When Docker restructured, we returned to our roots: super-serving developers. CTO Justin Cormack says that’s why the company is developer-obsessed, not customer-obsessed: “We really wanted to focus on the fact that it's the developer who loves Docker. It's the developer who is going to be using Docker every day…”
Over the past decade, Docker exploded in popularity as companies moved to cloud and adopted software containers as they did... but the company struggled as as a business and, five years ago, made massive changes: “When we restructured people were like, `Well, I kind of hope this works, but I doubt it will.`”
Well, it’s working. Docker is now bigger than ever and growing.
On this episode of CRAFTED... Dan and Justin discuss developer productivity, how Docker continues to build new products to improve it, and why so many organizations are in an awkward phase, with too many responsibilities being put onto the developer. Plus, Justin will share tips for developers on how they can better communicate their needs. And what CFO-types can do in return: “the one thing they can do is actually listen to the developers!”
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CRAFTED. is produced by Modern Product Minds, where Dan Blumberg and team advise companies on product, discovery, growth, and experimentation. Learn more at modernproductminds.com/
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Key Moments:
00:00 Intro
3:13 Why Docker needed to restructure and refocus and why the turnaround has been a success
04:52 Why Docker is “developer-obsessed” not “customer-obsessed”
6:13 Docker’s explosive growth in its early years: containers, the cloud and microservices
08:48 Docker's Successful Restructuring and Product Development
11:22 “Shift Left” and why this trend of putting more responsibility onto developers earlierr in development is great, but can put too much pressure on developers, who need to be supported
13:53 How Justin and team prioritize Docker's roadmap
16:48 AI: How Docker is helping its client build RAG and other GenAI apps, and the tricky infrastructure needed to support them
19:38 Developer productivity and the importance of the inner loop
27:01 Developers love their laptops! And why Windows machines have become so popular
30:40 How to talk so your CFO will listen and the rise of business-focused engineers
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29 июл 2024
