Local to CDEs: Slack's Remote Development Journey
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Slack migrates web development from messy local setups with Docker and secret juggling to cloud dev environments provisioned from a pool, configured via Slack CLI and opened in VS Code. Onboarding drops to five minutes from previously long waits, resources scale by a single config change, and environments are branch-based CDEs that auto-terminate on branch deletion. Features include live collaboration, saved workspaces, shared command history, dotfile syncing and custom extensions; beta sees ~30% backend adoption and full web-app adoption within months.
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