DevOps Basel Meetup: Rebooted & Recharged!

After quite a long pause, we're thrilled to announce that the DevOps Meetup Basel is back—rebooted and recharged! We’re excited to bring you fresh, interesting topics and cool speakers, providing a fantastic opportunity to network and evolve together. Our next Meetup is on October 3rd at the Roche Auditorium, Bau 71, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4058 Basel. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Roche who is hosting us in their location and for empowering us on this journey.

We have two great topics lined up for October 3rd, and the agenda is as follows:

Agenda:
17:30 – 18:00 Arrival and Refreshments
18:00 – 18:05 Welcome Notes by Harsha Vathasavayi
18:05 – 18:50 How We Built a CSI Driver for PureStorage by Mathias Seiler
18:50 – 19:00 Break
19:00 – 19:45 Serverless Powertools by Lena Fuhrimann
19:45 – 20:30 Networking & Apero

How We Built a CSI Driver for PureStorage
Discover the behind-the-scenes story of building a Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for PureStorage—an innovative journey into the heart of modern storage solutions. Mathias Seiler will walk us through the challenges, triumphs, and key insights from this project, shedding light on how to bring automation and efficiency into the cloud infrastructure - will be changed

Mathias Seiler
Head of Cloud Services at Mironet with over 15 years of experience in managing data center infrastructure, Mathias is a seasoned expert in automation. His passion for the Go programming language is rivaled only by his belief that programming is the new literacy. Mathias brings innovation and efficiency to the forefront of cloud services, driving the future of IT infrastructure.

Serverless Powertools
Many of us have experimented with or even deployed serverless functions, but what happens when you scale these solutions to production-level workloads? Lena Fuhrimann will delve into best practices and key learnings from managing large-scale serverless applications. Discover how to optimize your workflow using different tools and efficiently implement them in your projects.

Lena Fuhrimann
Founder of the cloud-focused engineering company bespinian in 2019, Lena has collaborated with prominent clients like Swisscom, 20 Minutes, MeteoSwiss, Axpo, and more to transition their applications to the cloud. Her expertise in running cloud environments with greater efficiency and less overhead will provide invaluable insights. (Fun fact: She uses NixOS!)