Feb 2026: Observability + IDP's + WASM
Details
Odigos is sponsoring food & bev this time - thank you Odigos!!
As usual:
- RSVP's close 48 hrs before the event. Please make it easy on us by RSVP'ing only if you intend to show up.
- Don't be late! You'll get locked out, and that's no fun!
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Agenda
6:00 pm: food / drinks / networking
6:20 pm: Talk #1: Observability in K8s with Aryan Abdolhosseini
7:00 pm: Who is hiring? Who is looking?
7:10 pm: Talk #2: Building Abstractions That Matter: A Developer Platform on Kubernetes with Sameera Jayasoma
7:50 pm: Talk #3: Down the rabbit hole - Exploring Cloud Native technologies under strict constraints with Joshua Chaponda
8:30 pm: Finish
Speakers & topics
1. Observability in K8s with Aryan Abdolhosseini from Odigos
We'll cover a solution that is an open-source observability control plane designed specifically for Kubernetes environments. It automatically instruments applications with OpenTelemetry to collect traces, metrics, and logs without requiring any code changes to the application itself.
2. Building Abstractions That Matter: A Developer Platform on Kubernetes with Sameera Jayasoma from WSO2
Kubernetes gives us powerful primitives, but a collection of primitives does not automatically become a developer platform. Platform teams are often left stitching together CI systems, GitOps, portals, observability stacks, and policy engines, only to expose the resulting complexity to developers.
This talk shares the architectural thinking behind OpenChoreo, an open-source, modular platform that introduces higher-level abstractions on top of Kubernetes and other CNCF projects. I'll walk through how OpenChoreo separates concerns using control, data, CI, and observability planes, and how this approach reduces developer cognitive load while preserving strong governance for platform engineers.
3. Down the rabbit hole - Exploring Cloud Native technologies under strict constraints with Joshua Chaponda
An exploration of how to make the most of limited computing resources with various Cloud Native technologies - starting from containers and working up to serverless functions and the lessons learned from doing so. The power of WebAssembly is demonstrated with a fun side-project.
About our sponsors
Odigos is an open-source observability control plane designed specifically for Kubernetes environments
Hybrid/Remote option
Sorry, this event is in-person only, so please join us in Cambridge!