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One of the most anticipated presentations at HAProxyConf 2025 came from gaming and user-generated content (UGC) innovators Roblox. Software Engineer Chris Jones and Senior Site Reliability Engineer Ben Meidel gave an enthusiastic and enjoyable presentation, detailing their journey from legacy hardware to a sophisticated, automated, and secure application delivery platform, with seamless, API-powered dynamic configuration and upgrades, supported by the HAProxy Enterprise Dynamic Update Module.

HAProxy 3.3 is here, and this release brings downloadable packages compiled by HAProxy Technologies, numerous TLS enhancements including expanded ACME support, better observability with persistent stats over reloads, and many improvements to performance and flexibility such as support for QUIC on the backend. These powerful capabilities help HAProxy remain the G2 category leader in API Management, Container Networking, DDoS Protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Load Balancing.

The continuous shift toward containerization means businesses are migrating more complex, mission-critical workloads to Kubernetes. This trend necessitates traffic management solutions that support diverse protocols (such as TCP, UDP, HTTP, and gRPC) and sophisticated organizational architectures, while delivering exceptional performance and efficiency.