Supercharging Backstage Scaffolder for Workflows - Jonathan Chan & Francis Hackenberger

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? ...

November 24, 2025 · 6 min

Lightning Talk: The GitOps Armada: Set Sail With Kubernetes Fleet Automation - Netanel Kadosh

Presenters Netanel Kadosh Source ArgoCon NA 2025 From Single Clusters to a Fleet: Mastering Multi-Cloud with GitOps Armada 🚀 Remember that moment three weeks ago when a single AWS region outage sent dashboards into the red and ticket queues into overdrive? The panic was palpable, right? Now, imagine a world where you could spin up three backup clusters without even breaking a sweat, before a problem even hits. That’s the future we’re building, and today, we’re diving deep into how Calura moved from managing isolated clusters to automating an entire fleet across clouds, regions, and environments, all powered by the magic of GitOps. ✨ ...

November 24, 2025 · 6 min

Panel: In AI We Trust? Securing the Future, One Agent at a Time

Presenters Lin Sun Eitan Yarmush Ricardo Aravena Hannah Foxwell Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Navigating the AI Frontier: Security, Trust, and the Rise of Intelligent Agents 🚀 The world of Artificial Intelligence is exploding, and with it, a whole new set of challenges and opportunities. From generative AI to sophisticated AI agents, we’re entering an era where machines are not just processing data, but actively making decisions and interacting with our digital world. But how do we ensure this powerful technology is secure and trustworthy? A recent panel discussion dove deep into these critical questions, exploring whether our current microservices security practices are enough and what new frontiers we need to conquer. ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min

Sponsored Keynote: Spotify Portal for Backstage: The Ultimate Developer Experience - Stanley Nicholl

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! ...

November 24, 2025 · 4 min

Project Update: Argo Project Velocity - Dan Garfield, Program Committee Co-Chair

Presenters Dan Garfield Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Argo: Supercharging Kubernetes and Charting the Future of Cloud-Native 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever feel like you’re juggling a million things just to keep your Kubernetes applications humming? You’re not alone. But what if I told you there’s a powerful suite of tools that’s not just simplifying things, but revolutionizing how two-thirds of Kubernetes users get things done? Get ready to dive into the incredible world of Argo! ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min