The State of Backstage in 2023
May 01, 2023
33 min
Free
backstage
cncf
software-catalog
scaffolder
developer-experience
platform-engineering
backend-system
governance
plugins
typescript
react
json-schema
Description
Ben Lambert and Patrik Oldsberg from Spotify discuss the current state and future of Backstage, a popular open-source project. They cover project updates, new features in software templates and the backend system, and the evolving project governance model. The talk also highlights improvements to the scaffolder, including async validation and embedded workflows, and details the refactoring of the backend system for better scalability and maintainability.