Panel: Securing the Platform: From Supply Chain to Runtime

As platform engineering matures, securing the underlying infrastructure is paramount. This panel examines the full security spectrum—from supply chain integrity and dependency management to runtime threat detection. Join our experts as they share best practices for implementing robust access controls and vulnerability management to ensure platform reliability and user trust.

https://youtu.be/NA-qCDifTls?si=85Q_iapL7chH1XT8
https://www.kubecrash.io/past-events-fall-2025#panel-securing-the-platform-from-supply-chain-to-runtime

The Green Paved Road: Building Watt-Aware Platforms

Master the architecture of a "Green Paved Road" that invisibly balances delivery velocity with resource efficiency via a strategic GreenOps maturity model. We will explore how to orchestrate Kepler, Kyverno, and KEDA to automate carbon-awareness and eliminate "Efficiency Debt" without manual developer intervention.

https://medium.com/the-tech-matter/the-green-paved-road-a54c4409ffea

5 Tactics to Forging a Hardened Software Chain

In the fast-paced world of Cloud Native, the transition from "code commit" to "production pod" is often a fragmented journey. As platform engineering matures, the responsibility for security has shifted from being a final gatekeeper to a continuous thread woven into the software lifecycle. Gone is the era where a simple image scan was enough. Today’s threats require a multi-layered defence-in-depth strategy that treats security as an automated, immutable property of the platform. This talk provides a tactical blueprint for engineers looking to secure their platforms from the supply chain to runtime.
Watch: https://youtu.be/iis-ycOGeDc?si=oLPDQ6iBqPz_shLT

No Conflicts Found: Merging Women in Cloud Native & Friends of Dorothy (LGBTQ+)

The message is simple but powerful: our communities are stronger together.
💡 A few things this kind of collaboration models for all of us:
→ Intersectionality isn't a complication — it's a strength
→ Allyship across communities multiplies impact
→ Open source thrives when everyone belongs

https://youtu.be/x_LYIpAiEh0?si=zcpGK6OtNNcPkiLW

Your Pods Are Always Late to the Party - Fix It with KEDA

The party started at 8PM. Your Kafka topic started accumulating lag, your job queue started backing up, your users started waiting. And your pods? Still getting dressed.
HPA isn't broken - it's just fashionably late. It waits for CPU and memory to spike before reacting, and by the time new pods are ready, the damage is done.
KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaler, a CNCF graduated project): gets your pods to the party on time.
Scale on Kafka consumer lag, GitHub Actions job queues, Prometheus business metrics, and 60+ external triggers. Scale to zero when it's over. Back up the moment the next one starts.
In this talk we'll cover how KEDA works under the hood, walk through three production-grade scalers, and end with a live demo — zero to autoscaling in one YAML file.

Key Takeaways
- Why HPA is always late and what that costs you in production
- How KEDA extends Kubernetes autoscaling with 60+ external scalers
- Production patterns for Kafka, GitHub Actions, and Prometheus scalers
- How scale-to-zero changes your cost model overnight
- Honest tradeoffs: when KEDA is the right tool and when it isn't

Ref blog: https://medium.com/the-tech-matter/your-pods-are-always-late-to-the-party-fix-it-with-keda-ba8bb1d77688

Why AI Code Review Fails in Kubernetes Platform Teams, with Pronomita Dey | KubeFM

Teams often treat application code as the only *real code*, while *Helm*, *YAML*, and platform configuration get less scrutiny.
Pronomita Dey explains why that blind spot gets worse as AI starts generating more infrastructure changes, more recommendations, and more code than teams can realistically review.

https://youtu.be/LEIZlIMi8-8?si=O4VCyBGOvizksdq_