World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Building a Cloud Platform Where Everything is Just Another Kubernetes Resource

Scaling Terraform caused grueling ten-hour deployment plans. Learn how shifting to a Kubernetes control plane eliminates infrastructure drift and supercharges self-service provisioning.

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