Space, the final frontier
summary
Swedbank builds an application platform called Andromeda to replace a 20‑year monolith of 1,800 Java projects and 16 million LOC by requiring teams to rewrite into microservices running on Kubernetes with CI/CD, feature flags and managed services. Policies favor a Java golden path (Java 17/19, Spring Boot 3), limit environments to production and non‑prod, and forbid automated mass migration. Platform shows traction: ~662 developers, 58 teams, 146 apps in prod and about 500–600 deploys/month while tooling choices (forked Backstage) and limited test environments create ongoing pain.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 1:58Decisions 2019
- 5:11Trade-offs
- 6:58Culture change
- 8:14Make it simple to deploy
- 8:42Gamify deploying
- 9:43E-mail management
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