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Presenters Anjelica Ambrosio Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Ditch the Monorepo Chaos: Embrace Multi-Repo Magic with Argo CD for Scalable GitOps! 🚀 Ever feel like you’re playing Jenga with your code, where one wrong move can bring the whole tower down? If your development workflow feels more like a “push and pray” situation than a smooth, efficient operation, then this post is for you! We’re diving deep into how separating your applications and infrastructure into multiple repositories can be a game-changer, especially when powered by Argo CD. ...

Presenters Christian Hernandez Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Beyond the Chart: Mastering Kubernetes Deployments with Rendered Manifests and OCI 🚀 Ever feel like you’re playing a guessing game with your Kubernetes deployments? You tweak a Helm chart or a Customize overlay, hit deploy, and… poof… something unexpected happens. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone! Christian Hernandez, a Technical Marketing Engineer and Tech Lead at Cisco, recently shed some serious light on this common pain point at a recent tech conference, unveiling a powerful approach that brings clarity and control back to your GitOps workflows. Let’s dive into the world of rendered manifests and the incredible potential of the Open Container Initiative (OCI). ...

Presenters Alexandre Gaudreault Zach Aller Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Level Up Your Deployments: Unlocking Advanced Canary Strategies with Argo Rollouts Step Plugins 🚀 Ever felt like your canary deployments could be smarter? Like they needed a bit more… oomph to handle complex scenarios? Well, buckle up, fellow tech enthusiasts, because Intuit, the financial powerhouse behind QuickBooks and Mailchimp, has just dropped a game-changer in the cloud-native world: Canary Step Plugins for Argo Rollouts! 🤯 ...

Presenters Scott Rosenberg Maria Gabriella Brodi Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Level Up Your Self-Service Game: Crossplane + Backstage = Infrastructure Nirvana! 🚀 Ever feel like managing infrastructure is a bit like wrestling a hydra? You fix one thing, and two more pop up. Or maybe you’re a developer yearning for the power to spin up exactly what you need, when you need it, without waiting for a ticket to be processed? Well, get ready to have your mind blown, because the brilliant minds behind the latest tech trends are showing us how to make infrastructure programmable and consumable, all thanks to a dynamic duo: Crossplane and Backstage! ✨ ...

Presenters Rob Heckel Tyler Rothenberg Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Revolutionizing AI Integration: Toyota Connected’s Journey with Model Context Protocol 🚀 In the fast-paced world of tech, staying ahead means constantly innovating and finding smarter ways to work. Toyota Connected, a powerhouse behind the massive 12.5 million vehicles on their Drive Link platform and processing a staggering 29 billion transactions monthly, has embarked on an exciting journey to supercharge their generative AI adoption. Their secret weapon? The Model Context Protocol (MCP) and a brilliant strategy to make its integration seamless for their developers. ...