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Crushing Tech Debt through Automation at Coinbase
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Summary
Rob Witoff takes a deep dive into how Coinbase attacks tech debt, including deployments, testing, immutable + codified infrastructure. He shares a recent "Scorched Earth" event where they upgraded and rebuilt 100% of their infrastructure from scratch in 24 hours. Tech includes AWS, Docker, CoreOS, Terraform, GeoEngineer and more.
Bio
Rob Witoff is a director at Coinbase. His team is responsible for the systems that collect, stream, power and analyze the data supporting transactions globally. Previously, he led Data Science from the IT CTO’s office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has worked to extend earth’s interstellar bandwidth as a lead engineer on the International Space Station’s laser communication system, OPALS.
About the conference
Software is changing the world. QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.
Nov 28, 2017