🎙️ Welcome to “Cloud Unfiltered,” where we tackle everything about platform engineering and the cloud-first world! 🚀 Today’s episode features an insightful chat with Abby Bangser, a Principal Engineer from Syntasso. Dive into the complexities of modern software development and the strategies that aid in streamlining operations in the tech-dominated business environment. 🔹 Who is Abby? Dive into the journey of Abby, who has traversed roles from QA to SRE and now a principal engineer, shaping the future of platform engineering with Craddocks at Centaco. 🔹 The Role of Platforms: Understand the critical role of platforms in providing businesses the tools they need to operate efficiently in a cloud-first environment, focusing on the socio-technical balance essential for successful integration. 🔹 The Power of Centaco and Craddocks: Learn how these innovative tools are revolutionizing the way organizations approach software development, making it faster and easier. 🔹 Challenges in Modern IT: Abby shares insights into common pitfalls organizations face, like CV-driven development and misalignments between tech stacks and business needs. 🔹 Looking Ahead: Explore the future of platform engineering and how professionals like Abby navigate the evolving demands of tech infrastructures, ensuring alignment with business objectives. 👉 Stay tuned as we delve deep into the strategies that Abby employs to not only adapt to changing technologies but to lead the charge in creating robust, scalable platforms that empower software development teams. 🎧 Listen now and don’t forget to subscribe for more episodes from Cloud Unfiltered, connecting you with the experts at the forefront of the cloud technology landscape. ----- Outshift is Cisco’s incubation engine, innovating what's next and new for Cisco products and sharing our expertise on emerging technologies. Discover the latest on cloud native applications, cloud application security, generative AI, quantum networking and security, future-forward tech research, our latest open source projects and more. Keep up with the speed of innovation: → Learn more: Outshift | Cisco → Read our blog: Outshift | Blog Connect with us on social media: → LinkedIn: Outshift by Cisco | LinkedIn → Twitter / X: Outshift by Cisco (@outshiftbycisco) on X → Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Outshift by Cisco This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloudunfiltered.substack.com