Name: Beyond Productivity: Scaling Cloud Dev Environments for Faster Feedback & Sustainable Engineering - Siddhant Khare, Gitpod & Nancy Chauhan, Independent
Start: 2025-08-06T15:50:00+0530
End: 2025-08-06T16:20:00+0530

6-7 August
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Wednesday August 6, 2025 3:50pm - 4:20pm IST

Hall 1

Local dev setups worked fine when teams were small. But when you’re dealing with hundreds or thousands of developers, things start to break - slow onboarding, dependency hell, inconsistent environments, and wasted compute cycles.

Cloud Developer Environments (CDEs) promise instant, reproducible workspaces, but shifting from local machines to cloud-first workflows is easier said than done. Latency, security, adoption hurdles, and cost can turn a promising initiative into an operational headache.

This talk will go deep into:

* Why local dev is unsustainable—from wasted CPU cycles to lost engineering hours.
* How cloud environments reduce friction—ephemeral, pre-configured workspaces that just work.
* Optimizing for speed—pre-warmed environments, AI-assisted debugging, and workload-aware compute allocation.
* Measuring impact—tracking developer velocity, infra costs, and sustainability improvements.
* Lessons from real-world rollouts—what works, what breaks, and how to get buy-in.

Speakers

Nancy Chauhan

CNCF Ambassador, Engineer

I am Nancy Chauhan, a software engineer passionate about solving complex problems and enhancing software reliability. As a CNCF Ambassador, I engage with a global cloud-native community, contributing to open-source projects and fostering collaboration. I also founded the Women in... Read More →

Siddhant Khare

Software Engineer, Gitpod

Siddhant Khare is a Software Engineer at Gitpod, where he works on developer productivity, cloud-native architectures, and AI-driven automation. With deep expertise in Go, Rust, and distributed systems, he builds scalable solutions that improve developer workflows. His work spans... Read More →

Wednesday August 6, 2025 3:50pm - 4:20pm IST
Hall 1

Platform Engineering

Content Experience Level Intermediate

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025

Nancy Chauhan

Siddhant Khare

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