ArgoCon | Argo CD Update - Alexander Matyushentsev

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. 🌐 ...

March 24, 2026 · 4 min

ArgoCon | Argo Project Velocity Update - Dan Garfield

Presenters Dan Garfield Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Welcome to Argo Con: Diving Deep into the World of Argo! 🚀 Hey Argo enthusiasts! It’s your favorite tech blogger here, ready to dive into the exciting world of the Argo project. Dan Garfield, a key figure in the Argo community and VP of Open Source and Kubernetes at Octopus Deploy, kicked off Argo Con with an energetic keynote that set the stage for an incredible day of learning and connection. Let’s unpack the key highlights and get you up to speed! ...

March 24, 2026 · 6 min

ArgoCon l Sponsored Keynote: From Kubernetes to Anything: The Evolution of Promotion... Jesse Suen

Presenters Jesse Suen Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Unlocking Secure Software Promotion: Kargo’s Game-Changing Custom Steps! 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever wondered what happens before your perfectly synced Kubernetes cluster gets an update? We all love Argo CD for its brilliant GitOps deployment capabilities, keeping our clusters continuously reconciled from Git. But here’s the million-dollar question: what controls what’s allowed into Git in the first place? Jesse Suen, co-founder and CTO of Acuity and co-creator of the Argo and Kargo projects, recently shone a spotlight on this crucial gap. He revealed how Kargo is evolving promotion beyond simple image tag updates, transforming it into a robust enforcement boundary. Get ready to rethink how your software moves! ...

March 24, 2026 · 5 min

Beyond GitOps: Building Intelligent Drift Detection and... Ram Mohan Rao Chukka & Shibi Ramachandran

Presenters Ram Mohan Rao Chukka Shibi Ramachandran Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Beyond Basic GitOps: Adding Intelligence to Argo CD with AI 🧠✨ Ever had a production incident that made you question your automation? We’ve all been there. Imagine this: a Friday afternoon, pager duty fires, and your payment service is down. The culprit? A well-intentioned SRE scaling replicas to handle a traffic spike. Argo CD, doing exactly what it’s told, detects this “configuration drift” and reverts the changes, bringing your application crashing down. 💥 This is the scenario Shibi Ramachandran (Senior Software Engineer at ING) and Ram Mohan Rao Chukka (Senior Software Engineer at JFrog) explored at Argo Con, diving deep into how to inject intelligence into GitOps and Argo CD. ...

March 24, 2026 · 5 min

From Canary To Global: Unified Progressive Delivery for Hybrid Cloud With... Zhuang Zhang & Ryan Wu

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. ...

March 24, 2026 · 7 min