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Why DevOps Will Cease to Exist

Nowadays I feel like there is no need to explain why DevOps as a methodology exists, as it is widely understood and accepted. But the reason DevOps engineers exist is not to ensure the success of its namesake methodology, nor, if we’re being honest, is the practice evolving into a role that’s viable for future progress.

Software as a service (SaaS) remains the largest market segment and is forecast to grow to $104.7 billion in 2020 (see table, below).

Some companies, like Monday.com, have already acknowledged that it is not optimal to have a separate team or a single person in charge of all of the operations and maintenance of applications and that it is better to have developers responsible for their application stack from end to end. Although I opened by saying there is no need to explain why DevOps as a methodology exists, sometimes what gets forgotten is that DevOps evolved as a way to break down the silos between development and operations.