DevOps.js Conf 2024

In this workshop, we discuss the merits of serverless architecture and how it can be applied to the AI space. We'll explore options around building serverless RAG applications for a more lambda-esque approach to AI. Next, we'll get hands on and build a sample CRUD app that allows you to store information and query it using an LLM with Workers AI, Vectorize, D1, and Cloudflare Workers.

In this talk we uncover what Declarative Infrastructure means, and how it can work in TypeScript to naturally express higher-level distributed systems concepts (such as backend services, API calls, database queries, Pub/Sub messaging, caching and more), through the power of static analysis and code generation.The outcome is a fully reimagined DevOps process, with automatic infrastructure provisioning and built-in observability, that deploys straight to your own cloud.
Table of contents:- Introduction- Evolution of backend development, from servers to today's cloud-native world powered by DevOps and GitOps- What is Cloud Native, and how do we build modern backend applications? (Showing a microservices architecture powered by Express.js and Terraform)- What is Declarative Infrastructure? What does the space look like?- What problems does it solve compared to traditional DevOps practices?- How does it relate to Terraform/AWS CDK for infrastructure provisioning?- What are the downsides?- Building a Cloud Native backend with Declarative Infrastructure

This workshop enables you to learn how to develop React applications, and then deploy them to the cloud (or building them to the console) coupled with a backend, fully abstracted, with no complex backend configuration, simplifying the building and deployment of frontend & web apps to the cloud.