Find the link to the slides from this webinar here. Each new release of the Crossplane project comes with exciting new updates and capabilities, and the recent v1.16 release is no exception. Our Crossplane experts will take you on a deep dive tour of the newest release and will celebrate the growth of the Crossplane contributor community and give key tips for those that want to get more involved with the project. If you've been sitting on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity, then this is a great time to dive in! Some highlights from this talk include: New high level Crossplane metrics and observability to give you deeper insight into the health and performance of your control plane Effectively harnessing the Usage API to protect critical resources in your infrastructure and how to clean them up quickly when they are no longer needed Making authenticated requests to external services from inside your Functions to super charge your compositions with data important to your organization Getting started with contributing to the Crossplane project with code, docs, functions, and more!