State of Software Releases: A Fireside Chat with Liz-Fong Jones

The Software Release Summit featured a fireside chat between Honeycomb Field CTO Liz Fong-Jones and LaunchDarkly CTO John Kodumal, discussing industry trends and challenges for engineering leaders. They touched on the need to be cost-conscious in light of macroeconomic challenges, observability and feature management as key tools for high-performing teams, and the potential impact of generative AI on software development. Additionally, they provided advice for companies starting their DevOps journey and highlighted the ROI of observability and feature management tools. Engineering managers were encouraged to identify and address friction points in their developers' workflow to empower them effectively.