Developer Productivity – DIY (with ChatGPT) or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI
A presentation at Scale By The Bay in in Oakland, CA, USA by Baruch Sadogursky
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI
Baruch Sadogursky - @jbaru ch × Developer Productivity Advocate × Gradle Inc × Development -> DevOps -> #DPE
shownotes × × × × speaking.jbaru.ch Slides Video All the links!
Questions to ask llm × What is Developer Productivity Engineering? × Why we want to improve it? × What can be improved?
Answers, summarized × #DPE helps us improving our overall developer experience. The build is a good place to start. × It’s not only Gradle! Maven, SBT, Bazel and any other build can and should be improved! × It’s not only the build! Improving the entire cycle is important and worth investing!
Talk is cheap, show me the goods!
Chatgpt is getting worse × “…to my knowledge as of September 2021” 😕 × Browsing is back, but it’s meh… × 3rd-party browsing plugins are picky…
Custom embedding plugins for Setup Vector Database Feed custom data the rescue! Teach ChatGPT to use your vectors
Or use 3rd-Party service Services like Mantium AI can encapsulate the process
Hi, I’ve just killed bunch of sta rtups
Custom gpts for the rescue! Add sources Instruct to use the sources Enjoy
Let’s try it again…
How can we improve our build ? × × × × × Caching, local and remote Parallel testing, local and remote Predictive test selection Fight evil flaky tests! Watch your build like a hawk for degradations
What you can do today (for fr ee × × × × × ) Parallel local Local caching Remote caching* Build Scans Win Prizes (a.k.a. speed challenge)
What your company should pa y × Top-level hardware × Develocity (or similar) for
Learn more and try it today! × × × × Take the Gradle/Maven Speed Challenge Be DPE Agent of Change! Read the DPE Handbook Watch the DPE Summit videos (published soon!) x speaking.jbaru.ch
This will be a wild but practical run as our spirited speaker converses with ChatGPT, the clever AI language model. Uncover innovative strategies, from shortening build feedback loops to conquering flaky tests and caching build results like a master. Be captivated by a live coding session implementing ChatGPT’s suggestions, providing entertainment and enlightenment. By the end, you’ll have valuable tips, a fresh perspective on AI-assisted productivity, and a lasting bond with your new AI confidant, ChatGPT.
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Resources
The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information.
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Baruch’s Book DevOps Tools for Java Developers
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Baruch’s Book Liquid Software
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ChatGPT plugins documentation
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Develocity Helper GPT
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Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) Handbook
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Gradle BuildScan®
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Parallel local tests execution
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Test Distribution (Parallel cloud test execution)
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Gradle Build Cache (Local and Remote)
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Predictive Test Selection Feature in Develocity
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Predictive Test Selection Paper from Meta
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Failure Analytics (Flaky Tests Mitigation)
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Trends, Reporting and Insights
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Speed Challenge (Win Prizes!)
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DPE Summit (watch out for the recordings!)
