Flowfuse Expert: Scaling Applications

In the final part of our FlowFuse mini-series on Unplugged: An IIoT Podcast, Phil Seboa and Ed Fuentes close out with Kristopher Sandoval of FlowFuse on what happens once you can build fast: how do you scale, govern and standardise industrial applications across plants, lines and teams?

Kristopher explains why Expert doesn't replace developers — it removes repetitive setup so engineers can focus on operational problems, business logic, architecture and deployment strategy. We cover scaling via FlowFuse pipelines (build once, roll out to hundreds of devices), granular RBAC that persists across instances and sites, air-gapping and data sovereignty for regulated environments, and the bring-your-own-key/model future. The throughline: without FlowFuse's governance, versioning and standardisation, AI-generated apps just become technical debt.

Chapters:

- 0:00 — Welcome back: the changing role of industrial teams

- 1:00 — Expert removes repetitive setup; engineers focus on operational problems

- 5:00 — Augmenting vs replacing developers

- 9:00 — Enterprise governance: self-hosted, BYOK, guardrails

- 12:00 — Scaling across teams and sites with FlowFuse

- 15:00 — Advice for closing the application gap today

- 17:00 — Learning segment

- 18:00 — Closing and outro

Connect

- Kristopher Sandoval (FlowFuse): https://www.linkedin.com/in/krsando/

- FlowFuse docs: https://flowfuse.com/docs

- Phil Seboa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-seboa/

- Ed Fuentes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-fuentes-2046121a/

FlowFuse is a proud sponsor of Unplugged: An IIoT Podcast.

For more Info about Flowfuse Expert visit https://flowfuse.com/

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