A Changing Of The Guard In DevOps
DevOps.com, Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
There's a line from The Who that keeps echoing in my head these days: 'Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.' It's oddly fitting for the current state of DevOps - especially when we look at how artificial intelligence (AI) is being harnessed to reimagine, reengineer, and, in some ways, just refine the same core challenges that have plagued developers and DevOps engineers for years.
Three recent pieces here on DevOps.com shed light on the wave of AI-driven innovation sweeping across the DevOps landscape. Each offers a snapshot of how both fresh startups and well-established players are attacking the same pain points that have long hindered productivity: context switching, repetitive toil, pipeline complexity and platform sprawl.
Let's take a closer look.