# Why Shopify Moved to The Production Engineering Model

DevFeed: [Why Shopify Moved to The Production Engineering Model](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-shopify-moved-to-the-production-engineering-model-1677.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/why-shopify-moved-to-the-production-engineering-model>)

Author: John Arthorne

Published: 2016-10-30T08:14:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [production-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production-engineering.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [sre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sre.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes moving from separate development and operations teams to a Production Engineering model for frequently changing large-scale web applications. The model emphasizes automation, fewer disconnected operational teams, and reusable tools and infrastructure for developers.

## Source excerpt

6 minute read The traditional model of running large-scale computer systems divides work into Development and Operations as distinct and separate teams. This split works reasonably well for computer systems that are changed or updated very rarely, and organizations sometimes require this if they're deploying and operating software built by a different company or organization. However, this rigid divide fails for large-scale web applications that are undergoing frequent or even continuous change. DevOps is the term for a movement that's gathered steam in the past decade to bring together these disciplines.