure as code and examine new, emerging approaches for defining repeatable, declarative infrastructure with the full benefits of software development.

Speaker

Lee Briggs - Solutions Engineer at Pulumi

About the Speaker

Lee Briggs is a Solutions Engineer at Pulumi. With almost 10 years of experience designing, building and maintaining distributed and complex systems, he wears the scars of many deployment tools. When he’s not trying to fit monolithic applications into containers, he playing and watching Soccer and walks with his family and dog, Cindy.

Location

WorkVine209

1005 East Pescadero Ave, Suite 170, Tracy, CA 95304

COVID and Safety Information

We no longer have a mask requirement, but we won't stop you if you'd like to wear one at the group. If you are sick, please consider staying at home.

Parking and Basic Information

The venue is within Northgate Village and there will be plenty of no-cost parking. You can find us in a conference room in the building labeled "The Lounge" which is shared with the restrooms for the complex.