From 8 Days to 8 Minutes - Automating App and Infrastructure Dependencies

Discover how Portugal's largest private-sector bank revolutionized their app and infrastructure dependencies lifecycle in this 15-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2023. Explore the journey of automating processes to reduce deployment time from 8 days to just 8 minutes, providing a curated self-service experience for software developers. Learn about the innovative approach taken by this financial services company to address developer and SRE productivity challenges by orchestrating tools like Flux, KubeVela, and Crossplane. Gain insights into creating a unified developer experience while ensuring compliance in a highly regulated market. Understand the implementation strategy focused on describing application requirements and IT service dependencies, allowing the platform to determine resource instantiation. Examine the initial design, challenges encountered during the v1 build, and future improvement plans for this cutting-edge platform. Join speakers Nuno Guedes, Cloud Compute Lead, and André Leal, Head of Software Development Framework at Millennium BCP, as they share their expertise and experiences in this enlightening presentation.