Trusting Mission Critical Infrastructure: Building Reliable CD Platforms is About More than Building Features

Critical infrastructure products like Spinnaker form the basis of many technology strategies, increasing the velocity of innovation while reducing the risk of outages.

Failure of these systems erodes trust, limiting a team’s ability to delegate responsibility.

When deploys fail due to operational constraints or bugs in the platform, it becomes difficult for teams to reliably deploy, encouraging alternative solutions that detract from delivering business value.

Much like software infrastructure, failure in more traditional domains is no less worrisome. For example, without trust in a system of laws, it’s difficult to facilitate basic interactions between parties.

In this session, we’ll explore the relationship between critical infrastructure across domains and propose a set of strategies for building resilient CD platforms that prioritize trust over building features.