What Does Backstage Really Offer – Looking Beyond Catalog and Templates and Into...
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Claims that Backstage is more than catalog and templates: it exposes a composability system, API refs and a plugin framework and now lists 18 core features (up from the promised 16). Concrete APIs include identity API, URL reader, task scheduler, event broker, cache and DB abstractions, proxy, permissions, feature flags, search and analytics. Boilerplate and standalone plugin mode speed development; Backstage proves deployable at scale — it runs off a nested path with single-sign on and is embedded in Harness with many custom plugins built in nine months.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:31Backstage’s open source growth
- 5:23Core features
- 6:49What makes Backstage a true platform
- 9:40Key platform components
- 13:27Backstage as dev platform
- 21:55Embedding in enterprises
- 22:59Backstage’s future
- 23:43Q&A
