Devnexus 2026 - The Golden Path Starts at Home Engineering Developer Experience from Laptop to Prod

This talk, presented by Tim Sparg and DaShaun Carter at Devnexus 2026, delves into the complexities of modern software architectures and the challenges they pose to developer experience. The speakers highlight the disconnection between local development environments and production, particularly during onboarding, where traditional setup methods fall short. They explore solutions for aligning local tools with a robust platform strategy, emphasizing the importance of standardizing development environments and managing sensitive data securely. By utilizing technologies such as Spring Cloud Vault and Spring Cloud Config Server, the session illustrates how teams can enhance their development workflow, ultimately enabling developers to focus on building software rather than tackling infrastructure issues.