Testing Upbound's New Go Text Template integration with Visual Studio Code

Upbound now supports Go templates for control planes with VS Code, offering schema validation, autocompletion, and testing for platform engineers.

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May 22, 2025

Steven Borrelli

Platform Engineering Simplified: The Power of Crossplane’s Nested Abstractions

One of Crossplane's most compelling features is its sophisticated nested abstraction model, which enables platform teams to create elegant, layered APIs that shield consumers from underlying complexity. It enables a whole new way of thinking about infrastructure as a product.

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May 8, 2025

Markus Schweig

Upbound at KCD Helsinki 2025: Securing the Cloud-Native Future, One Talk at a Time

We’re thrilled to announce that two Upbound team members will be speaking at KCD Helsinki, sharing insights on access control and air-gapped control planes—two timely topics for organizations operating in regulated or large-scale environments.

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May 5, 2025

Upbound

Streamline, Secure, Deliver: Upbound’s Guide to Level Up Your Crossplane Platform

Upbound recently hosted a webinar that showcased how Upbound is enhancing the Crossplane developer experience and outlined the work Upbound has done to create a secure software supply chain for its official providers.

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May 1, 2025

Ana Margarita Medina

Recapping Upbound at KubeCon London 2025

At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025, Upbound showcased its leadership in platform engineering with engaging talks, live demos, and a preview of Crossplane v2.

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April 24, 2025

Ana Margarita Medina

Unleash Infrastructure Lifecycle Management with Python and Upbound

Unleash infrastructure lifecycle management with Upbound’s Python DevEx For AI Lab. This lab lets you build a self-service AI playground platform on AWS—powered by infrastructure-as-code principles and embedded functions.

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April 1, 2025

Markus Schweig

Meet Us at KubeCon EU 2025

Upbound is excited to join KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 to showcase new platform engineering features with a SDLC for platform engineers, and connect with the Crossplane community through talks, demos, and events. From booth meetups at the Upbound and Crossplane booth to our arcade night with Diagrid.

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March 24, 2025

Ana Margarita Medina

Unified Testing with Upbound: Smarter, Faster, More Efficient Crossplane Testing

Upbound has launched a new unified testing experience that streamlines both composition and end-to-end testing by integrating them directly into the Up CLI, improving efficiency and simplifying developer workflows. This release introduces new APIs, supporting dynamic dependencies, conditionals, language-native test authoring, and automated control plane provisioning and teardown.

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March 21, 2025

Hunsung Lee

Proven Platform Adoption Strategies

Effective platform adoption goes beyond technical excellence—it requires strategic communication, seamless onboarding, and continuous user engagement. Discover proven adoption patterns, real-world examples, and key strategies to drive internal platform success.

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March 13, 2025

Markus Schweig

An Update on Upbound’s Official Providers

Upbound explains how we plan to supplement commercial Official Providers with new community-based edge releases from the same source, ensuring the community has continued access to high-quality Providers without needing a subscription to Upbound.

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February 25, 2025

Craig D Wilhite