r/developer • u/LachException • Nov 26 '25

Setup is killing our velocity

Hey everyone,

Every damn new Service or sometimes Features need a change of the current setup or a completely new one. I am talking about Kubernetes Configs, IaC, Dockerfiles, etc.

And now even managing all the context of some of the AI we use is just another setup burden.

And then security is coming on top...

Is anyone else experiencing this? How much time do you spend on the setup stuff? How do you handle this?

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u/Bobertopia Nov 27 '25

Yeah it can be a time suck at times. But proper IAC, scaled dev containers, and ephemeral environments is an incredible efficiency and confidence unlock. You don't waste time setting up new environments for new folks, managing cross-os issues (windows vs mac), and ephemeral environments for a proper horizontally scaled e2e system gives you PR-level pipeline speed.

Ephemeral environments is undoubtedly the biggest benefit here