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Presenters Damien O'Toole Kieran Egan Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Ericsson’s DevX Revolution: How Backstage Transformed Developer Productivity 🚀 Ever feel like your developers are spending more time hunting for information than actually building awesome stuff? You’re not alone! Ericsson’s developer experience team tackled this exact challenge head-on, embarking on a journey that transformed their internal landscape and resulted in a staggering over 4,000 weekly visits to their Backstage portal by approximately 1260 engineers. This isn’t just about a shiny new tool; it’s a masterclass in cultivating a thriving developer ecosystem. ...

Presenters Alessandro Pomponio Source KyvernoCon NA 2025 From Chaos to Cloud-Native Nirvana: How IBM Research Tamed Bare Metal OpenShift with GitOps and Policy Magic ✨ Ever felt like you’re wrestling a wild beast when managing bare metal OpenShift clusters? You’re not alone! IBM Research faced a similar challenge, drowning in manual configurations and user requests for their high-performance computing environments. But they didn’t just survive; they thrived, transforming their chaotic setup into a streamlined, automated powerhouse using a brilliant trifecta: Argo CD, Kyverno, and Kueue. 🚀 ...

Presenters Jonathan Chan Francis Hackenberger Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Supercharging Developer Workflows: How RBC is Revolutionizing Its Internal Developer Portal with Backstage and Temporal 🚀 Ever feel like your development processes are stuck in the past? You’re not alone! Large organizations, especially those at the forefront of AI and modern infrastructure like RBC, often face the challenge of streamlining complex, multi-step processes that can bring development to a grinding halt. But what if there was a way to inject agility and robustness into these workflows, empowering developers and slashing those frustrating delays? ...

Presenters Stanley Nicholl Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Unlock Your Developer Portal’s Full Potential: Spotify Portal is GA and AI-Ready! 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! 👋 It’s your favorite tech blogger here, and I’ve got some seriously exciting news from the world of platform engineering and developer experience. We’re diving deep into what’s happening with Spotify’s groundbreaking developer portal, and trust me, this is a game-changer for organizations of all sizes! Originally built by Spotify to be the definitive open framework for developer portals, Backstage has always been lauded for its flexibility and extensibility. It promised a single pane of glass for all your technical infrastructure. But as Spotify recognized, not every organization has the dedicated resources to unlock its full power. That’s where their commercial offering, Spotify Portal, steps in! ...

Presenters Michael Crenshaw Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Beyond the Push: Unlocking Scalable GitOps at Intuit 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever feel like you’re wrestling with your GitOps workflows, especially when it comes to managing deployments across multiple environments? You’re not alone! We recently had a fantastic session that dove deep into this exact challenge, and the insights were truly eye-opening. Let’s unpack how Intuit is tackling this, and what it means for the future of GitOps. ...