June 9 2021 10:45 am June 9 2021 11:15 am America/Los_Angeles Killing Your Staging Environment “But it worked in staging!” is the new “But it works in my machine?”. Docker, kubernetes and friends have made it easier to create similar environments, but it is still impossible to create environments that are the same as production... Virtual Meet
TRACK 3: High-Performance Engineering
Wednesday, June 9 2021 10:45 am - 11:15 am PT

Killing Your Staging Environment

“But it worked in staging!” is the new “But it works in my machine?”. Docker, kubernetes and friends have made it easier to create similar environments, but it is still impossible to create environments that are the same as production. So a few years ago, we killed our staging environment and tested *everything* either locally on a developer’s machine or in production.

We will go over our lessons learned and what is needed to be able to successfully kill your staging environment. SPOILER WARNING: One of those things is proper observability.