Cloud Native Computing Meetup | May 2024

Let's meet at the May 2024 CNC meetup on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 at 16:00 CEST.

Location:
Bluelion
Josefstrasse 219
8005 Zürich

How to find us:
Take any train to Hardbrücke train station, or trams 4 and 8 and hop off at Schiffbau.

Agenda:

16:00 – Door Opening
16:05 – Welcome, Intro, & Announcements
16:15 – "Adapting With the Tide: Kubernetes, Postgres, and CloudNativePG Integration" by Sergio Romera (EDB)
16:55 – 5 minutes pause
17:00 – "Sly Velox, an open-source eCommerce Solution for Kubernetes" by Marco Kuendig (CTO, copebit AG) and René Hämmerli (CEO, Sly AG)
17:40 – 5 minutes pause
17:45 – "Backstage Boost: Accelerate Developer Productivity" by Josephine Pfeiffer and Manuel Schindler (Red Hat)
18:25 – Final words, networking & apéro

Session 1: "Adapting With the Tide: Kubernetes, Postgres, and CloudNativePG Integration" by Sergio Romera (EDB)

Embark on a journey at the dynamic intersection of Kubernetes, Postgres, and CloudNativePG. This session delves into the nuances of orchestrating Postgres databases within Kubernetes, utilising the capabilities of CloudNativePG. Attendees will gain insights into the challenges and solutions for achieving seamless containerization and scalability in cloud-native architectures.

Sergio Romera, based in Paris, is an experienced Postgres Engineer at EDB. With a rich 25-year career in IT, he's specialised in database development and administration. His experience spans prominent roles in renowned companies, including Oracle and BNP Paribas, where he managed significant IT projects. At EDB, he's focused on helping organisations develop high-availability database solutions.

Session 2: "Sly Velox, an opensource eCommerce Solution for Kubernetes" by Marco Kuendig (CTO, copebit AG) and René Hämmerli (CEO, Sly AG)

René and Marco will show the audience how Velox is very well running on Kubernetes. They show the autoscaling mechanism and how Velox can integrate in a secure manner with all the AWS services, tightly integrated in Kubernetes. Well-architected from the start.

Marco Kuendig has been in the IT Industry for almost 30 years. Currently CTO at copebit. Holds 9 AWS certifications. René Hämmerli has been in the eCommerce business his entire career. Recently started to work with Kubernetes and loves it.

Session 3: "Backstage Boost: Accelerate Developer Productivity" by Josephine Pfeiffer and Manuel Schindler (Red Hat)

This presentation delves into enhancing developer efficiency through two end-user case studies. It examines a platform engineering-focused scenario and another centered on streamlining developer onboarding. This talk aims to provide insights into optimizing development workflows and tooling, ultimately accelerating productivity in software engineering environments.

Josephine is a consultant with expertise in leveraging cloud solutions to enhance business operations. Her interests include cloud-native technologies, information security, and infrastructure. She has worked for enterprises, SMEs, and startups alike in roles spanning platform engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and technology management. Manuel Schindler is an AppDev Architect specialized in the areas of cloud-native development, modernization and migration of applications towards Open Source environments. With 15+ years of experience in software development and integration, helping on emerging technologies for developers & IT ops teams to achieve their business goals using agile methodologies.

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