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A big release today from upbound ahead of Kubecon_ next week in SLC. I wanted to highlight a few of the features that I'm most excited about 🧵

Headed to Kubecon_ ? Stop by the Rook booth in the project pavilion to discuss your storage scenarios!

nabarun Jared Watts Carol Valencia Wenjia Zhang and Nitish Kumar starting their panel on mentorship in open source

crossplane developers: Don’t overcomplicate versioning! Build durable, adaptable APIs with these tips on schema evolution from Nic Cope 🫱 buff.ly/41faiCN

Platform engineers: Don’t try to do it all. 🙅 Learn how to empower teams, focus on outcomes, and build platforms that deliver real value here from Viktor Farcic’s blog here 👉 buff.ly/41uh1bY

A fresh set of Crossplane patch releases is now available for installation in your control planes! v1.16.5 and v1.17.4 focus on security updates for Crossplane's dependencies, while v1.18.2 also has a fix for downgrading to previous versions. 🎁🎅 github.com/crossplane/cro…

🎙️Thanks to all the amazing guests who joined Ohad Maislish on The IaC Podcast this year: Mitchell Hashimoto she’s not here, man Kris Buytaert Charity Majors Eran Bibi Daniel Grzelak Better angels playing mystic 9th chords of memory Matt Gowie, Liz Rice Zach Goldberg Jérôme Petazzoni Jared Watts Patrick Debois Matty Stratton 🦋 @matty.wtf Taylor Dolezal

🚀 New Webinar Alert! 🚀 Join us for “Streamline, Secure, Deliver: Upbound’s Guide to Level Up Your Crossplane Platform.” 📅 Jan 23 | 🕒 8 am PT 🎟️ Register now: buff.ly/3BYG5NV Simplify builds w/ up CLI & secure crossplane Providers w/ signed images & SBOMs.

⏳ Just 1 week until our crossplane*-focused webinar!* ✅ Build platforms faster w/ **`up`** CLI automation ✅ Secure providers w/ signed images, SBOMs & attestations ✅ Adopt supply chain best practices 📅 Jan 23 | 🕒 8 am PT 🎟️ Save your spot: buff.ly/3BYG5NV

✨ *Excited for the Future of crossplane?* ✨ Tomorrow, we’ll share tools to: ⚡ Speed up platform builds with `up` CLI 🔐 Secure providers with trusted supply chain practices 📅 Jan 23 | 🕒 8 am PT | Register here: buff.ly/3BYG5NV

We've got something truly exciting for crossplane in the works. We've learned many lessons over 6 years of the Crossplane project and tons of production usage and it's time to put those learnings into action. Come work with us on Crossplane v2! 🤓 🚀 blog.crossplane.io/announcing-cro…

Twitter 🚀 We're heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, April 1-4! Here's why you should join us: 🤝 1:1 with CEO Bassam Tabbara 🎤 10+ sessions on crossplane + Upbound 💻 Live demos of new features 🧦 Exclusive swag! 📍 Booth N652 👉 buff.ly/42FMc4D

Crossplane v1.19 is now available for installation into your production control planes! Lots of exciting new features and maturity investments to celebrate from a great community effort. Congratulations to our v1.19 release MVP Argannor 🙇‍♂️! Release notes: github.com/crossplane/cro…

Coming hot off the heels of the v1.19 release today, we also have a round of patches for supported Crossplane releases with security updates and small fixes for both v1.18.3 and v1.17.5! 🛠️ Release notes: github.com/crossplane/cro… github.com/crossplane/cro…

Introducing function-azresourcegraph—query and manage Azure resources seamlessly within Crossplane! 🚀 buff.ly/3EwRllM

🛠️ A platform’s success isn’t just about great technology and features… 📈 — it’s about driving adoption. 👀 Learn how to craft a strategy that engages users and ensures long-term platform growth. utm.guru/uh9XX

my new graffiti backdrop! Since 2021, I’ve been in the #crossplane community, working daily on improving the developer experience for #crossplane at #upbound. Now, my workspace finally reflects that passion! upbound crossplane #controlplane #graffiti #homeoffice

🎉 RSVP now for The Ultimate K8s Arcade Night at KubeCon London + #CloudNativeCon EU! 🎮 Unwind, connect, and challenge your KubeCon fellow attendees during an epic night of games, drinks, and snacks brought to you by Upbound & Diagrid. Spots are limited! utm.guru/uh9rr

crossplane V2 is off to a fantastic start. The session on that last day of KubeCon EU had 1200 people registered and 200-300 overflowed outside. I think we need a much bigger room next time 🙂

Missed Upbound at KubeCon EU 2025? We’ve got you. From Crossplane v2 to Platform Engineering Journeys, history lessons, and spicy Platform Engineering panels, here’s what Upbound brought to London 👉🏼 utm.guru/uijS3