London DevOps #87 - Daemon

We have two talks lined up for a meetup at Sainsbury's HQ hosted by Daemon - please see the provisional agenda below:

6:00pm - Arrival

6:45pm - Introductions

7:00pm - The Talks

Gold Standard Infrastructure Pipelines - Nathan Webster

In this talk, we’ll begin by addressing the foundational essentials of infrastructure pipelines—those critical components that, surprisingly, are still missing in many setups. From there, we’ll progressively build upon these fundamentals, introducing additional layers that transform a basic pipeline into a gold standard one. Attendees will gain insights into the standards, tools, and methodologies that enable reliable, versioned, and secure infrastructure releases, ensuring every deployment is as robust and resilient as possible. Whether you’re refining an existing pipeline or starting from scratch, this session will provide a clear roadmap to achieving top-tier infrastructure automation.

Nathan is a Managing Consultant at Daemon, with over 15 years of experience in tech, specialising in leading high-performing teams through complex cloud migration and transformation projects for enterprise clients. Known for a commitment to quality and a passion for “doing the right thing,” Nathan ensures that every project not only meets strategic goals but also aligns with industry best practices.

Long Haul Infrastructure: Successes and Failures - Tomas Doran

Lessons from designing, deploying and iterating a large scale production infrastructure over a decade at Yelp.

Tom is a seasoned developer and site reliability engineer with decades of web and backend development experience. He excels at designing resilient systems, implementing automation and communicating technical tradeoffs. Tomas has worked in many roles across the industry, most recently as a Group Technical Lead at Yelp, leading multiple major projects across cloud infrastructure, telephony and data streaming. As a strong believer in open-source, a lot of Tom’s personal projects can be found on his GitHub and he has shared his insights as an invited speaker at events such as Hashiconf and Puppetconf. He holds an MEng in Electronic Systems Engineering from Victoria University of Manchester and outside of work can mostly be found in the gym or playing DnD.

9:00pm - Pub

Once the meetup is finished, we will head to BrewDog Chancery Lane for a few drinks and networking.

Pub address: 1 Plough Pl, London EC4A 1DE

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