swampUP 2017

Looking to the future of DevOps, as release cycles get shorter and microservices get smaller, we can imagine a world in which at any one time, our systems’ software is being updated. Effectively, software will become liquid in that products and services will be connected to “software pipes” that constantly stream updates into our systems and devices; liquid software continuously and automatically updating our systems with no human intervention. This is the next big challenge of the DevOps revolution. Just as we turn on a tap, expect water to come out without having to think about it, and trust the quality of the water, our systems and devices should be continuously and automatically updated with software we can trust and consume safely. However, there are still some challenges to address.