The developer experience in regulated industries is being redefined as security requirements and compliance are no longer seen as trade-offs with productivity. Instead, tools like VDI are being replaced by secure, automated, standardized development environments (CDEs) that allow for a smooth development experience. This shift is already underway, with 40% of highly-regulated organizations expected to adopt CDEs by 2027, according to Gartner. Platform teams in regulated industries are now able to deliver a development experience that their developers and themselves actually want to use, without compromising security and compliance. The rise of AI and coding assistants is also contributing to this shift, making it clear that the days of clunky, slow, frustrating development in regulated industries are seriously numbered.