Jared Watts
jbw976.bsky.social
Jared Watts
@jbw976.bsky.social
@upbound.io founding engineer ▪️ @crossplane.io co-creator/maintainer ▪️ @rook.io co-creator/maintainer ▪️ #kubernetes ▪️ #cloudnative ▪️ #golang
Reposted by Jared Watts
🚀Crossplane is now a CNCF Graduated Project! 🎓

From an idea at @upbound.io to a global community shaping platform engineering.

💜 3,000+ contribs. 450+ orgs. 100M+ downloads
🔗 www.cncf.io/announcement...
#CNCF #Crossplane #Kubernetes #PlatformEngineering
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
🚀 It’s here. The highly anticipated Crossplane 2.0 has landed.

Today, we launched Upbound Crossplane 2.0:
⚡ AI-native ops
⚡ Dev tooling + Web UI
⚡ Enterprise runtime

Run infrastructure at AI speed.
🔗 utm.guru/uiZLI
August 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
We couldn't be more happy to announce the release of Crossplane v2.0! This massive release is the culmination of years of production usage, feedback, and lessons from our amazing community.

Read all the details in the blog post and get started with 2.0 today!

blog.crossplane.io/announcing-c...
Announcing Crossplane 2.0
After seven years building Crossplane, we're excited to announce Crossplane 2.0. This release extends beyond infrastructure to support applications as first-class citizens, enabling platform teams to ...
blog.crossplane.io
August 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
🎤 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/uijS2
April 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
🛠️ 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/uh9XZ
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
The Crossplane community has always thrived on collaboration, innovation, and openness. Today, we're excited to announce key updates aimed at fostering the growth of community-contributed Crossplane extensions while reinforcing our commitment to vendor neutrality:
blog.crossplane.io/community-ec...
Strengthening Crossplane's Community-Driven Ecosystem
Today, we're excited to announce key updates for the Crossplane community aimed at fostering the growth of community-contributed Crossplane extensions (providers and functions) while reinforcing our c...
blog.crossplane.io
February 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
Introducing function-azresourcegraph—query and manage Azure resources seamlessly within Crossplane! 🚀 https://bit.ly/4jQ00Qh
Introducing "function-azresourcegraph" for Crossplane: Query Azure Resources With Ease
Introducing "function-azresourcegraph", a new Crossplane function that makes it easy to query and manage Azure resources using Azure Resource Graph. It helps users fetch real-time data, inform…
bit.ly
February 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
Coming hot off the heals 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/c...
github.com/crossplane/c...
Release v1.17.5 · crossplane/crossplane
This is a patch release scoped to fixing issues reported by users of Crossplane v1.17 and fixing security related issues in Crossplane's dependencies. What's Changed fix(deps): update module golan...
github.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
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/c...
Release v1.19.0 · crossplane/crossplane
The v1.19.0 release is a regular quarterly Crossplane release that is focused on maturing a number of key areas of functionality across the project, as Crossplane continues to become more capable, ...
github.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
🚀 We're heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, April 1-4! Here's why you should join us:
🤝 1:1 with CEO Bassam Tabarra
🎤 10+ sessions on Crossplane + Upbound
💻 Live demos of new features
🧦 Exclusive swag!
📍 Booth N652 👉
Upbound at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 London
Are you going to be at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London? So will Upbound! Join us there for the latest updates with Crossplane, Kubernetes, and more.
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
We've got something truly exciting for @crossplane.io 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-c...
Crossplane v2: A More Intuitive Way to Manage Applications
Crossplane v2 introduces a more intuitive, namespaced-first approach to managing both applications and infrastructure, making it easier to compose Kubernetes resources without unnecessary complexity. ...
blog.crossplane.io
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
🚀 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: https://buff.ly/4j7GYo0

Simplify builds w/ up CLI & secure @crossplane.io Providers w/ signed images & SBOMs.
Streamline, Secure, Deliver: Upbound’s Guide to Level Up Your Crossplane Platform
We invite the community to join our Crossplane experts as they walk you through all the latest updates and share valuable tips on how to accelerate your production journey with Upbound's new tools…
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Reposted by Jared Watts
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/c...
Release v1.18.2 · crossplane/crossplane
This is a patch release scoped to fixing issues reported by users of Crossplane v1.17 and fixing security related issues in Crossplane's dependencies. Users of v1.18.x reported that they were no lo...
github.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Jared Watts
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's blog here 👉 bit.ly/41tpv2Z
Paving the Path for Platform Engineers: Strategies for Success
Essential tips for platform engineers to empower teams, avoid pitfalls, and deliver outcomes that matter. Build smarter, not harder, with these strategies.
bit.ly
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Jared Watts
Crossplane enables capabilities to create control planes based on the same principles public cloud providers have.
It democratizes tech previously reserved for cloud providers.
It enables us to create internal developer platforms.
📺 Get started with this tutorial:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpE...
Getting Started with Crossplane: A Glimpse Into the Future | Tutorial (Part 1)
Embark on your journey to Control Plane mastery with the first installment of our Crossplane tutorial series. In this introductory video, "Getting Started wi...
www.youtube.com
February 29, 2024 at 8:19 PM