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Syntasso Sessions at KubeCon EU: Hackathons, K8s Operators, DevEx and More!

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With the official KubeCon EU 2025 schedule announced this week, we’re super happy to announce that the Syntasso team will be speaking in (at least) five sessions! We’ll also be sponsoring the main conference and the Platform Engineering Day co-located event in our home city. 


If you’re struggling with speedily delivering applications, securing and upgrading platforms, or scaling your Kubernetes fleet, we’ve got you covered. Check out the sessions where we will share our experiences, and then drop by the booth to learn how you, too, can build effective platforms (and grab some great Syntasso Kratix Enterprise swag, too)!


Join the Syntasso team at KubeCon EU 2025 in London
Join the Syntasso team at KubeCon EU 2025 in London

I’ve included details of our talks below and also gave a shout-out to the amazing folks from the community we’ve teamed up with.


Tutorial: "Working Code Wins": Win Big With a Cloud Native Hackathon Starter Pack - Phill Morton, The Access Group & Abby Bangser, Syntasso

Join us in Room 12 on Wednesday, April 2, 202,5 14:30 - 15:45 BST


It can be easy to look at the CNCF landscape and think that the CNCF is only focused on tools and technologies. However, the Cloud Native Maturity Model helps re-centre the conversation on the real mission: Business outcomes, people, process, and policy – and of course, also technology.


Join this workshop to learn about our experiences running a company-wide hackathon at The Access Group using only open source software, which not only launched innovative business ideas but also created a whole new awareness and adoption of cloud native technologies.


You will get hands-on with creating effective developer experience using a Backstage Portal, managing infrastructure with OpenTofu, and everything in between. Most importantly, at the end of this session, you will have the working platform blueprint to take back ready for hacking in your organisation.


More information: https://sched.co/1tx6e


Platform Engineering for Software Developers and Architects (Redux) - Daniel Bryant, Syntasso

Join us in Room 4 on Wednesday, April 2, 202,5 17:00 - 17:30 BST


Building on my KubeCon EU 2022 talk, "From Kubernetes to PaaS to... err, what's next," I aim to introduce platform engineering to the software developer and architect communities.


My primary goal is for developers to understand "what good looks like" with a successful platform build and help them understand how a platform can influence the SDLC (for better or worse!)


Key takeaways from the session:

- Explore how platform architecture influences software architecture and vice versa

- Learn why the principles of coupling and cohesion apply to platform components (and configuration) in the same way as they do with software components

- Understand what to expect from an effective platform, including how applications are built, shipped, and run

- Learn about key platform metrics grounded in developer experience frameworks such as DORA, SPACE, and DevEx


More information: https://sched.co/1txA5


Building a Platform Framework: Lessons Learned From Developing a Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator - Cat Morris & Jake Klein, Syntasso

Join us in Room 9 on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 15:00 - 15:30 BST


Running multi-cluster Kubernetes environments introduces significant operational complexities that challenge even skilled engineering teams. In developing Kratix, an open source platform framework to manage these complexities, we encountered technical, organisational, and strategic challenges that reshaped our approach to building reliable, customer-centric software.


As founding engineer and product manager of Kratix, we have found that while technical expertise is crucial, it often falls short in solving complex, cross-cluster issues. We learnt the importance of diverse perspectives, customer involvement, and embracing existing CNCF projects.


By sharing our successes and setbacks, we aim to equip you with a holistic approach to managing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, fostering resilience and adaptability in an evolving technological landscape.


More information: https://sched.co/1txGH


How Do You Measure Developer Productivity? - Jennifer Riggins, The New Stack; Cat Morris, Syntasso; Akshaya Aradhya, Oscilar; Laura Tacho, DX; Helen Greul, Multiverse.io

Join us in Room 4 on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 16:45 - 17:15 BST


Engineering is a science, so we know we can't improve what we don't measure. But many ways of measuring developer productivity focus too much on output, and aren’t trusted by developers.


So, how should we measure developer productivity and quantify the impact of processes, tools, Gen AI and culture on the developer experience (DevEx)? Then, how do you take this data and turn it into something that's actionable and effective? Should we collect quantitative vs qualitative measurements? What about business impact? Cognitive load? Is there a way to measure the maturity of your platform strategy?


Join this panel to learn how from those who have been working with a Platform-as-a-Product mindset for years now. Join Multiverse's (ex-Backstage) Helen Greul, Oscilar’s (ex-GitHub, Netflix) Akshaya Aradhya, DX's Laura Tacho and Syntasso's Cat Morris in this epic panel hosted by The New Stack's Jennifer Riggins.


More information: https://sched.co/1txAQ


Demystifying Why the World Is Built on Kubernetes: Learning To Leverage Bespoke CRDs and Controllers - Abby Bangser, Syntasso & Sebastien Blanc, Port

Join us in Room 9 on Friday, April 4, 2025, 11:45 - 12:15 BST


When product teams build software, they think about user personas, and Kubernetes is no different. There are three key user personas for Kubernetes: the one who runs containers (developers), the one who manages the cluster (operators) and the one who creates bespoke tooling (platform engineers). While the first two personas have a lot of resources and support, the third often appears to be a dark art that is only possible by the most courageous and advanced Kubernetes users.


What if we were to tell you the only secret to unleash this power is a single schema and a single function? Yes, even the power of graduated CNCF projects such as ArgoCD and CertManager can boil down that simple description. This talk will take a magnifying glass to how Kubernetes CRDs and controllers work so that you can build confidence in both using -- and hopefully building -- custom services on top of Kubernetes.


More information: https://sched.co/1txGW


See you at KubeCon EU!

Stay tuned to our blog (and sign up for our newsletter!) for more details about our KubeCon plans. As this KubeCon takes place in our home city, we will surely have several significant announcements, demos, and new swag!


We look forward to meeting you at KubeCon EU!



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