Beating the buzzer: Creating developer velocity at the NBA
summary
Platform engineering at the NBA claims 400% developer velocity, release cycles under an hour, and a 50% drop in incidents while supporting apps in 200+ countries. Key moves: reusable IaC modules and mobile/user-management frameworks, CI/CD pipelines that integrate with ServiceNow and Slack to automate production deploys, and shift-left security with static analysis in IDEs. Case study shows AI-accelerated tooling powering the Referee Engagement and Performance System (REPS) and faster event fixes.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Developer velocity at NBA
- 1:29Speaker and platform overview
- 3:402019 challenges and evolution
- 5:23Platform engineering principles
- 7:51SDLC bottlenecks mapping
- 9:59Enterprise access and identity wins
- 11:46Automating production deployments
- 13:15Shifting left security
- 14:44Results 2019 to 2025
- 15:48Multicloud and AI future goals
- 16:54Closing remarks
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