Beyond Operations - Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community

Explore how platform engineering transcends operational trends to become a transformative organizational approach in this keynote presentation by Abby Bangser, Principal Engineer at Syntasso. Discover the evolution of cloud native technology from early deployment-focused projects to today's sophisticated platform solutions, examining how each innovation wave has combined technical advancement with fundamental shifts in organizational value delivery. Learn why platform engineering represents more than just another hype cycle, positioning itself as a crucial solution to the current fragmented and unsustainable technology landscape. Understand how decades of platform experience, combined with guidance from the Linux Foundation and CNCF through community groups, white papers, and foundational technologies, is shaping this evolution. Gain insights into viewing platform engineering as a higher-level abstraction that emphasizes organizational patterns, addresses interoperability challenges, and informs architectural decisions to ensure platforms create lasting organizational value rather than serving as temporary tool-centric fixes.