In Today's Newsletter:

• Join us for Dapr Day TOMORROW to celebrate five years of Dapr.
• Get excited for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and save your seat for our Dapr workshop. 
• API meets AI: Using Dapr APIs with Catalyst to build a RAG microservice.
• Watch a deep-dive of Diagrid Catalyst, a set of powerful APIs for building microservices that seamlessly connect to your existing infrastructure. 
• Running Dapr on Kubernetes? Check out our on-demand webinar to see how Conductor automatically scans your configuration and applies security best practices with Advisor. 

Your voice matters 🗣️

Share your Dapr experiences 

Whether you're running Dapr in production, starting a PoC, or just learning or evaluating, your feedback matters. Complete the State of Dapr 2024 survey to be among the first to see this year's results.

>> BE HEARD

See you at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 👋

We're counting down the days until the flagship CNCF event. If you're going to be in Salt Lake City next month, don't miss our free Dapr workshop, a graduation party with Crossplane, and tons of opportunities to meet with the Diagrid team.

>> LEARN MORE

Dapr turns 5 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

We're celebrating Dapr's fifth birthday tomorrow! 🎉🎂 Join Dapr Day 2024 live to hear stories from end users, learn new skills, see what's coming next for the project, and win some fabulous prize.

>> SAVE YOUR SEAT

Calling all serverless developers 📣 

Diagrid Catalyst, now in public preview, unlocks Dapr from Kubernetes by providing a completely managed set of APIs for building microservices. Dive into what you can do with Catalyst in the recording of last week's webinar.

>> WATCH NOW

Video: Best practices for Dapr in under 4 minutes

Diagrid & Dapr in the News:

• DZone: Introducing the New Dapr Jobs API and Scheduler Service
• TFiR: Diagrid’s Catalyst simplifies the complexities of building distributed microservices applications
• DZone: Curating Efficient Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) Workflows
• Cloud Native Now: Diagrid Makes Beta of Managed Dapr Service Available

Video Interview:

Simplifying the complexities of building distributed microservices applications with Mark Fussell 

Upcoming Events:

 🌍 October 14-18 | NDC Porto | Porto, Portugal

The Diagrid team will be at NDC Porto in a sponsor booth, hit them up for Dapr stickers! Be sure to also check out the Dapr workshop: "Build Microservice Applications the Easy Way."

 🌍 October 22-23 | KCD UK | London, United Kingdom

Mauricio "Salaboy" Salatino will be speaking at KCD UK alongside Abby Bangser from Syntasso. Don't miss their Wednesday session: "When Platforms Meet Application Developers."

 🌎 November 5-7 | API World | Santa Clara, United States

Diagrid customer success engineer, Fernando Rocha, will be leading a workshop during API World: "Catalyst APIs: Your Solution for Fragmentation, Code Sprawl, and Vendor Lock-in."

 🌎 November 12 | AppDeveloper Con | Salt Lake City, United States

During this co-located conference to KubeCon + CloudNative Con, find Diagrid and Dapr onstage with customer case studies from FICO and more!

 🌎 November 13-15 | KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 

Don't miss the main event! We have three agenda sessions about the latest dapr developments, plus an exclusive party at an arcade with an open bar and unlimited quarters -- and you're invited!