Tech Trends in 2022: Gaze into the Cockroach Labs Crystal Ball

In 2021, Kubernetes became mainstream with 94% of survey participants running it in production. Serverless technology survived its journey through the Trough of Disillusionment phase and is predicted to reach critical mass in 2022, approaching mainstream acceptance as the best practice model for software development. Developers are expected to gain decision-maker status in large and/or traditional waterfall companies due to serverless's ability to accelerate innovation and agility. Additionally, serverless relational databases-as-a-service will accelerate transactional data's move to the cloud as more organizations adopt service-based OLTP database offerings.