Declarative...ish? Fixing Hidden Argo CD Pitfalls in Your GitOps Setup - Regina Voloshin

Presenters Regina Voloshin Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 Stop Doing GitOps Wrong: 5 Argo CD Pitfalls and How to Fix Them GitOps starts as a dream. You install Argo CD, deploy your first few applications, and the team feels unstoppable. But fast forward six months, and many organizations find themselves staring at a tangled mess that refuses to scale. Regina Voloshin, an Argo CD maintainer at Octopus Deploy and a top contributor for the last 6 months, identifies the hidden traps that turn a clean setup into a maintenance nightmare. With only 3 women among 35 maintainers in the project, Regina brings a crucial perspective on how to build sustainable, developer-friendly delivery pipelines. ...

March 24, 2026 · 5 min

Lightning Talk: The $10,000 Argo CD Mistake: Eliminating Phantom Sync... Vanshika Jain & Aditya Soni

Presenters Vanshika Jain Aditya Soni Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 The $10,000 Mistake: Taming Argo CD’s Phantom Syncs for Scalability 🚀 Ever feel like your systems are working overtime, even when they don’t need to? It’s a common problem in the tech world, and it can lead to significant performance drains and unnecessary costs. Today, we’re diving deep into a real-world scenario where a team tackled a costly issue with Argo CD’s repo server by eliminating “phantom syncs” and optimizing its architecture. ...

March 24, 2026 · 4 min

Panel: From Signals To Safety Nets: Self-Healing Progressive... Anastasiia G, Julia Furst M & Joe F

Presenters Anastasiia Gubska Julia Furst Morgado Joe Fuller Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Get ready to dive into the future of deployments! 🚀 We recently had the incredible opportunity to join Anastasiia Gubska from Chase UK, Julia Furst Morgado from Dash0, and Joe Fuller from Buoyant, as they illuminated the path to self-healing progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts and Linkerd. This isn’t just about faster deployments; it’s about making them smarter, safer, and self-sufficient. ...

March 24, 2026 · 8 min

Quantum Proofing Sigstore: A Tale of Three Approaches - Kevin Conner & Firas Ghanmi, Red Hat

Presenters Kevin Conner Firas Ghanmi Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 Quantum-Proofing Sigstore: Three Bold Approaches to Secure Our Software Supply Chain 🚀 The digital world runs on trust, and in the realm of software, that trust increasingly relies on robust supply chain security. Sigstore stands as a critical pillar, ensuring the integrity and authenticity of software artifacts. But what happens when the very foundations of our cryptographic security are threatened? Enter quantum computing – a game-changer that could render today’s most secure algorithms obsolete. ...

March 24, 2026 · 8 min

Simplifying Global Compliance for CNCF Projects With the OpenSSF OSPS Baseline - Madalin Neag

Presenters Madalin Neag Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 Navigating the Global Compliance Maze: How OpenSSF OSPO’s Baseline Simplifies Security for Open Source 🌐🛡️ The world of open source software is a vibrant, collaborative engine powering critical infrastructure across the globe. From finance and healthcare to transportation and energy, open source projects are the unsung heroes. But as these projects grow in importance, so does the scrutiny they face, particularly regarding security and compliance. Madalin Neag, an EU Policy Advisor at OpenSSF, sheds light on the increasingly complex regulatory landscape and introduces a powerful solution: the OpenSSF OSPO’s Baseline. ...

March 24, 2026 · 6 min