Platform Abstractions an Asset or Liability? - Let's Understand the Abstraction Debt Trap

This conference talk explores the concept of "Abstraction Debt Trap" in cloud native platforms and how to avoid it. Learn how developers often struggle with complex Kubernetes configurations, CI/CD pipelines, and network policies, and how platforms attempt to solve these issues through abstractions. Discover why these abstractions, while initially helpful, can become rigid bottlenecks that teams either fight against or circumvent. Explore the innovative concept of "Abstraction Elasticity" as a measurable approach to building flexible platform capabilities. Through practical examples and code demonstrations, understand how to measure your platform's abstraction health, implement adaptable interfaces, and create composable abstractions that evolve with your teams rather than restricting them. Gain insights into building APIs that adapt to team maturity and establishing flexible guardrails in this 24-minute presentation from InfraCloud Technologies at a CNCF event.