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Presenters Mason Malone Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Argo Workflows: A Year of Growth, New Features, and Easier Contribution! 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! 👋 It’s been a whirlwind year for the Argo Workflows project, and we’ve got some exciting updates to share. Mason, a core maintainer and Adobe team member, recently gave us a fantastic rundown of what’s been happening, and we’re here to break it down for you in an easy-to-digest format. Get ready to dive into the latest advancements and discover how contributing to Argo Workflows just got a whole lot smoother! ✨ ...

Presenters Jesse Suen Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Kargo: Unleashing GitOps Beyond Kubernetes 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt the frustration of managing your applications when they spill out of the cozy confines of Kubernetes? You’re not alone! In a world where real-world applications are a tapestry of Kubernetes clusters, S3 buckets, Lambda functions, and CDNs, keeping everything synchronized and manageable can be a real headache. Today, we’re diving deep into how Kargo, the brilliant open-source GitOps promotion layer above Argo CD, is stepping up to the plate, breaking down those silos and extending the power of GitOps beyond Kubernetes. ...

Presenters Katie Lamkin-Fulsher Michael Crenshaw Taylor Thomas Dan Garfield Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Turbocharging Your Releases: From Cloud-Native Hurdles to AI-Powered Agility 🚀 The cloud-native world moves at lightning speed, demanding a constant flow of releases. But let’s be honest, achieving truly automated, safe, and efficient release promotions across all your environments can feel like navigating a minefield. Fear not! A recent panel of Argo community experts has shed some serious light on how to overcome these challenges, embrace emerging technologies like AI, and even measure success in ways that truly matter to your business. ...

Presenters Avantika Iyer Andre Wanlin Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Supercharge Your Workflow: Unlocking the Power of Backstage Notifications 🚀 Ever feel like you’re drowning in a sea of alerts, or worse, missing crucial updates that keep your projects humming? At Spotify, Avanktika and Andre have been hard at work building a solution that not only streamlines communication but also supercharges your workflow within Backstage: Notifications. And guess what? This isn’t just another internal tool; it’s a community-contributed core functionality that’s already making waves! 🌊 ...

Presenters Eli Encarnacion Mike Spiegel Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Taming Complexity: How SpotOn Revolutionized Engineering with Backstage 🚀 In the fast-paced world of tech, growth is often a double-edged sword. For SpotOn, a company powering mobile payments and management systems, rapid expansion through acquisitions brought incredible momentum but also a tangled web of systems and processes. Imagine inheriting not one, but three distinct startups, each with its own unique tech stack and deployment methods, all crammed into one organization! That was SpotOn’s reality. With a staggering 1,200 repositories and a constant barrage of “firefighting” from the operations team, clarity and focus felt like distant dreams. ...