Abby's framing is simple: every major shift in software delivery raises the bar. Cloud sped up provisioning. DevOps reshaped ways of working. Kubernetes changed architecture. Now, AI is changing what internal platforms must enable, and it is happening at a pace most organisations are not structurally ready for.

We’re heading to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026, and we’ve got an exciting lineup of talks, panels, demos, games, and (of course) swag you won’t want to miss. Stop by for platform engineering chats, live demos of Syntasso Kratix Enterprise (SKE), prizes, and a copy of our new O’Reilly report.

Stéphane Di Cesare and Cat Morris’ talk at KubeCon EU 2025 in London tackles a challenge most platform teams recognise immediately: platform engineering creates enormous value, but it is often difficult to prove that value in a way the business understands. The reason is simple. Much of the work is invisible.

Cat Morris and Jake Klein’s KubeCon EU 2025 talk in London is a practical walkthrough of what happens when a “simple” Kubernetes setup grows into a full platform estate, and an exploration of the challenges that working with multiple clusters brings. They frame the problem with a familiar story: platform complexity rarely appears overnight. It creeps in, one sensible decision at a time.

This year, we continued to engage with the community at major events, ship improvements to Kratix, and expand the conversation around platform engineering, all while exploring what matters most to platform builders. As 2025 draws to a close, here are our thoughts as to why platform engineering has firmly moved into its next phase.

Building on ideas first introduced in her blog post, Paula Kennedy, COO and co-founder of Syntasso shared real examples, answered questions, and gave tips for teams just getting started.

In our first webinar of 2025, Daniel Bryant was joined by Abby Bangser and Jake Klein to explore the topic "Building Scalable Internal Devel