The challenges faced by developers in the process of availing a commercially viable software is indeed an herculean one. But only developers can perfectly relate to the kind of stress, energy and time that goes into these things.
It is unbelievable that despite the massive scale of technological advancements being celebrated in the world of IT today, app developers are still fazed with the same kind of problem that was obtainable several decades ago. Only that the scale has been truncated.

Here is a summary of what is largely predominant amongst development teams and organisations today:

1. The task of developing is splitted into parts and distributed accordingly to the involved teams.
2. Coordination of all involved teams is a separate job. And it is basically done to avail an unbeatable supercomputer.
3. Crosschecking (or testing) with other developer teams working on similar projects.

The major setback with the aforementioned modus operandi is the fact that the aspects of the project that are being assigned to specific teams may no longer be language compatible in the end. This may arise from the different machine languages employed by the different developers on each sub-team. And so, they have to start tweaking and correcting and the list is endless. It can be very frustrating.

Well, all these challenges are what birthed the creation of the Buddy platform four (4) years ago. The Team came together one day and took it upon themselves to avail a platform that would help save fellow developers in the industry from unnecessary time wastage and resource squandering.

What is Buddy

Buddy is a decentralised platform that shoulders the distasteful aspects of app development and deployment. So basically, Buddy exonerates developers from the overbearing stress pent up in DevOps for their application. It gives them all the time in the world to now concentrate on the software proper, so as to effectively meet demands of their users and scale. With Buddy, every aspect of development that can be automated will be automated.

Even better, there is no need to run software simulation tests elsewhere, as Buddy places them alongside those that are already at the stage of beta testing.

The Buddy platform is able to do all these things because of three major components that drive it's operation.

1. Blockchain Ops
2. Private Automation grid, and
3. Shared Automation grid

Blockchain Ops

This provides developers with infrastructure for the creation of automation scripts, as these scripts are a fundamental bedrock for softwares, whether it be web-based or offnet.

Generally, automation scripts are the framework that supports the blockchain technology. As of today, Buddy is responsible for the impeccable smart operation of the EOS IO. In the near future, the team intends to work with NEO, EVM and a few others too.

The scripts take care of majority of DevOps that avail for deployment of the software on the market front.
Being the core, once it has been set in place, the rest of the building would be much more easier.

The Automation Marketplace

In addition to creating the scripts for personal use, it can also be sold on the platform in exchange for BUD tokens. Indeed, some developers prefer to simply buy the scripts, and then they are good to go. So yes, Buddy takes this into consideration. The automation marketplace is a virtual arena where developers can drop their scripts in exchange for a token and users can select from a portal of many scripts, which to purchase..

Private Automation Grid

The grid is based on a series of language learning and algorithms. The operation is based on discovery and replication of processes in such a manner that saves time and cost. It can be applied by organisation and private teams for private instances.

Shared Automation Grid

The grid is integrated with the private automation grid on Buddy. As an example, if the private automation grid is required to deploy an application, the shared automation grid can undertake the testing protocols. The specificity of the grid yields accurate results.

The Benefits of Buddy's Automation Marketplace

By default, Buddy's automation marketplace will avail for the following:

Mass Adoption of the Blockchain technology

Through availability of the automation marketplace on Buddy, the deployment processing industry would be made more decentralised. How?

Formerly, automation scripts were confined to a circle of a few development teams. This centralisation made it next to impossible for new developers to rightly exploit the potentials of the industry. As such, you will find that many developers know nothing about the blockchain.
With Buddy however, the tables are turning for good. Many developers would indeed find the marketplace very attractive, consequently, they embrace the blockchain technology too.

Promotion of third-party participation

The platform is open-ended. In essence, third parties can point out aspects that require optimisation, tweaking or correction. For this, the users get BUD tokens and the developers stand to gain too because then, they can now avail an interesting user experience.

For more information and resources, check out the following:
Buddy Website
Buddy WhitePaper
Buddy OnePager
Buddy Token Sale
Buddy YouTube
Buddy BitcoinTalk
Buddy Facebook
Buddy Telegram
Buddy Linkedin
Buddy Twitter
Buddy Medium
Buddy Github

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