A non-self-service environment is like a library full of unreadable books. Different technologies often create confusion, leading to bottlenecks. After working with many DevOps and engineering teams, we've seen this challenge repeatedly and crafted a solution. Our experience in building self-service development environments ensures developers can manage workflows efficiently, reducing setup time and accelerating innovation.
As the name suggests, a self-service development environment allows developers to independently configure, manage, and deploy their development settings by supporting a variety of development styles. The self-serving platform can handle everything and is designed to be intuitive and customizable. It is bootstrap for cloud-native applications, provider agnostic, and allows developers to focus on coding rather than setup.
Forming a self-serving development environment is not a one-size-fits-all process. The tech stack varies based on programming languages and specific developer runtime preferences. Some favor Docker Compose for its maturity, while others prefer Kubernetes workflows, using Kustomize or Helm charts. Tools like Telepresence, Tilt, Devspace, or Skaffold are used to streamline development, ensuring flexibility and efficiency.
By adopting Tikal's self-service development environments, your team will enjoy:
Instead of spending precious time configuring and setting up the development environment at the beginning of each project, your team will get to work right away.
Teams can focus on the actual task, bring their A-game, and make your application shine.
Eliminate the confusion of juggling multiple cloud providers and tools. The development environment will also be cloud-agnostic and adapt to various providers, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
The new environment will feature industry best practices for relevant technologies.
Tikal’s expert will ensure that the development environment will integrate seamlessly with currently popular CI/CD tools like Github Actions, Gitlab CI, and Jenkins.
Every process begins with understanding your organization and its needs. Our approach to implementing self-service development environments is no different in that sense. We’ll examine your current development practices and identify areas for improvement.
Tikal will work closely with your team to design and deploy a tailored strategy that meets your needs, considers your goals, and highlights pitfalls you might have missed. The entire process is done using the latest technologies and best practices based on our broad industry experience.
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