This was a live session at Platform Engineering Day in Paris on March 20, 2024. The recorded session is originally hosted on the CNCF's channel here. Sponsored Keynote: Crossplane—The Best Kept Secret in Platform Engineering—Bassam Tabbara, Upbound So your company has decided to invest in an internal developer platform? This multi-year initiative is likely to bring new levels of developer productivity and decrease overall costs. What recipe should you follow for your platform? In this talk we share how Crossplane plays a critical role at the heart of every internal developer platform. It’s the best-kept secret within platform engineering teams. It’s no surprise given the world’s largest platforms are built on top of control planes. Learn how a bank and an athletic company are building their internal platforms to get a glimpse of Crossplane in action. We’ll highlight the benefits of using Crossplane to create self-service, scalable, and efficient platforms that abstract away the complexities of the underlying infrastructure, allowing developers to focus on what they do best: building applications.