9 Mattermost | Unblock Your Workflow Explosive Demand for New Apps Drives Faster Development According to GitLab DevSecOps Survey 2021 , 60% of developers are releasing code twice as fast as before, thanks to DevOps — up 25% from before the pan - demic began. As more and more organi - zations undertake digital transformations in 2022, they’ll drive even more demand for software applications to support their digital operations. Experts predict that over 500 million digital apps and services will be devel - oped and deployed using cloud-native approaches by 2023 — matching the number of apps that have been built during the last 40 years. These applications will not only have to be delivered quickly but will also have to meet the ever-increasing bar for quality and security; according to a recent microsurvey by CNCF , 85% of respondents indicated that modernizing security is very important to their organiza - tion’s cloud-native deployment. How Software Demand Impacts Productivity: This explosive demand puts more pressure on developers to take on more responsibility and produce more of their best work faster. To rise to the occasion, teams need to have the infra - structure and processes required to enable faster delivery without compromising on quality. It’s no surprise that the adoption of DevOps best practices will continue to grow in 2022 to support this situation. However, if DevOps workflows aren’t well-implemented within the organization, productivity will suffer due to excessive complexity and siloed knowledge. Unfortunately, these efforts to do more work faster are backfiring. Development teams running at full capacity continuously have given rise to increased burnout, especially for remote teams with fuzzier boundaries between working and being offline. One survey found