Lakeside Talks #18 - ☀️Summer Edition ☀️

With the long, bright days of summer ahead, let’s get together for the 18th edition of the Lakeside Talks - now in our favorite summer vibe!

The Lakeside Talks will again be an on-site meetup at our beautiful location in Lakeside Park. Join fellow engineers and tech enthusiasts for two focused talks, live demos, and relaxed networking. As usual, there will be snacks and drinks 🍕🍺😄

What to expect

• Two focused, practical talks with actionable takeaways
• Time for Q&A and relaxed networking afterwards
• Snacks, drinks, and friendly conversation

Logistics

• When: Thursday, 11 June 2026
• Where: Lakeside Spitz, Room Turing (same on-site location as before)
• Format: Talks, Q&A, and relaxed networking
• Perks: Snacks and drinks provided

Our Speakers:

🎙️ Michael Klug
Talk: Rebuilding sucks, k8s inner dev loop for winners
Rebuilds. Image pushes. Helm upgrades. Waiting for pods. Kubectl logs. If your “inner loop” on Kubernetes feels like getting a coffee until you see something or doing lots of shell commands, you’re not alone—and you’re not winning. In this talk, we’ll break down what a modern Kubernetes inner development loop can look like: fast feedback, easy debugging, and an excellent developer experience. We’ll compare the major approaches—live update vs. sync, local vs. remote dev, shared-cluster vs. developer laptop—and show how different tools and patterns optimize (or sabotage) the developer flow. You’ll leave with a an idea how to optimize the inner dev loop and which tools can help you there. Of cause we will show you a demo.

🎙️ Martin Fillafer
Talk: How AI built me an event calendar
A journey how I built an event calendar mostly written by a coding agent and how only AI made the scale of the project possible.

RSVP on Meetup to help us out, bring colleagues and friends who care about developer tooling, Kubernetes, and applied AI. We’re looking forward to seeing you for a summer evening of learning and good company!

See you at Lakeside!