Webinar: A Reality Check on Platform Engineering with Kelsey Hightower

Source: VMware Blog

Webinar Overview

Platform Engineering is one of the hottest buzzwords in tech right now, but for the practitioners actually doing the work, the reality is often a messy mix of endless toil, myriads of toolchains, ending up in a “Frankenstein” approach.
It’s time to cut through the noise and focus on what actually works.

Event Details

• Date: March 17 2026
• Title: Beyond Kubernetes: Pragmatic Platform Engineering for 2026
• Speakers:
  • Kelsey Hightower – Industry expert
  • Jad El‑Zein, Principal Technologist at Broadcom – LinkedIn

Key Topics

• Beyond the Hype – Operational reality of designing “golden paths” that balance strict guardrails with developer freedom to reduce toil.
• The “Build vs. Buy” Dilemma – Dissect the pain of DIY platforms and discuss how to treat platforms as true products to survive the next five years.
• The Hybrid Truth – Running modern applications on Kubernetes‑backed platforms that seamlessly integrate both containers and VMs.
• AI Security – Addressing the “Day 2” reality of securing AI workloads and proprietary data for inferencing use cases.

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