The Tortoise and the Hare - Avoiding Technical Debt in a Cloud Native World

Explore a conference talk that delves into managing technical debt in cloud native environments through the lens of Aesop's famous fable. Learn how standards and loose coupling can serve as strategic tools for preventing technical debt from becoming a project-breaking issue in fast-paced technological landscapes. Drawing from extensive experience as a Solutions Architect at Isovalent, Raphael Pinson shares insights on maintaining sustainable development practices while working with modern cloud native technologies like Cilium, Hubble, and Tetragon. Discover approaches for steady, methodical progress toward technical goals rather than rushing to implement solutions, incorporating DevOps principles, configuration management, and agile methodologies to build more maintainable cloud native systems.