Welcome to this issue of The Activation Function. Every other week, I introduce you to a new and exciting open-source backend technology (that you’ve probably only kind of heard about… ) and explain it to you in five minutes or less so you can make better technical decisions moving forward.
In this issue, we’ll explore Crossplane, an open-source framework to provision and manage cloud resources across any cloud provider (aka a multi-cloud control plane) using the magic of Kubernetes.