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title: Argocon Talk

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## Title

~~- Accelerating takeoff with ArgoCD~~
- Hitting the Runway with ArgoCD at American Airlines

## Description (<1000 characters)

Using the power of ArgoCD, American Airlines developers can jet down the Runway and accelerate their development. American Airlines has invested in a internal developer platform to unify the IT community through the powerful foundation of Backstage. In our Backstage implementation, **Runway**, Argo is a key component of our IDP and powers the deployment capabilities to a shared enterprise Kubernetes platform that works tightly with the abstraction layers we've developed. Regardless of new or existing applications, Developers at all levels can take advantage of the power of Argo to acellerate their deployments in a friendly and easy way. Come join this talk to learn more about how American Airlines used Argo in their IDP to bring GitOps to their development teams, how it was implemented, and see all lessons learned in the process.
> [name=Christian Hernandez] "heart" or "center"
heart
> [name=Karl Haworth] Heart or center... Slightly have a difficulty with this one. Its one of the backends that powers Runway. I'll go with it anyways
> [name=Christian Hernandez] Maybe "Argo is a key component of our IDP..."
> [name=Karl Haworth] I think that works for me. Happy to swap it.

## Benefits to the ecosystem

Showcasing the power that abstraction layers can provide to streamline the use of various CNCF products behind a delightful developer experience platform. End users who are curious about developing their own GitOps Centric IDP with Argo can benifit from learning about how it was implemented in a large organization.

> [name=Karl Haworth]Love the updates

## CNCF-hosted software 

ArgoCD, Backstage, Kubernetes, Kuma

## Open source projects

ArgoCD, Backstage, Kubernetes, Kuma, KOPF

## Additional resources

- https://getdx.com/podcast/developer-portal
- https://konghq.com/blog/kuma-service-mesh-american-airlines/
- https://tech.aa.com/2021-12-21-runway-pt1/
