The documentary on Backstage is available

Yesterday, the latest documentary video about a CNCF project, “Backstage: From Spreadsheet to Standard”, landed on YouTube. It happened shortly after its premiere at KubeCon EU 2026.

In 32 minutes, this video tells the story of Backstage, from its origins at Spotify to modern days. It features the interviews with Spotify employees and Backstage maintainers, including Pia Nilsson, Dave Zolotusky, Petter Måhlén, Tyson Singer, Jimmy Mårdel, Fredrik Adelöw, Ben Lambert, and others.

P.S. Previously, the following documentaries were released:

- “Kubernetes: The Documentary”: Part 1 (24:54) and Part 2 (31:18)
- “Prometheus: The Documentary” (27:00)
- “Inside Envoy: The Proxy for the Future” (31:49)
- “Inside Argo: Automating the Future” (32:15)
- “The Making of Flux”: The Origin (22:21), The Rewrite (44:57), The Scale (23:09), The Future (26:52).

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