One trend, if you can even call it that, that I really like is version controlled virtualized dev environments. Tools like Vagrant (a toolbox for Chef + Virtua

One trend, if you can even call it that, that I really like is version controlled virtualized dev environments. Tools like Vagrant (a toolbox for Chef + Virtualbox pretty much), (http://www.vagrantup.com http://www.vagrantup.com) Make it possible to version your stack alongside your app and only require one person on the team to maintain it as new requirements for configuration or software get pushed to dev VMs with their regular git updates.