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Welcome to Platform Engineers Los Angeles!
This is a group for engineers to learn and discuss all things internal tooling, platform teams and internal developer platforms. Every week, we interview some of the best DevOps minds in the industry.
We recently launched our new home, where you can find expert talk recordings, platform tooling resources and links to upcoming events. Check it out at https://platformengineering.org/
Our Slack community is the largest dedicated platform engineering community out there. If you want to dive deeper and connect with other platform nerds š join here!
If you would like to speak at one of our meetups, use this form to submit a talk request.
Good to have you onboard!
Upcoming events (4+)
**STREAM LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlb2MVSVZuU
#PlatformCon2023 INCOMING! āļø Very soon the top DevOps and platform engineering leaders will meet on one virtual stage for just two days. As a reminder, this is a free conference for and about platform engineering, born to celebrate our awesome community of 15k+ platform engineers š„
Join our kick-off event by tuning into YouTube live on Thursday, June 8th at 10:00 am CDT. Then head to the Platform Engineering Slack channel to chat with other attendees and guest speakers in our live Q&As.
Wanna know the best part? All talks are pre-recorded, so youāll be able to watch at your own pace.
PlatformCon 2023 talks delivered by platform engineering professionals will cover five tracks:
- TECH. Dive deep into the technical backbone of developer platforms. This track explores how platform teams solve specific problems with specific toolsāfrom Kubernetes to IaC, service catalogs to GitOps.
- IMPACT. Discover the impact and business value platform engineering initiatives deliver. Hear C-level perspectives on how their platform impacts key metrics and learn how practitioners secure executive buy-in.
- BLUEPRINTS. Explore tried and true platform blueprints and reference architectures. These talks uncover key design considerations and explore how to effectively combine tools for your developer platform.
- CULTURE. Developer platforms donāt live in a vacuum. Theyāre built by engineers for other engineers. This track discusses the cultural aspects of platform engineering, from product management to how it relates to DevOps and SRE.
- STORIES. Learn from practitioners who built platforms for real-life enterprise use cases. These talks showcase the platform journeyāfrom initial steps to building and rolling out across the engineering organization.
AUDIENCE - who should join?
Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, System Engineers, Infrastructure Kubernetes Administrators, Technical Architects, Application Developers with a DevOps affinity, and Technical Management.
Event website: https://platformcon.com/
Join the Slack community: https://platformengineering.org/slack-rd
- peterwarnock
- Anas M.
- Mikkel G.
- 4 attendees
**STREAM LINK WILL BE PUBLISHED 09:30 AM (CDT TIME ZONE) ON JUNE 9th**
#PlatformCon2023 INCOMING! āļø Very soon the top DevOps and platform engineering leaders will meet on one virtual stage for just two days. As a reminder, this is a free conference for and about platform engineering, born to celebrate our awesome community of 15k+ platform engineers š„
Join our kick-off event by tuning into YouTube live on Friday, June 9th at 10:00 am CDT. Then head to the Platform Engineering Slack channel to chat with other attendees and guest speakers in our live Q&As.
Wanna know the best part? All talks are pre-recorded, so youāll be able to watch at your own pace.
PlatformCon 2023 talks delivered by platform engineering professionals will cover five tracks:
- TECH. Dive deep into the technical backbone of developer platforms. This track explores how platform teams solve specific problems with specific toolsāfrom Kubernetes to IaC, service catalogs to GitOps.
- IMPACT. Discover the impact and business value platform engineering initiatives deliver. Hear C-level perspectives on how their platform impacts key metrics and learn how practitioners secure executive buy-in.
- BLUEPRINTS. Explore tried and true platform blueprints and reference architectures. These talks uncover key design considerations and explore how to effectively combine tools for your developer platform.
- CULTURE. Developer platforms donāt live in a vacuum. Theyāre built by engineers for other engineers. This track discusses the cultural aspects of platform engineering, from product management to how it relates to DevOps and SRE.
- STORIES. Learn from practitioners who built platforms for real-life enterprise use cases. These talks showcase the platform journeyāfrom initial steps to building and rolling out across the engineering organization.
AUDIENCE - who should join?
Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, System Engineers, Infrastructure Kubernetes Administrators, Technical Architects, Application Developers with a DevOps affinity, and Technical Management.
Event website: https://platformcon.com/
Join the Slack community: https://platformengineering.org/slack-rd
- Anas M.
- Mikkel G.
- Katya
- 3 attendees
Every movie has itās army of critics. PlatformCon will too. Join the recap session co-moderated by Luca Galante and David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief at SD Times, to overlook the tops and flops of the conference together with a couple of PlatformCon speakers.
Some of the topics they will explore:
- Highlights and lowlights from the talks and the Platform Engineering community
- Lessons learned and trends spotted
- Community prize for the most active contributor
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Co-moderator
David Rubinstein
Editor-in-Chief at SD Times
As Editor-in-chief he covers news and analysis of events and trends in the development industry, on and in SD Times monthly magazine. He is also a host of "What the Dev?" podcast
Disclaimer: We use Zoom for the webinar stream. The link to the webinar will be sent upon your registration to your email.
- Mikkel G.
- Katya
- 2 attendees
A few years ago MusicTribe transformed from a company that creates musical instruments into a software organization empowering 12 brands. Join Alex Ford and Mustapha Zegaoula from the Platform Engineering team at Music Tribe to understand how they used platform engineering practices to build and roll out their platform across the whole organization.
During this session we will discuss:
- Building a cloud platform and then scaling adoption for all 12 Music Tribe brands
- Enabling developer self-service
- Deep dive into the backbone of the developer platform: Tech stack and tools
After a 30-minute talk thereāll be a 15-minute Q&A, for which we encourage you to submit questions in advance.
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Speakers:
Alex Ford
Platform Engineering Manager, Music Tribe
Alex Ford is a software engineer with over 15 years of experience. Focusing now on building state-of-the-art cloud platforms he relishes working at the bleeding-edge of technology. Previously he played a leading and active role in developing a number of award winning digital audio mixing consoles for the pro-audio industry.
Interesting facts:
1. Loves playing the piano
2. Interested in hacking in his spare time
3. Keen walker
Mustapha Zegaoula
Senior Platform Engineer, Music Tribe
Mustapha is a DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience within the music industry. With a dedicated analytical mind, he has a keen focus on edge service integration.
Interesting facts:
1. Loves building DIY synthesizer kits and components
2. Keen tennis player
3. Green thumb and plant lover
Disclaimer: We use Zoom for the webinar stream. The link to the webinar will be sent upon your registration to your email.
- Mikkel G.
- Katya
- 2 attendees
Past events (74)
- Katya
- Mikkel G.
- peterwarnock
- 3 attendees
