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title: "Declarative configuration: Past, present, and future – Control Plane Day with Crossplane 2023"
date: 2023-10-11T20:19:12Z
modified: 2023-10-11T20:19:12Z
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timestamp: 2023-10-11T20:19:12Z
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  - Appearances
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Kelsey Hightower and Viktor Farcic, two popular developer advocates, chat all about declarative configuration. From the early days of configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), to the present and future of control planes and natural languages, they offer their insights. Rachel Stephens, senior industry analyst with RedMonk, moderates the discussion at Control Plane Day with Crossplane, presented by Upbound.

This fireside chat was presented live on September 19, 2023

[Recording here.](https://youtu.be/6wOHiTvey7Y?si=CzkwJxNup2mEopH_)