Name: In-Person Meetup Nº 2: Platform Engineering and DevOps in the Age of AI
Start: 2025-10-29T16:00:00.000Z
Location: Qodo HQ

**What happens when AI meets DevOps?** Join us in London to explore how **Platform Engineering, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), and Pulumi’s latest AI innovation, Neo,** are transforming the way we build and scale cloud infrastructure.

**Agenda:**

**5:00 PM – Doors Open**
Grab a drink, enjoy some food, and connect with the community.

**6:00 PM – Building Agentic AI Infrastructure with Pulumi Neo**
*Speaker: Engin Diri, Solutions Architect at Pulumi*

Learn how Agentic AI is redefining infrastructure automation. This session demonstrates how Pulumi Neo enables autonomous decision-making, self-healing systems, and intelligent optimization, while keeping humans in the loop for safety and control.

**6:45 PM – Tech Panel: AI in DevOps and Platform Engineering**
AI is shaking up how we think about infrastructure, automation, and developer experience, but what’s hype, what’s real, and what does it mean for DevOps and platform teams today?

We’ve lined up a brilliant panel who aren’t afraid to share their views and challenge each other:

👤 **[Kief Morris](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiefmorris/)** — Author of *Infrastructure as Code* and Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks. Kief literally wrote the book on modern infrastructure practices.

👤 **[Cheryl Hung](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryljhung/)** — Open source champion, Founder of Cloud Native London, and ex-Apple, Google, CNCF, and Arm. Cheryl has spent her career growing communities and shaping the cloud native ecosystem.

👤 **[Ryan Cormack](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancormack/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancormack/)— Principal Engineer at Motorway, with previous roles at Moonpig and Just Eat. Ryan brings hands-on experience scaling platforms in fast-moving engineering teams.

Expect **juicy questions** like:

* Is AI about to replace infrastructure as code, or just supercharge it?
* How do we balance speed, control, and trust when machines start writing our configs?
* Will AI finally bring consistency to messy multi-cloud setups, or just create new headaches?

Expect sharp debate, strong opinions, and an interactive Q&A session.

**7:15 PM – Open Q&A + Networking**
Bring your questions and join the conversation.

### This event is ideal if you’re interested in:

* DevOps and AI-powered automation
* Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms
* Pulumi Components & reusable abstractions
* Centralised Secrets & Config management
* Real-world case studies from fellow builders

And yes - we’ll wrap up with **food, drinks, and some Pulumi goodies** to take home.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

London Pulumi User Group

Dipali Patel

Steve Karmeinsky

Felix Hoffmann

Jason Whalley

Alberto Pose

Fraser Waters

Daniel Bradley

Estanislao Bosch

Engin Diri

Ravi

Eduard  Popescu 

Deniz Celik

Luke Plausin

Ryan Cormack

Kief Morris

Sarah

Matt Saunders

Amina Layco

Jacob Kachimba

Dhruv Parekh

DevOps Meets Platform Engineering in the Age of AI

Civo Tech Junction

MCP Academy is a full-day gathering for 200 engineering leaders and developers who want to put AI agents to work. Join the community on October 29, 2025 and learn from peers who are using the Model Context Protocol to get more value from their AI agents.
​Topics include:

* ​Overcome MCP deployment hurdles with standardized solutions. Harish Gaggar, **Credit Karma**
* ​MCP Auth: The conflict between standards and practicality. Remy Guercio, **Tailscale**
* ​Bridge agents and infrastructure to extend agents into cloud environments. Artur Laksberg and Adam Bell, **Pulumi**
* ​Ship your AI code with control and visibility. Andre Terron, **Statsig**
* ​From Documentation to Conversation: Making API Catalogs AI-Native with MCP. Ross Kukulinski, **Kong**
* ​Towards autonomy: Building goal-driven MCP servers. Carlisia Campos, **GrokkingTech**

​With additional sessions from:

* ​Nick Aldridge, **AWS**
* ​Denny Lee, **Databricks**
* ​Tiffany Jernigan, **Grafana**
* ​Ben Woskow, **LaunchDarkly**
* ​Jon Turow, **Madrona**
* ​Caitie McCaffrey, **Microsoft**
* ​Elefteria Stein-Kousathana, **Stacklok**

​Breakfast runs from 8:00AM - 9:00AM, and then we have a fast-paced day of 15-20 minute sessions from 9:00AM - 4:00PM (with plenty of breaks for networking, lunch and snacks). Our focus is on practical guidance that puts you closer to using MCP in production.
​An event like this is possible because of our fabulous sponsors. Shout-out to these companies that were quick to support the community and advance knowledge of MCP:

* ​**AWS**
* ​**Kong**
* ​**LaunchDarkly**
* ​**Pulumi**
* ​**Statsig**

[REGISTER HERE​](https://luma.com/mcpacademypnw)
Questions? Reach out anytime to hello@stacklok.com

Seattle Pulumi User Group

Pulumi

MCP Academy PNW

Meydenbauer Center

מה קורה תל אביב?

We are back for our second Pulumi User Group meetup in the vibrant city of Tel Aviv and we are more than excited to welcome the community again and build on the success of the first gathering.

This time, we are guests at Qodo.ai in Tel Aviv.

Our theme is all about Platform Engineering and DevOps in the times of Al. Expect practical demos, real-world patterns, and plenty of time to swap ideas with fellow engineers.

**Agenda:**
**18:00**: Doors open
Check in, grab a drink, say hi.
**18:30**: Welcome
Community updates and what is new in the Pulumi ecosystem.
**18:40:** **Agentic AI in Action: How Pulumi Neo Transforms Infrastructure Management**
**Speaker**: Engin Diri, Solutions Architect at Pulumi

Agentic AI is everywhere nowadays, and autonomous decision-making without constant human supervision is a game changer. Unlike traditional AI that just responds to prompts, Agent AI analyzes data independently, executes complex workflows, adapts to changing circumstances, and integrates with systems to manage entire processes.

In this talk, I'll show you how Pulumi harnesses these advantages in our new product, [Pulumi Neo](https://www.pulumi.com/product/neo/): your newest platform engineer buddy. You'll see how Neo can work on your infrastructure and take care of daunting tasks that used to consume your time. Additionally, I'll demonstrate how our Pulumi MCP server supports your daily work as a Developer, DevOps, or Platform Engineer.

**About the speaker:**
Engin is a Senior Solutions Architect at Pulumi with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles at the Schwarz Group and W&W Versicherungen.

**19:10**: **Building a Product in a Crazy Al Market**
**Speaker**: Hila Fox, Principal Engineer at Qodo

Remember the days when you could build products and tech that didn't change under your feet every 5 minutes? I do, it was nice, wasn't it? Well, in this talk, I explore the journey of "Agentifying" Qodo Gen, an agentic development tool, while navigating a market where new releases drop every night and your competitive advantage can evaporate in weeks. I'll share how we incorporated MCPs and LangGraph in our agent and prepare for the inevitable next shift because in Al, the only thing you can assume is that things will change soon.

**About the speaker:**
Hila Fox is a Principal Engineer at Qodo with over 10 years of experience as a technical leader across AI, distributed systems, and platform domains. She’s delivered numerous talks and workshops on architecture, DDD, and career growth, and thrives on building high-quality, scalable systems guided by data and strong team collaboration.
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**19:30: Open Q&A**
Bring your questions and hot takes.

**19:45: Networking**
Continue the chats with snacks and drinks.

**Who should attend:**
Developers, platform engineers and DevOps exploring Al-powered workflows
Teams building Internal Developer Platforms and golden paths
Developers curious about Pulumi Al and infrastructure as code best practices
Anyone interested in agentic patterns and practical Al in engineering

Big thanks to our hosts at Qodo for welcoming the community.
RSVP today and help us grow the Tel Aviv Pulumi community.
See you there!

Tel Aviv Pulumi User Group

Dana Fine

Qodo

Ziv Kaspersky

Natallie Hen

Or Gutenberg

orly

Omri Siri

sergei M

idan

Harel RL Klopfer

David Paley

Guy Markovich

Uri Sorek

Omer Zifman

Matan Salto

gilad

Ziv Peleg-Halperin

Gili kamma

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