The Power of GitOps and the Rise of ArgoCD

Hello Everyone!

We are excited to invite you to our first meetup of the year, featuring a very special guest who will demonstrate to us the magic of GitOps and ArgoCD!

Topic
Everyone is talking about GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and cloud-native workflows. Yet, in practice, many teams still struggle with the fundamentals or misunderstand how GitOps is meant to work.

In this talk, we will explore:

• The core principles of GitOps
• The end-to-end GitOps flow
• Key benefits and real-world challenges
• A quick introduction to ArgoCD, followed by a live demo showcasing the elegance of GitOps in action
• Common anti-patterns observed while helping organizations adopt GitOps and ArgoCD

💡 Whether you are just getting started or already using GitOps in production, this session will offer valuable insights and practical takeaways.

🎤 Speaker
Our very own Patroklos Papapetrou (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ppapapetrou/) Lead Open Source Engineer at Octopus Deploy - will be presenting the topic!
Patroklos is the founder of our SKG Java Community, which he started 12 years ago - for which we are very grateful 🙏 - so this talk is extra special for us!

🎯 Whether you are a Java developer, DevOps engineer, Architect, or simply curious about GitOps, we would love to see you there!

Agenda
7:00 - 7:15 Arrival / Networking
7:15 - 7:20 Meetup Intro
7:20 - 8:20 The Power of GitOps and the Rise of ArgoCD!
8:20 - 9:00 Pizza & Snacks by Chubb

🙏 Chubb (https://www.chubb.com) will be sponsoring our pizzas for the event! 🍕 You can view the open roles and their requirements for Java Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Cloud Engineers, as well as many other roles here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=4135270981&f_C=1269&geoId=104677530

Gifts 🎁

• Make sure you RSVP and join the event, to get a chance to win a JetBrains 100% free license (for any product).
• Our traditional Vasilopita (New Year's pita cutting) will take place during the event - one lucky winner will receive a special gift!

As always, the event is free of charge. Just bring your best mood and enjoy 🙂

See you all there!
Lefteris, Dimitris