Name: K8s Complexity Tamed: One Interface To Rule Them All With CNCF Incubating Project KubeVela - Jerrin Francis & Gowtham S, Guidewire Software India
Start: 2026-06-18T16:10:00+0530
End: 2026-06-18T16:40:00+0530

18-19 June
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K8s Complexity Tamed: One Interface To Rule Them All With CNCF Incubating Project KubeVela - Jerrin Francis & Gowtham S, Guidewire Software India

Thursday June 18, 2026 4:10pm - 4:40pm IST

Lotus 3 (Level 3)

Platform fragmentation is a silent productivity killer in Kubernetes. As our platform grew, so did its complexity—forcing developers to master observability, authentication, cost control, and more just to deploy a simple service. In this session, we’ll show how we turned a fragmented ecosystem into a unified experience using KubeVela and the Open Application Model. You’ll see how we:

Adopted KubeVela as a universal platform interface

Developed a componentized model so developers declare needs, not implementation

Created reusable traits that auto-inject observability, compliance, and best practices

Reduced cognitive load and boosted application quality

The outcome? Developers build and ship faster, SREs sleep better, governance runs itself, and teams spend less time wrestling with YAML and more time delivering value.

Speakers

Jerrin Francis

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Platform, Guidewire Software, India

Gowtham S

Senior Technical Product Manager - Cloud Platform, Guidewire Software, India

Driving Cloud-native platform engineering product strategy for KubeVela, OAM at Guidewire. Ex-AWS Containers Specialist, helped Enterprise customers to optimize Kubernetes workloads on EKS at scale. Passionate about AI/ML on Kubernetes and CNCF projects.

Thursday June 18, 2026 4:10pm - 4:40pm IST
Lotus 3 (Level 3)

Application Development

Content Experience Level Intermediate

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026

Jerrin Francis

Gowtham S

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