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Presenters Debabrata Panigrahi Parseable Inc. Jenil Jain Harness Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Beyond Plugins: Building a Self-Healing, Dynamic Service Catalog 🚀 In the world of internal developer portals, Backstage is often hailed as the “one place to find every service, API, and piece of infrastructure.” For many teams, the initial launch is a triumph. Developers register services, YAML files are written, and leadership is impressed. But then comes Month Six. ...

Presenters Sebastian Poxhofer N26 Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Unlocking the Developer Catalog: N26’s Journey to Empower Engineers 🚀 Ever felt the frustration of a powerful internal developer platform that’s just a little too internal? You know, the one with all the data, but accessing it feels like a scavenger hunt? At N26, a leading mobile bank, they faced this exact challenge with their Backstage catalog. Sebastian Poxhofer, a Tech Lead at N26, shared their brilliant journey to transform their catalog from a treasure trove into an accessible, actionable powerhouse for their engineering teams. Get ready to dive into how they unlocked their catalog, empowering engineers with self-service and automation! ...

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 Gaël Duez Natasha Ann Lum Source Green IO podcast Navigating the AI Dilemma: How Responsible Technologists Can Build a Greener Digital World 🚀💡 In the fast-paced world of technology, AI tools are no longer a novelty; they are a mainstream reality. But what happens when the drive for innovation clashes with the urgent need for environmental sustainability? This is the core dilemma facing a growing number of software engineers, a challenge expertly unpacked by Gaël Duez of Green.io and Natasha Ann Lum, co-founder of Rack Tech podcast and a software engineer for the Singaporean government. ...

Presenters Carlos González de Villaumbrosia David Kaufman Source Product School podcast 🚀 The Death of the Click: How TikTok is Redefining Social Commerce In a world where attention is the most valuable currency, the distance between discovery and purchase is the ultimate battleground. Carlos González de Villaumbrosia recently sat down with David Kaufman, VP of Product at TikTok, to dissect how the platform is transforming from a short-form video app into a full-scale e-commerce powerhouse. With over 200 million monthly active users in the US alone, TikTok isn’t just showing you products—it’s building an entire end-to-end infrastructure to sell them. ...