Dapr + Score: Mixing the Perfect Cocktail for an Enhanced Developer Experience

This conference talk explores how Dapr and Score can be combined to create an enhanced developer experience (DevEx) in cloud native environments. Learn how Platform Engineering can reduce cognitive load through self-service capabilities that allow developers to focus on coding rather than infrastructure complexities. Discover the optimal level of abstraction and essential tooling that drives value and success for development teams. The presenters demonstrate a practical blueprint showing how Dapr and Score work together - with Dapr abstracting developers from underlying infrastructure dependencies while Platform Engineers configure building blocks and infrastructure seamlessly. Watch a hands-on demonstration of deploying Dapr containerized workloads defined by Score to both Docker Compose and Kubernetes environments. This 31-minute presentation from CNCF by Mathieu Benoit (Humanitec) and Kendall Roden (Diagrid) provides actionable insights for improving developer productivity through modern cloud native tooling.