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Presenters Paul Schultz Hope Hadfield Heikki Hellgren Peter Macdonald Aramis Sennyey Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Building a Thriving Backstage Plugin Ecosystem: Insights from the Experts! 🚀 Hello, fellow tech enthusiasts and platform engineers! I just wrapped up an incredible panel discussion at my first Backstage Con, and let me tell you, the energy was electric! Moderated by the brilliant Hope Hadfield from Red Hat, our panel dove deep into the heart of what makes Backstage so powerful: its vibrant plugin ecosystem. As this ecosystem matures, new questions emerge around sustainability, governance, and quality. Today, we unpack the burning questions and discover how we can collectively build an even healthier, more robust Backstage future. ...

Presenters Thuan Pham Travis Source The Pragmatic Engineer podcast From Boat Person to Tech Titan: Tuan Pham’s Epic Journey Through Uber’s Hypergrowth and Beyond 🚀💡 Ever wondered what it’s like to build a tech giant from the ground up, navigating chaos, impossible deadlines, and unprecedented scale? Our latest conversation with Tuan Pham, a legendary figure in the tech world and former CTO of Uber, pulls back the curtain on this incredible journey. From fleeing Vietnam as a child to leading one of the most complex engineering organizations ever built, Tuan’s story is a masterclass in resilience, innovation, and leadership. ...

Presenters Dan Garfield Revital Barletz Antonela Cukurin Gabriel Quennesson Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 Beyond the Code: Navigating the Cultural Shift to GitOps In the world of cloud-native technology, we often spend our days obsessing over application sets, API rate limits, and directory structures. But as any seasoned engineer will tell you, the hardest part of digital transformation isn’t the software—it’s the people. Recently, Dan Garfield (VP of Open Source at Octopus Deploy and Argo Maintainer) sat down with Antonela Cukurin (Novo Nordisk) and Gabriel Quennesson (Michelin) to discuss the reality of adopting GitOps at a massive scale. From regulated pharma environments to global manufacturing giants, the consensus is clear: GitOps is a cultural revolution disguised as a technical workflow. ...

Presenters Alexander Matyushentsev Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 The Evolution of Argo CD: A Year of Scale, Security, and OCI Magic In the fast-paced world of Cloud Native technology, few projects command as much attention and community passion as Argo CD. At a recent gathering, Alexander Matyushentsev, co-founder of Akuity and a founding engineer of the Argo project, took the stage to synthesize a whirlwind year of development. With over a decade of experience in workflows and CD, Alexander highlights that the project’s strength lies not just in its code, but in its massive, vibrant community. 🌐 ...

Presenters Zhuang Zhang Ryan Wu Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Beyond Single Clusters: Mastering Multi-Cluster Releases with Progressive Delivery 🚀 Are you tired of the release day jitters, especially when you’re juggling multiple Kubernetes clusters? You’re not alone! As Ryan Wu from TIS Cloud Music and Zhuang Zhang from Huawei shared, Kubernetes deployments quickly evolve from a “cluster problem” to a “coordination problem.” This means orchestrating releases across regions, clusters, and environments becomes the real challenge. ...