DevOops #7

We're back with the 7th edition of DevOops, and this will be our last event at Fiberplane HQ, as we are moving to a new office.

Incidents and failures happen. Let's discuss them and embrace a blameless culture together.
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Agenda:

06.00 pm - Walk-in/Doors open: Food & Drinks

06.50 pm - Welcome

07.00 pm - Oops moments part I:

Ivica Kolenkaš - Never let a good oops go to waste
Modern enterprises rarely have time to tackle tech debt, especially if their revenue isn't directly tied to the awesomeness of their tech. In life, the only thing constant is change, and I would dare to add, failing. Failing fast and having a quick feedback loop is essential for progress. How do you use failures to advance your company's tech and make it better and more secure?

Join me in sharing several stories about how engineers working for a fashion enterprise used the failures they encountered to turn things around and make improvements.

Paris Kasidiaris - Production password pwned by a botnet!
In January 2014, we suddenly noticed that a new l33t named file premiered on our production application server. The production application system of SourceLair (Online IDE) was pwned by a botnet! This is a story of how an already cloudy —yet quiet— day in Cambridge turned upside down by a simple bot, how we got into Clouseau mode to find what happened and what we did to save us a few hours of sleep in the future!

07.45 pm - Break

07.55 pm - Oops moments part II:

Daniel Rivera & Marina Burkhardt - Stay Calm and Architect On: Navigating DevOps Disasters
Join Daniel and Marina as they share a memorable "Oops" moment from their DevOps journey and offer valuable insights on preventing similar mishaps. In this session, you’ll learn how to adopt a Solutions Architect perspective, focusing on proactive mechanisms, robust frameworks, and forward-thinking strategies to avert disasters while adhering to AWS best practices. Discover how to remain calm in the face of incidents, understanding that failures are inevitable and solving them is a crucial part of a DevOps professional’s role. Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to stay composed and architect well, even when everything fails.

08:15 pm - Quiz

08.30 pm - Get together with snacks and drinks

09.00 pm - Doors closing

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Ivica Kolenkaš is a cloud engineer mixed with a software developer, passionate about Python and infrastructure-as-code. A problem solver with a firm belief that not every problem is a tech problem. Ivica helps companies run their workloads in the cloud effectively with infrastructure-as-code and common sense.

Paris Kasidiaris is co-founder of LOGIC, a web development company that helps organizations create great products and automate processes. In the past, he co-founded SourceLair (an online IDE) and created xterm.js (the terminal used in Visual Studio Code). When he is not running business with LOGIC, he is jungling with Python, Docker and bare metal servers.

Daniel Rivera is a Cloud / DevOps Engineer who worked for multiple AWS Partners, where he leverages his expertise to design, deploy, and manage cloud-based solutions on AWS. With a strong background in Electronics and Telecommunications, Daniel has a deep understanding of cloud architecture, specializing in Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines. He is an active AWS Community Builder and is passionate about sharing his knowledge and contributing to the cloud community through blog posts and community events.

Marina Burkhardt is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, who supports enterprise customers in Germany in their cloud journey. She lives and breathes a DevOps philosophy, has developed a passion for designing and architecting in the cloud and had her fair share of production incidents during her time as a DevOps engineer. Her strategic guidance navigates the intersection of IT and business needs, ensuring a holistic approach that optimizes profitability while boosting digital innovation as well.

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