Conference:  KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023

Authors: Ben Lambert, Patrik Oldsberg

2023-04-19

Ben and Patrik, both maintainers on the popular open source project Backstage, will talk through the state of the project and the new features that are coming your way. Coming off the back of BackstageCON in Detroit, the Backstage maintainer team have been working hard to get the Backend System ready for rollout, and some new features for the Scaffolder. They will show in detail what these new features mean, and how you can start using them today to start to improve your Backstage deployment in your organization. Ben and Patrik will also dive into a little bit of what is next for Backstage and what you can expect to see in the coming year, and what they're excited for!

Conference:  KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022

Authors: Shane Lawrence

2022-10-27

The presentation discusses the parallels between open source software and manufacturing, and how lessons learned by automakers in the last century can benefit software development today. It also highlights potential pitfalls made by industrialists that should be avoided.

• Standardized builds following an exact predefined process have not been common in tech, but progress is being made with projects like In Toto and the Sig store project
• Standardized metrics and real-time monitoring can help identify problems sooner
• Outsourcing can be a major problem for industries, and it's important to be flexible and take inventory often
• It's important to keep up with the times, but some changes are not always good
• Open source has the power to democratize vast opportunities presented by technology in the 21st century