Jared Watts

Jared Watts and Dan Mangum, contributors to the Crossplane project, share insights into the tool's massive evolution over the past 18 months. They discuss how Crossplane has transformed into a leading choice for platform teams, enabling easy management of multi-cloud infrastructures with user-defined abstractions. The pair dive into the importance of community collaboration, automation, and the role of Kubernetes in modern infrastructure management. They also highlight recent innovations and the need for effective documentation to support new users.

In this lively discussion, guests include Bjorn Rabenstein, a Prometheus contributor at Grafana, and Ben Kochie, a Site Reliability Engineer at GitLab. They delve into the evolution of Prometheus and its growing significance in cloud-native applications. Highlights include advancements in observability with tools like Loki, discussions on efficient version management, and insights into community engagement within the open-source ecosystem. The group also shares experiences from KubeCon and emphasizes the importance of fostering collaboration in the tech community.