Deploying an application we had running on a local host to the cloud was a complex and arduous process. Developers would spend hours creating cloud environments, databases, and servers.
Along came products designed to ease application deployment into the cloud, introducing Platform as a Service (PaaS) to the app development world. No matter your application's language, you could push your code, and the platform would do the rest. Within minutes, your application would be deployed and live in the cloud.
But now the growing complexity of cloud tooling is slowing down developer productivity and overshadowing the original promise of DevOps. As tech stacks expand and infrastructure demands increase, developers lose focus on delivering application value. To address this, we need solutions that simplify cloud deployments and allow teams to concentrate on building great apps.
Introducing the Modern PaaS: Cloud First and K8s
This has led to even greater innovations in the cloud. Kubernetes (K8s) has been referred to as the “operating system for the cloud” and has become the go-to platform for deploying containerised applications in the cloud. K8s is built to help orchestrate the use of containers—deployment, scaling, and code management across our infrastructure. The power to control all our DevOps needs in one ecosystem has led to massive adoption of K8s worldwide.
The modern PaaS, like Heroku’s recently launched next-generation PaaS, is built on the best practices of modern cloud deployment. You build your application, and Heroku creates containers (using Cloud Native Buildpacks).
Developers (and even your platform engineering team) no longer need to roll out the same deployments repeatedly; the PaaS handles it for you, allowing engineers to focus on their core responsibilities.
I took this Newstack blog as a reference. Check it out for more details!
