DevSecOps and AI-Assisted Development in GitLab

Come along and find out everything you wanted to know about DevSecOps in GitLab and the new features around AI-Assisted Development and how to maximise your coding potential.

After a long break 😴 we are restarting the GitLab Meetup in London 🏙️. We want to make the events as fun, interesting and engaging as possible and would love to hear from you about your GitLab stories.

July’s meetup is hosted by EPAM at their London offices (9 Devonshire Square) near Liverpool Street.

Agenda:

• 18:00 - Arrivals, pizza, beer and soft drinks
• 18:30 - Introduction
• 18:40 - Talk 1: "DevSecOps with GitLab: How to embed Security within the Software Delivery Process" with Stefania Chaplin
• 19:10 - Break, networking and competition time!
• 19:30 - Talk 2: "AI-Assisted Development: GitLab Code Suggestions and talking to Robots" with Will Hall
• 20:00 - Wrap up, and on to the pub for those that wish to stay

Speakers:

1: Stefania Chaplin, Solutions Architect, GitLab
Stefania’s (aka DevStefOps) experience as a Solutions Architect within DevSecOps, Security Awareness and Software Supply Chain Management means she's helped countless organisations understand and implement security throughout their SDLC. As a python developer at heart, Stefania enjoys optimising and improving operational efficiency by scripting, automating and creating integrations. She is a member of OWASP DevSlop, hosting their technical shows. When not at a computer, Stefania enjoys surfing, yoga and looking after all her tropical plants.

DevSecOps with GitLab: How to embed Security within the Software Delivery Process
Implementing DevOps can drastically improve the rate we deliver software. Organisations can go from deploying changes a few times a year to multiple times a day. What about vulnerabilities? Security is often considered an afterthought and this can have dire consequences as the world becomes increasingly reliant on software. How do we embed security into the software delivery process? Security is a quality check, there are multiple types and we need to make the software delivery experience as smooth as possible.In this session, you'll find out more about common pain points, solutions, and how to embed security within the software delivery process and secure your DevOps process.

2: Will Hall, Director - Technology Solutions, EPAM
Will is an experienced architect, developer, DevOps engineer and manager used to leading multiple teams and projects with planning, delivery and support. He added yamllint to GitLab in 2019 (fun times) and has been a GitLab Hero since 2019 and OpenUK Ambassador since 2021 and is ex-Docker community leader in Cambridge. He spends most of his time trying to reduce complexity in delivering solutions and adding automation in interesting ways to the software lifecycle.

AI-Assisted Development: GitLab Code Suggestions and talking to Robots
Welcome to the future of programming where robots and AI work together to revolutionize the coding experience! In this session, we will dive into the amazing world of AI-Assisted Development where Artificial Intelligence will assist us, mere human developers, to make coding a piece of cake (and hopefully the cake is not made of bricks, salt and sand).
Join us on this fantastical journey as we explore the use of GitLab Code Suggestions to build software solutions. We'll also delve into the benefits of talking to robots in the context of development. Say goodbye to endless, frustrating testing, and hello to a world where robots are your partners in git blame!

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