DevOpsDays Vilnius 2027
I was looking for a relaxed, developer-first DevOps event close to Finland, and DevOpsDays Vilnius appeared on my radar. It is a two-day, non-profit conference now in its fourth year, and it was held in Kablys, an interesting Roman-styled building from the Soviet era. Beyond the traditional sessions, the event leans heavily into interactive formats. The Open Space sessions give participants the…
DevOpsDays Vilnius 2027 took place in Kablys, a Roman-styled building from the Soviet era, providing a relaxed setting for developers. The two-day conference, now in its fourth year, primarily focused on interactive formats, including Open Space sessions and five-minute Ignite talks. The dominant theme this year was AI, with discussions shifting from technical implementations to the emotional and cultural impacts of AI on the industry.
While several companies are developing autonomous AI agents for tasks like bug fixing and incident reporting, there was skepticism about relinquishing control to AI. One team, however, was fully embracing AI agents, finding them to replace an entire team of developers. However, building agents for infrastructure proved challenging, with traditional security concepts like Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) remaining crucial.
Concerns about the loss of engineering joy and the psychological shift in developers were also mentioned. Quality issues arose as developers relied too heavily on AI outputs, leading to poorly understood bug reports. Open source maintainers were overwhelmed by the ease of copying AI-generated code. A presentation suggested moving human discussion to the beginning of the PR process, focusing on design and specification before code generation.
It was noted that running software on-premises, particularly for GPU-intensive workloads, could be more cost-effective than relying on big American cloud providers. Traditional platform engineering debates, like trunk-based development, still persisted, and discussions about running software on-premises gained traction.
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