Guest Speakers: Sami Ur Rehman, Manager & Principal Software Engineer at Runa  

In this episode, our host Mohamed Ahmed, Weaveworks VP of Platform, sits down with Sami Ur Rehman, a Manager and Principal Software Engineer at Runa, a payment network company. Having encountered scalability and maintainability challenges in his previous organization, Sami sought a solution that could automate documentation and design processes. 

Discovering Backstage proved to be a game-changer for Runa. By implementing Backstage, Sami saw significant improvement in overall visibility as well as enhanced collaboration and project efficiency. In addition, Runa’s security team used Backstage to improve incident management and vulnerability management processes. 

Guests:  David Tuite, Roadie CEO, & Martina Iglesias Fernández, CTO, Roadie

As companies experience growth and expansion, their engineering teams also expand, leading to a surge in the number of tools, software, and tribal knowledge within the organization. This growth makes it increasingly difficult to learn about existing technologies, APIs, and processes used. Consequently, developers may adopt their own tools and create processes on their own, further exacerbating the problem. These two critical issues - discoverability and standardization - have paved the way for the rise of developer portals and their widespread adoption.

In this episode, Mohamed Ahmed, Weaveworks VP of Platform, interviews two guests from Roadie, a hosted and managed Internal Developer portal based on Spotify’s backstage. This episode’s guests are David Tuite, Roadie’ CEO, and Martina Iglesias Fernández, Roadie’s CTO and they will be sharing with us how they have empowered their customers to seamlessly adopt and leverage Backstage with their SaaS version. 

Guest Speaker: Antoine Tanguy, Lead Engineering Ops at Brevo

The Backstage Service Catalog serves as a centralized repository, housing vital information about the services that make up a software system. From service names and descriptions to versions, owners, dependencies, and documentation, it equips engineers with a streamlined resource for finding the information they need. By harnessing the power of the catalog, companies can enhance efficiency, save valuable time, and boost overall productivity.

In this episode, we discuss with Antoine Tanguy how he implemented the Backstage service catalog at Brevo (formerly SendInBlue). He shares with us the story of why he looked into Backstage as a potential solution, his challenges implementing it, and the value it brings to engineers across the company. 

Tune in to gain valuable insights into the world of centralizing knowledge and discover how the Backstage service catalog can transform your organization.

Guest Speaker: Søren Mathiasen, Software Engineer at Kapeta.

In 2020, as the scale of operations and business grew, software teams at Spotify were starting to suffer. The continuous context switching, cognitive overload, and fragmented infrastructure all led to engineers becoming less productive. Thus Backstage was born, an internal developer portal (IDP) powered by a centralized software catalog. 

In this episode, we continue to explore Backstage and the benefits it brings. Our guest, Soren Mathiasen, a software engineer, shares with us his experience implementing Backstage for two companies experiencing rapid growth. He explains how Backstage helped improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software development teams. Tune in to hear his insights and experience! 

Guest Speaker: Olivier Liechti, Co-Founder & CTO Avalia Systems

The adoption of Backstage has surged in recent years, as more and more companies embrace it as their internal development portal. Join us in this podcast season as we delve into Backstage and explore how our guests leverage its power.

In this episode, Mohamed Ahmed, VP of Platform at Weaveworks, interviews Olivier Liechti, Co-Founder and CTO of Avalia Systems. Avalia Systems is a software analytics consulting firm that utilizes data generated during software development and operations to provide valuable insights for various users and use cases.

During the conversation, Olivier shares his journey of discovering Backstage, the benefits it offers, and highlights the three most frequently utilized use cases based on his consulting experiences with companies. Tune in now to gain valuable insights!

Guest Speaker:  Andre Wanlin, Software Engineer at Keyloop
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Description:
Numerous organizations have embraced Spotify's Backstage as their internal developer portal solution, utilizing its features to manage developer infrastructure efficiently. With the growing adoption of Backstage across industries, we present The Backstage Chronicles, an exploration into the innovative realm of platform engineering and the technologies propelling it forward.

In this episode, we will be interviewing Andre Wanlin, a Software engineer at Keyloop, a software company that aims to revolutionize the automotive industry with new technologies. In his tenure at Keyloop, Andre has built a developer portal using Backstage to ease the growing complexity of managing applications and infrastructure for software engineers. 

Guest Speaker: Taras Mankovski - CEO, Frontside Software  

Description:
Many enterprises have implemented Spotify’s Backstage as their internal developer portal solution, leveraging its capabilities to manage and streamline their developer infrastructure. As more and more companies adopt Backstage, we’ve created The Backstage Chronicles, where we explore the cutting-edge world of platform engineering and the technologies that drive it. 

In this podcast, we interview Taras Mankovski, CEO of Frontside Software, where he shares his insights and learnings on using Backstage to build developer platforms for his customers. 

Lunar is a 100% digital bank and a FinTech company that strives to democratize the power of money and the way we spend and invest it. Headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Lunar operates in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway serving its 500,000 active customers with a team of 650+ employees. Having received over €345 in funding, Lunar’s valuation is currently at $2.25B.

In the latest episode of our podcast the Art of Modern Ops, Bjørn Hald Sørensen, Engineering Manager of the Platform Team, and Kasper Nissen, Lead Platform Architect at Lunar Bank, are describing how Lunar Bank streamlined workflows and enhanced their developer experience with GitOps

In the latest instalment of The Art of Modern Ops welcomes Weaveworks CEO Alexis Richardson and Magalix CEO Mohamed Ahmed talk trusted delivery and GitOps.

Our latest episode of The Art of Modern Ops welcomes Tech investor and managing director of Dell Technologies Capital, Tyler Jewell. Topics covered are the increasing need of automating software particularly in complex fields such as continuous delivery and the growing shortage of developers handling increasingly intricate software systems.