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Backstage Began As Spotify's Internal Catalog
- Martina Iglesias described Backstage's origin as a small internal site at Spotify that tracked microservice metadata and ownership.
- She explained it evolved from that inventory to the public Backstage developer portal over years of internal use.
Workday Portal Led To Roadie Startup Pivot
- David Tuite recounted building a developer portal at Workday and then pivoting his startup when he discovered Backstage open source.
- He described joining forces with Spotify and helping push Backstage as an open project.
Inventory Reduces Microservice Blind Spots
- Backstage solved the growing unknowns in microservice environments by inventorying services, owners, and architecture.
- That centralized metadata reduced single-person ownership and improved onboarding as systems grew complex.