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Internal Developer Platforms
Developer Platforms
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Platform Automation
Custom Domain Software Engineering
Software Craftsmanship
AI Systems & LLM Engineering
AI Systems & LLM Engineering

Crossplane & Composition: Taming Secrets at Scale

In one of our client engagements, the development team found themselves in a bind. Running Kubernetes on AWS, they had to juggle **dozens of apps** — -each needing its own set of secrets, each demanding fresh databases on demand, and all under the watchful eyes of policy restrictions

Dr. Sandeep Sadanandan—September 18, 2025