Cloud Native Dallas

Going Platform-less in the Era of Building Platforms

Attendees:
in-person
Event date
Feb 20, 25
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM CST
Location
Improving, 5445 Legacy Drive, Plano
About this event

In the rapidly evolving tech landscape, building and maintaining robust platforms has become both a necessity and a challenge for organizations. In this talk, he will share their experience of building an internal developer platform, highlighting the hurdles they encountered and the strategies they employed to overcome them.

Session Topics

The complexities and technical challenges faced during their platform development journey, including issues related to scalability, security, and integration.

How they used cell-based architecture combined with technologies and tools such as Kubernetes, GitHub Action, API Gateway, Prometheus, Envoy, OpenSearch, Keda, eBPF, and -Cilium for service mesh management (and more), detailing the implementation processes, and best practices that enabled them to create a robust and efficient system.

How they navigated through these challenges and the lessons learned, providing insights into their problem-solving approaches and decision-making processes.

The critical expertise required and the significant resource investments involved, detailing the skills and knowledge necessary to implement and maintain such a platform.

The benefits and practicality of choosing a platformless strategy, especially for organizations lacking the necessary in-house capabilities, and how this approach can streamline operations and reduce costs.

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