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5 must-see talks at PlatformCon this year

We have just announced the 150+ speakers and talks that will be at PlatformCon 2024 this year. And the level of quality is actually insane. You’ve got to check it out.

From events like KubeCon, AWS Summit, Google Cloud Next, and throughout social and the slack, it’s super clear that the platform engineering community is growing more and more advanced every day. There is no better example of this than PlatformCon 2024 this year.

Don’t believe me? These are just 5 of the talks we’ve got coming. There are dozens more just like them🔥

1. Platforms = (Architecture + DDD + Automation) x Wholesale with platform master Gregor Hohpe

2. Is platform engineering only about IDPs? Think again with Atulpriya Sharma, and Vishal Biyani

3. Harmony in engineering platforms: A decision tree symphony for Orchestrator selection with Ajay Chankramath

4. Everything is code: Embracing GitOps at Spotify with Tim Hansen

5. Maturing your platform engineering initiative with Nicki Watt

Whether you’re into AI, security, open source, observability - there is something awesome in there for you. Go check it out.

Quick bites

Articles of the week:

• This Is Why Infra Teams Should Care About Platform Engineering

From the community:

• Come join me in my webinar “Platform Orchestrator: The platform engineering game changer” on Tuesday!