Platform Engineering MeetUp (+ Beer Tasting 🍻😉) - "Hat-trick"

Dear Platform Engineering Community,

WE ARE BACK 🥳🙌🏻 😁

...and our first event of the year will happen on 12th of February, starting at 17:00. Join us as we take over the Delirium Café (AKA Waterfront) for our Hat-trick event!!!

"Hat-Trick??” you ask! Well, much like scoring three goals in a single match, we’re aiming to deliver three times the expertise, excitement, AND entertainment with: three awesome talks, three+ opportunities to connect, and three reasons to celebrate the world of Platform Engineering!! How? With a beer tasting of Delirium Café's AKA Waterfront's specialty beers of course! 🍻🙌🏻

So, BRING YOUR FAVORITE, MOST FUN HAT (Literally!! Bring that hat! Special award awaits for most extraordinary/fun 🧢🎩👒🎓⛑️🪖👑🎅🧙‍♀️ ) and join us for another unforgettable get-together! We can't wait!!! 🎉

Hosted by mogenius and Tarmac

LOCATION
Delirium Cafe AKA Waterfront
Piet Heinkade 4
1019 BR Amsterdam
what3words Address: ///players.mulls.fades

HOW TO GET THERE
🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️: 13Min. walk from Centraal Station
🚋: One stop with tram no. 26 from 'Centraal Station' to 'Amsterdam, Muziekgeb. Bimhuis'
🚗 🅿️: And if you do come by car, the parking garage 'Parkeergarage IJ-oever Centrum' is close by & allows for pre-booking a spot (EUR 9,-- for evening parking from 18:00 - 1:00)

AGENDA
17.00 - 18.00 Doors Open, Welcome Snacks & Drinks
18.00 Welcome by our hosts
18.10 - 18.30 "Policy-Driven Cost Optimization in Kubernetes with Kyverno"
Anusha Hegde, Senior Technical Product Manager @ Nirmata
In this session, you will learn how to leverage Policy-as-Code to:

• Optimize resource usage
• Control cloud costs
• Ensure cost-efficient operations in Kubernetes clusters

18.35 - 18.55 "Journey to a Platform Product"
Michael Meelis, Platform Specialist, Consultant @ ITQ

• Let me take you behind the scenes of RTL, a media company reaching millions of customers monthly through products like Videoland (including RTL XL), Buienradar (a weather app), and RTL Nieuws.
• Experience the journey where RTL goes from a more traditional Sysops org to a Platform product company and learn from the choices we made.
• Gain insight into why technology is not always the solution, but a means to getting a team up and running and that your co-workers are the actual heroes in achieving the platform dream.

19.00 - 19.25 "From free kicks to git commits"
Steve Wade, Cloud-Native Consultant & Trainer @ Steven Wade Consulting

• Experience an unconventional journey from professional football to platform engineering, proving that career pivots can lead to unexpected but extraordinary opportunities.
• Discover how the principles of elite sports translate into tech excellence, challenging traditional thinking about what makes a successful platform engineer and leader.
• Be inspired by a story that proves passion, adaptability, and determination can transform your career path - from scoring goals to architecting developer platforms on Kubernetes.

19:30 - 22.00 Get-together with Drinks & Food (incl. Beer Tasting!!)