DevOps Special: Malta Tech Talks #8

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​Over the past years engineers at Altenar have gathered impressive expertise in the field of DevOps. Let's talk about declarative approaches for managing Kubernetes, Site Reliability Engineering and when you really need it and Cron jobs orchestration with Apache Airflow.

DevOps Special Meetup Program, Oct 9th (local time):

6pm Guest Arrival and Welcome Reception

​6:30-6:40 pm Intro Speech
​Alex Movergan, DevOps Automation Manager, Altenar

​6:40-7:20 pm How's your product doing? Maybe it’s time for SRE?
​Nikolay Ankin, SRE Enablement Lead Engineer, Altenar

Every product — whether it’s software, hardware, or even an everyday service — must answer a critical question: how reliable is it? We will explore the concept of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) as a mindset and a set of practices that help teams build scalable, fault-tolerant, and resilient products. Together we’ll figure out is SRE just another buzzword or does it really bring value, and how do you know if your team actually needs it.

​7:30-8:10 pm AirFlow: From Cron Chaos to Harmony
Valerii Kretinin, Automation DevOps Engineer, Altenar

Cron jobs seem simple until they fail silently and chaos begins. This talk shows how to move from Cron chaos to reliable orchestration with Apache Airflow, featuring a real-world case of automating ClickHouse backups.
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8:20-9:00 pm From Spray to Play: Our Journey to Cluster API
Artem Davydov, DevOps Automation Core Team Leader, Altenar

​This presentation covers our strategic move from Kubespray to Cluster API. We'll talk why Kubespray proved to be too clunky for our burgeoning needs. And how we found and implemented a more declarative, GitOps-friendly approach for managing Kubernetes.