Beyond Gateway API: Building a Cloud Agnostic Gateway Controller for Self-Service Network Configuration

This talk explores how to build a self-service platform for network configuration beyond Kubernetes Ingress, enabling developers to manage external network features across multi-cloud and multi-cluster environments. The presenters discuss their experience developing a Kubernetes controller that implements the Gateway API using Crossplane and Istio for cloud-agnostic integrations, aiming to reduce developer cognitive load and provide a paved path for applications.