Improving Developer Experience at Scale with Serverless - GeeCON 2023

Discover how Philips is revolutionizing software development by moving to the cloud and implementing serverless solutions in this 54-minute conference talk from GeeCON 2023. Learn about the company's journey to onboard 8000+ developers to GitHub, fostering an open collaboration culture based on InnerSource principles. Explore the innovative use of self-hosted action runners, eliminating the need for teams to maintain their own build servers. Delve into the Serverless control plane solution developed and open-sourced by Philips, which scales runners based on load using AWS cloud-based fleet. Understand how this solution allows users to choose operating systems, utilize AWS Spot Instances, define network layers, and run workloads 100% ephemeral. Gain insights into the challenges faced during the transition from on-premise to cloud-based development, and discover tips for implementing similar solutions in your organization. See a demonstration of the system in action and learn how it provides a consistent experience for developers using the managed solution.