Plugins: An internals deep dive

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Explains that Spinnaker adds a JVM plugin system built on pf4j with per-plugin classloaders for dependency isolation and Spring child application contexts so plugins can auto-wire and promote extensions into core services. Describes two extension models: stable, typed extension points and unsafe, full-internal APIs, and the artifact format of plugin bundles to package multi-service changes. Describes current limits (few extension points), plans to move cloud providers into plugins in 2021, and that the framework is already in use.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:48Plugins
3. 3:34How do plugins work
4. 6:38Spring integration
5. 12:05Whats next
6. 15:20Outro

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