Are Cloud Development Environments Revolutionizing the DevOps Community?

One of the latest Gartner reports and also the Pragmatic Engineer article talk about CDEs as a new rising topic in the DevOps community, and I wanted to have your thoughts about it. I attached a recent article that talks about CDEs and the Gartner report: 'Coding Goes Online: A Brief Guide to Cloud Development Environments.'

Quick summary of the article from GPT: Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) emerged in the mid-2010s, evolving into platforms like AWS Cloud 9 and Redhat's Dev Ready Workspaces. Recognized by Gartner in 2023, CDEs provide virtual or container-based development spaces accessible through web-based IDEs. They offer self-serve, centrally managed environments, streamline governance and security, enable remote onboarding, and support DevOps automation. Gartner predicts that by 2026, 60% of cloud workloads will use CDEs, emphasizing their role in building modern, distributed, and cloud-native applications.

What are your thoughts on this topic?

Disclaimer: I work at Strong Network! Looking forward to your feedback