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Cloud Native London, April 2026
Hi folks!
Welcome to our April Cloud Native London meetup! Join us to hear from our three great speakers and network with your fellow techies over pizza and drinks, or alternatively chat and following along on Youtube or LinkedIn!
6:00 Pizza and drinks
6:30 Welcome
6:45 From "Trust Then Verify" to "Verify Then Trust": Securing the AI-Accelerated Software Supply Chain (Meghan McGowan, Cloudsmith)
7:15 Keeping Up: Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native (Ole Lensmar, Testkube)
7:45 Wrap up
See you there!
Cheryl (@oicheryl)
**From "Trust Then Verify" to "Verify Then Trust": Securing the AI-Accelerated Software Supply Chain (Meghan McGowan, Cloudsmith)**
With AI accelerating code generation and GitOps driving continuous deployments, testing is under more pressure than ever to keep up.
Ole will take a step back to see whatโs driving the evolution of testing as adoption of Cloud Native technologies and AI for code generation attempts to drive velocity through the roof. How can engineering and platform teams deliver on the need for continuous testing as a scalable approach to quality assurance across the enterprise? And how can DevOps teams leverage AI in testing pipelines for root-cause analysis, automated remediation and intelligent test scheduling - to help push the AI-infused velocity of their dev teams all the way into production?
*Ole started building with XML APIs in the late 90:ies and has since then worked with multiple technologies and startups, most notably as creator of SoapUI in 2004 and Chairman of the Swagger / OpenAPI Initiative in 2015. He joined Testkube at its inception in 2021 and is now entirely focused on ensuring its success at bringing continuous testing to the cloud-native space. When not at his laptop he can be found playing a guitar or riding a bike, but rarely both at the same time.*
**Keeping Up: Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native (Ole Lensmar, Testkube)**
AI has made software teams faster than ever, but it's also quietly outpacing the security and infrastructure built to support them. Drawing on findings from Cloudsmith's 2026 Artifact Management Report, a survey of 505 engineering practitioners across technology, finance, healthcare, and retail, this session examines the compounding challenges that come with near-universal AI code adoption: expanded attack surfaces, hallucinated dependencies, fragmented AI model governance, and the growing operational tax of manual security remediation on top of aging infrastructure.
The session moves from data to diagnosis to direction, challenging teams to rethink a foundational assumption โ that you can trust code first and verify it later. At AI scale, that posture is no longer safe. Attendees will leave with a clear picture of where the industry's most critical gaps are, how their peers are investing in 2026, and three concrete questions they can bring back to their own teams to identify where to act first.
*Meghan McGowan is Principal Product Marketing Manager at Cloudsmith. Before joining Cloudsmith, Meghan spent nearly a decade in the cybersecurity industry focused on security integrations and automation, helping teams operationalize tooling that actually fits their workflows.*
*Based in London, she also worked closely on how threat intelligence can be applied to meet specific regulatory requirements, particularly NIS2 and DORA, giving her a grounded understanding of both the technical and compliance dimensions of modern software security.*โจ
*About Cloudsmith: Cloudsmith is a fully managed, cloud-native artifact management platform that gives engineering teams a single, secure source of truth for all their software artifacts: packages, containers, binaries, and AI/ML models. Built for the scale and speed of modern software delivery, Cloudsmith provides universal repository support, automated security scanning, and policy enforcement at ingestion needed to meet today's compliance requirements.*
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-mcgowan-4b6bb81b/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-mcgowan-4b6bb81b/)*
***Check out [https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon](https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon) if you're interested in speaking or sponsoring.***
Salsa & Bachata Wednesdays: Dance Classes and Party in Brixton Oval
๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐จ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ & ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป! ๐๐บ
Get ready to dance the night away every Wednesday with our fun and friendly Salsa & Bachata classes, followed by an exciting party that lasts until late! ๐
Why You Should Join Our Awesome Classes:
\- ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ: No experience? No problem\! ๐
\- ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ: Come solo or bring friends\! ๐ค
\- ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐: Connect with fellow dance enthusiasts\. ๐ซ
\- ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ: Enjoy a lively atmosphere and great music\. ๐ถ
\- ๐๐๐ป & ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: Perfect for all skill levels\. ๐
\- ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Learn from the best in the business\. ๐ฉโ๐ซ๐จโ๐ซ
\- ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐: Unwind after work in a welcoming space\. ๐
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Class Schedule:
\- 7:00 PM: ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ โ Perfect for newcomers\! ๐
\- 7:30 PM \- 8:30 PM: ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ โ Two levels to choose from\. ๐
\- 8:30 PM \- 9:30 PM: ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ โ Three levels available\. ๐บ
\- 9:30 PM \- 11:00 PM: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น โ Show off your moves and socialize\! ๐
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Location:
๐๐ฑ๐๐น๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐
44 Brixton Rd, SW9 6BT, London
Nearest Underground Station: Oval ๐
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Pricing:
\- 1 ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐: ยฃ13 ๐ท
\- 2 ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐: ยฃ15 ๐ฐ
\- ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น: ยฃ5 ๐๏ธ
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Donโt miss out on an unforgettable evening filled with dance, laughter, and new friendships! We canโt wait to see you there! ๐โจ
Spanish Conversational Club in London!
Please read the full description!
**Spanish Conversational Club**
**Club de conversaciรณn en ESPAรOL**
**How does it work?**
The Spanglish club is for all people wanting to improve their Spanish outside of a class room. Depending on numbers, there are going to be groups of max 6 people, the groups will be Beginners (A2), Intermediate and Advance. Each group will have a Spanish native speaker who can help you with your Spanish :) We will first meet our table amig@s and socialise, then we will make a fun and interesting activity for you to have a better Spanish speaking experience. Please book only if you are 100% sure to attend as there will be other Spanglishers waiting for you.
**Where? Time?**
Royal Festival Hall
Riverside Bar
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
19:30 to 21:00
**Google Maps:** **[https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ZY6zDymAM7M6Lju5](https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ZY6zDymAM7M6Lju5)**
**Note:** We will be at the front of the Riverside Bar. Although, this might change depending on tablesโ availability. Please look for Spanglish Flag/t-shirt or simply call us +447870776718. We donโt have a private area, weโll be at a public space. There will be public noise. You can join the **Whatsapp [https://chat.whatsapp.com/LSUpj7m1tCZ2Vj86dmJR76](https://chat.whatsapp.com/LSUpj7m1tCZ2Vj86dmJR76)** for the latest updates.
**How much does it cost?**
ยฃ10
Your attendance is confirmed once you have booked in this website and paid in our online store.
Store: **[https://www.spanglish-lc.com/page/events](https://www.spanglish-lc.com/page/events)**
FREE for Native Spanish Speakers. รnete! No pagas por el evento :D
**Why should I come?**
You should come if you want to be immersed in a Spanish conversation with native speakers for 90 mins and more! You should also come if you want to make new friends and learn about different cultures at the same time.
**Can we have a drink during the session?**
Of course, it is all about feeling comfortable and we all know that a drink help us with fluency, there is a coffee shop and a bar at the center.
**Can I suggest topics or just make an open suggestion?**
Of course, just bring your suggestions to the session or send us an email. Your event planner will ensure your suggestion has the right execution. We are here to help and provide you guys with the best environment possible for you to have fun and improve your Spanish speaking.
**Note:** This event is not suggested for beginners A1 Zero Spanish learners. Please get in touch if you need some lessons.
**Suggestions or Qs**
Just drop me a WhatsApp, message or email.
Our events are advertised on different platforms. For this event we expect around 20 people.
**[Whatsapp](https://wa.me/message/VHD2GRUCYYBDP1),** Calls or MSNs **[+447870776718](https://wa.me/message/VHD2GRUCYYBDP1)**
**Instagram** and **Facebook** as **[@spanglishlc](https://www.instagram.com/spanglishlc/)**
We have more events and great teachers to enhance your learning, check all our **[events](https://www.spanglish-lc.com/events), [courses](https://www.spanglish-lc.com/learning)**[ ](https://www.spanglish-lc.com/learning)and **[teachers.](https://www.spanglish-lc.com/learning)**
Salsa & Bachata Classes Every Wednesday at Hammersmith Salsa & Bachata Club
WEDNESDAYS at Hammersmith Salsa Club, Hammersmith, London
Open Every Wednesday
Hammersmith Salsa & Bachata Club, 11 Rutland Grove, Hammersmith, W6 9DH (http://www.incognitodance.com/hammersmith-salsa-club-west-london/)
7pm โ 11:00 pm
Bachata Classes: 7:30pm โ 8:20pm (6 levels)
Salsa Classes 8:30 -9:20pm (6 levels)
No prior bookings are needed, just turn up and dance.
Absolute beginners are warmly welcomed.
Wear comfortable shoes and light clothes, to keep you dancing comfortably all night
ยฃ10 Club Only
ยฃ14 Two Classes + Club
Usually has 200+ dancers every week
Fun & friendly classes for dancers of all levels.
Plenty of social dancing to the latest Latin grooves.
Meetup #2
Thank you to everyone who has joined the Agentic community so far and thank you to those who attended the launch event in January!
Its exciting times as we now gear up for the 2nd meet up of the year once again hosted by the wonderful team over at Vorboss LTD! We have a stellar line up for you again so please RSVP and join us on 1st April!
**Odhran O'Donoghue \| Co\-Founder & CTO @ Magentic**
**Making AI with Enterprise-level Reliability**
Making AI work in critical business use cases requires superhuman-level reliability. Achieving this with AI is non-trivial, and even advanced developers can find themselves chasing the wrong paths to success. This talk covers how to build genuinely reliable generative AI to meet the needs of the world's largest customers, drawing from learnings on real-world deployments covering billions of dollars in spend.
Odhran O'Donoghue is CTO of Magentic, the AI agent platform for the worldโs supply chains. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital, used across a range of Fortune 500 manufacturers. Odhran has previously worked with OpenAI and NASA, and led research at the Francis Crick Institute - Europeโs largest scientific centre.
**Anastasia Kundush \| Head of Product @ Alpic**
**Beyond the Chatbot: rethinking user flows in the agentic era.**
Imagine apps that live directly inside ChatGPT or Claude. Instead of clicking buttons, you interact with agentic interfaces. We'll examine novel use cases where models seamlessly adopt complex roles and merge interactive visualizations with conversational insights. You'll learn how to design for this new paradigm and what doesn't work.
Alpic provides the infrastructure and tools to turn your product into an AI-native experience. Our all-in-one MCP hosting platform offers easy one-click deployment, as well as MCP-specific evaluation, analytics, authentication, transport and security.
A huge thank you to Odhran and the team at Magentic for sponsoring pizzas and also a big thank you once again to Vorboss for hosting and supplying drinks for all attendees on the night :)
Lent Course
Join for our 2026 Lent Course, running on Wednesdays during lent directly after the 6.30pm Holy Communion at St Mark's church. We will be exploring a different spiritual discipline each week as we journey towards Easter. There will also be a light supper!
3D London | 3D Networking Community
Its Springtime, and the gardens and landscape are bursting into life!
To celebrate this in our digital world, 3D London has partnered with ITOOSOFT, the makers of ForestPack, to bring you an evening of 3D horticultural inspiration.
**Headline Presentations**
* **Paul Roberts**, Training and Content Manager - ITOOSOFT
"The Craft of Parametric Thinking"
https://www.itoosoft.com/
* **Karen Gazzard**, The Ruby Cube.
"How I have taken the skills learnt in arch-vis and applied them to a different industry - visualisation for ecology."
https://therubycube.com/
**First-time Presentation**
**Alesandros Vounatsos** \- Alvo Headquarters Production Company
"Presenting his short film, produced in Blender".
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandros-vounatsos-aa3b3175/
The ITOO team kindly sponsored April's meetup. Thank you!
Thanks to our sponsors for supporting our monthly meetups.
**[SiNi Software](https://www.sinisoftware.com/)** , **[Chaos](https://www.chaos.com/) , [ITOOSOFT](https://www.itoosoft.com/) , [NTI](https://www.nti-group.com/uk/) , [Heata](https://www.heata.co/)**
#3dlondon #monthlymeetup
Red Hat Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
LDN Talks Spring Community Showcase
We are excited to announce our upcoming Spring Community Showcase. This event is an opportunity for individuals at all skill levels to come together and share their experiences with Rust. Whether youโre working on a personal project, contributing to an open-source initiative, or teaching a concept related to Rust, we invite you to present your work and insights.
Take this opportunity to build your confidence and share what you are doing.
Speakers
===
If you would like to give a presentation, please send Ernest a direct message with your talk title and a brief abstract of approximately 60 words. Each presentation will last about 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions and answers, for a total of 30 minutes. We have four slots available this month.
**Dan Groshev**
Okmain Library: You have an image, but you want a colour
How do you pick a colour that represents an image but also looks good? Dan will talk about his Okmain library, colour science, auto-vectorisation, SIMD, and his experience building it in Rust and PyO3.
**Jรฉrรดme รtรฉvรฉ**
Mockapot: A percolator library in Rust
Jรฉrรดme is the author of the Mokcaccino library, which started as a way to marry my interests for Rust and for search technology. He will discuss the design, the tricky aspects of Rust he learned along the way, and how Rust and Python complement each other.
**Evadne Wu**
JavaScript Sandboxing using Deno on top of Elixir & Erlang/OTP.
Intelligent AI agents can write code that calls existing APIs in secure sandboxes, allowing higher token efficiency, better performance, and lower per-turn latency. Denoโs primitives in Rust can be integrated into such an agent harness, utilising the Elixir programming language and the Erlang/OTP runtime, which allows you to construct agentic systems that are massively concurrent and fault-tolerant.
Cosy Coffee Chats: Exploring Consciousness & Sprituality + Divination Prediction
Time is precious. Here we value non-boring valuable chats and interactions that are fully engaging, soulfully enriching, inspiring, and leave you a bit wiser than when you arrived. In that spirit (mind the pun!), todayโs fully hosted laid back social coffee chat will offer a perfect haven for the inquisitive & curious - those drawn to the mysteries of the universe, life and everything in between.
A tasty caffeine infused fun afternoon of thought-provoking causal chats exploring spirituality/consciousness and related interconnected topics spanning **philosophy,** **neuroscience**, **parapsychology,** **paranormal.** **cosmology** and **noetic sciences** over a mug of sweet coffee (or amazin value Chardonnay!)
Chaired by me - a former Reuters journalist & published empirical researcher exploring spirituality topics in pursuant of the "truth" since a teenager, there'll be no strict structure - a relaxed friendly space to openly chat, exchange ideas & experiences without judgement, but I'll preside to promote inclusivity and zone in on specifics to avoid people digressing onto unrelated tangents to ensure like all of our events - particpants derive maximum utlity and engagement from attending.
Weโll touch on everything from the limits of scientific understanding to exploring the unexplained using practical fun exploratory divination practices drawing on elements of **psychology, metaphysics, epistemology** and **statistical** **probability** of rare events as we do so.
Whether you're a practicing "spiritualist", a curious skeptic, or just someone who loves deep conversation on **lifeโs big questions**, youโll hopefully walk away more enlightened with some practical tips you can start applying and inspired to explore more!
As well as illuminating chats to guide self-reflection, obviously no sprituality event woul be complete without practical tools so there'll be FREE Tarot & I-Ching readings, demonstrations of meditation method to activate super powerful gamma brain waves, and pyschic tests for a bit of fun, laughter & intrigue!
**Sample of conversational threads** might include: Are we mere organisms pursuing biological survival or does consciousness exist beyond neurons firing in our brains? What explains peoples' paranormal experiences? What would reality look like If our brains were limitless? Declassified CIA files show that as as well as mind control experiments, the US govt employed mediums and remote viewers. If all mumbo jumbo then why? Is Nirvana just a fantasy of deluded people? Does everything happen for a reason?
To clarify - we define spirituality here as an exploration of consciousness, Donald Rumsfeld's unknown unknowns and undiscovered aspects of reality, NOT religion. After all, as my philosophy professor once rightly postulated to me: "If God created Adam, who created God Lucas?" Yep - that inconvenient flaw **debunks every fairytale religion** out there including the oldest religion of them all - paganism - so why is witchcraft still practised outside of **Hogwarts** today?
I may also share the latest peer reviewed empirical evidence surrounding **paranormal** and **consciousness** phenomena.
**=== POTENTIAL CONVERSATION STARTERS ===**
1. Does consciousness survive death or is Cambridge Astrophysics Professor Brian Cox right in asserting if **ghosts** existed then particle accelerators at CERN would have already detected ghost molecules making Ouija boards kids play? Are Poltergiests 100% hoax? Brain scans indicate thalamocortical circuits in our brain (pathways in the parietal cortex & central lateral thalamus) drive **consciousness -** so how can spirit/mind live on after **brain death**?
2. Is **synchronicity/coincidence** simply randomness disguised in the eye of the beholder or can what Einstein called โspooky action at a distance" (quantum entanglement) explain it? Molecular Biologists have shown that just like plants - our cells give off resonant frequencies between 10 & 180 kilohertz - could this be a source of non-verbal communication like telepathy?
3. Given **neuroscience**'s infancy with much yet undiscovered - could mediation help access functions outside of our BAU alpha & beta brain wave states? Can **Kundalini yoga** boost **DMT** (dimethyltryptamine) naturally vs drugs like ayahuasca, mushrooms, LSDand if so by what mechanism? Do the artifically created neural signatures using magnetic stimulation observed during mystical experiences debunk them? Is the Maharishi Effect real?
4. Are clairvoyants and mediums just good people readers or are they really able to access time and space in non-linear ways? Is Tyler Henry the real deal or just faking it? Was **Abraham Lincolm** precognizant when he dreamt his own fatal assignation?
5. The laws of statistical probability, Drake Equation & common sense tells us there is other non-microbial life out there. So what explains the Fermi Paradox? Was that 1976 WOW signal aliens? How about the recent strange bahaviour of Boyajian's star or Oumuamua/Atlas interstella object that has just entered our solar system?
6. Could metaverse explain deja vu & reincarnation vs theories from the **psychology** literature (Mandela Effect?) or do we just live in a **simulation** as **Elon Musk** proposes?
7. **Stephen Hawking** once said: "The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities" If matter only manifests when observed as the double slit experiments shows, does that mean everything is consciousness? Does the discovery of *quantum superposition /* disappearing neutrons imply **parallel universes**?
8. Do NDEs suggest something beyond physicality? Were Steve Jobs final words "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow" before he died (New York Times) visions of an afterlife or just neurochemical changes / drugs playing tricks?
9. Can photons omitted by our bodies explain auras that people see?
10. Could limits in our understanding of quantum physics, space and time explain paranormal experiences?
11. What existed before the **big bang** \- how do you get something from "nothing"? I believe our reality is the product of a black hole\. What you reckon?
***So how do we get to the "truth"?***
Both in my journalism days and applying the most advanced empirical research techniques in my client consulting work - it becomes clear the truth is often elusive. No matter how much we triangulate evidence - we can only provide part answers. "All models are wrong, but some are useful" George Box
What we think we know and reality diverge leading to that great **paradox of knowledge.** And as the boundary between knowns and unknown converge, we end up with cognitive dissonance and more questions.
In that spirit - every credible philosopher & scientist acknowledges - we'll never get to the complete truth but could **experimental methods** get us closer to it? A balanced approach guided by Immanuel Kant's pragmatism and Aristotle's deductive reasoning seems the most rationale framework here but are there any other methodologies? How about the **"spirituality"** toolkit?
**=== RENDEZVOUS POINT ===**
We will meet in the Penderel's Oak. *283โ288 High Holborn, Holborn WC1V 7HP* zone 1 central london so very easy to get to. I'll be wearing a **Starwars identifier** and will share mobile hotline just before event start and table number/location
Lucas - The Unenlightened Desperately Seeking Answers
DevOps Society London Event #2 2026
Welcome to our second London meetup of 2026, where we discuss Gen AI and Kubernetes! Details below:
**Location:** Civo Tech Junction, First Floor, 32-37 Cowper St, London EC2A 4AW
**Time:** Doors open at 6PM
**Drinks, snacks, talks, and networking.**
Weโre excited to invite you to our second in-person **DevOps Society Meetup** of 2026, proudly **sponsored by Cast AI**.
This event is focussed around Gen AI and Kubernetes, with two really exciting speakers lined up for this one in Carly and Kunal.
Format of the Meetup:
6:00pm โ 6:30pm โ Networking on arrival, with food and drinks provided by CastAI
6:30pm โ 7:10pm โ First speaker + Q&A
7:10pm โ 7:20pm โ Break for refreshments and networking
7:20pm โ 8:00pm โ Second speaker + Q&A
8:00pm onwards โ More networking at the venue, then at a nearby pub.
*Timings can vary slightly depending on Q&A.*
Weโre excited to welcome everyone to our next DevOps Society London meetup, where weโll be diving into two incredibly relevant topics in modern infrastructure: observing GenAI applications in production and optimising Kubernetes clusters.
Weโll be joined by two brilliant speakers from the ecosystem who are working at the forefront of developer tooling and cloud infrastructure.
As always, expect a relaxed evening of technical learning, discussion, and networking with fellow engineers from across the London tech community.
***
## ๐ค Speaker 1 - Carly Richmond
**Developer Advocate Lead @ Elastic**
### Observing AI Applications with OpenLit and OpenTelemetry
Observability is the ability to measure the current state of a system. With the rapid emergence of LLMs and GenAI applications moving into production, teams now need deeper insight into how these systems behave in real-world environments.
In this talk, Carly will explore best practices for observing production AI applications, covering how engineers can capture logs, traces, and metrics to better understand how LLMs interact within their application ecosystem.
Sheโll walk through a real example of instrumenting an AI agent application written in TypeScript, using OpenLit to generate OpenTelemetry signals. The session will show the types of telemetry data teams can capture to identify usage patterns, detect errors, and troubleshoot issues commonly seen in production GenAI applications.
### About Carly
Carly Richmond is Developer Advocate Lead at Elastic, based in London. Sheโs a UI developer who also writes backend services, a keynote speaker, and a tech writer who is passionate about helping developers build better systems.
Outside of tech, Carly enjoys cooking, photography, drinking tea, and chasing after her young son.
***
## ๐ค Speaker 2 - Kunal Kushwaha
**Senior Developer Advocate @ CAST AI**
### Optimizing Kubernetes and Unlocking Blockers with Container Live Migration
Kubernetes promises automation, yet most clusters run at around **10% CPU utilisation**, leaving large amounts of infrastructure sitting idle.
With endless instance types, constantly shifting prices, and the complexity of modern workloads, maintaining efficient clusters can quickly become a full-time job.
In this talk, Kunal explores the real-world challenges teams face when running Kubernetes in production. Heโll cover where Kubernetes automation works well, where it falls short, and why optimisation remains difficult for many teams.
Topics include:
* Why most Kubernetes clusters are underutilised
* The realities of autoscaling in production environments
* Challenges around instance types and Spot capacity
* Common mistakes teams make with HPA and VPA
Once these challenges are laid out, Kunal introduces Container Live Migration as a way to overcome some of these long-standing blockers.
To bring the concept to life, heโll run a live technical demo where Pods running a small video game are migrated across nodes in real time, while the audience participates. The game continues running without downtime, demonstrating how live migration can improve cluster efficiency without disrupting workloads.
Please register below to secure your spot. Spaces are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Weโre really looking forward to getting the community back together again for our first event of 2026.
[Our slack community](https://join.slack.com/t/devopssociety/shared_invite/zt-3mswuylw7-MhJg1IZ70rX_GpJTluG2Cw) \- join in and introduce yourself\!
[Our Youtube Channel ](https://www.youtube.com/@DevOpsSociety)for regular podcasts with DevOps professionals + more DevOps content.
[Website](https://thedevopsociety.com/)
[To partner with us](https://thedevopsociety.com/partnerships)
CAST AI website - https://cast.ai/
Thanks!
From the DevOps Society team [Ben](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benwhitmarsh/) and [Vytas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vytasdevops/)
OpenClaw UK
**About this event** Whether you've just heard about OpenClaw or you've been running it for a while, come along and meet your people. This is a relaxed, informal get-together for beginners and experts alike โ no agenda, no pressure, just good conversation and a shared love of OpenClaw.
Bring your laptop, chat with new friends, swap ideas, and build stuff together.
**Cost** Free โ no tickets, no fees, just show up.
Trending in China ็ญๆไธญๅฝ
**1st Sunday of every month,** join us for a fun and social way to explore Chinese culture while supercharging your language skills.
This isn't just practice; itโs **accelerated progress** through content you love โ transforming learning into a **fun cultural discovery**!
**This Month's Theme - Trending in China** ๐ฑโจ
Ever wonder whatโs actually taking over screens in China right now? This month, weโre stepping away from the textbooks and into the "Trending" tab!
From the latest viral clips to trendy news that everyone is sharing, come decode the digital culture thatโs shaping modern China today, while learning new phrases along the way! Itโs fast-paced, fun, and 100% real-world.
* **All levels welcome**: our expert host provides active support so you can participate with confidence, regardless of your level.
* **Price:** ยฃ10 (includes all materials + refreshments ๐ตโจ)
* **Secure your spot** - [Tap here to Pay](https://monzo.com/pay/r/china-unbound_qsboSdlMTJ8Q1R)
This is the ultimate fun way to fluency. We can't wait to welcome you!
**How it works - no 'prep work', just chat!**
* **We provide the inspiration:** Each month, we hand-pick authentic "cultural gems" to share (like a song, a short clip, or book).
* Feel free to bring your own material, but there's no pressure to!
* **We provide the treats:** we stock up on free coffee, tea, and biscuits in our beautiful office. ๐ชโ๏ธ
* **You show up and enjoy:** Watch your Mandarin skills soar with natural, real-world practice!
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**Take your Mandarin beyond the event.** If youโre looking for a bit more structure to accelerate your learning, letโs chat! We're offering **FREE 1-on-1 course advice sessions** to help you find the perfect class. **No commitment** required. [Book your Free Session](https://eu.bigin.online/org20070515371/bookings/course-advice)
**[China Unbound](https://china-unbound.co.uk/personal/)** is the best place to learn practical Chinese for adults.
While most schools prioritise grammar and writing, we empower you to communicate confidently in real-world situations. Join us and discover a fun, fast, and personalised way to master Chinese!
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The Product Group London April 2026
Join fellow product people at The Product Group London on **Thu 2nd April** for an evening of learning, sharing and networking.
**Topic of the Night: Product Outcomes Over Outputs**
Product management is changing to be much more focused on achieving quantifiable outcomes over outputs and hitting dates. So how do product people make the shift and stay in the outcomes lane? On the night, weโll explore what this really means incl. the important outcomes to focus on; making the culture shift to outcome focused; adjusting success metrics; using outcomes to drive product strategies, roadmaps, discovery and delivery; getting stakeholders onboard with a different way of thinking, and much more.
**Featured Guest: Phil Hornby, Global Product Lead, ZF Group**
Phil is a product leader, coach and technologist with over 20 years of experience across SaaS, IoT and Automotive. His career has spanned development, sales and operations, but product management is where he found his home, focusing on solving complex customer problems with scalable solutions.
Today, Phil works as Global Product Lead at ZF, leading a tier 1 commercial vehicle diagnostics platform. As a senior IC, he works across multiple product teams to shape cohesive products that combine commercial thinking with deep technical expertise. He also founded a ZF community of practice to connect and grow digital product professionals.
Alongside his ZF role, Phil continues to coach product leaders and teams, having supported thousands of individuals across hundreds of companies. He is known for helping people think clearly, make better decisions and take action that drives real impact. Phil is also a regular speaker and co-host of the Talking Roadmaps podcast.
**About The Product Group London**
The Product Group London is a monthly meetup designed to bring product people of all levels together for topical discussions, as a group and with our guest speakers.
With attendees from startups to large enterprises, there is no shortage of opportunities to network and make new connections. And whilst the focus is on product management, we welcome product designers and engineers to join for some friendly and lively discussions.
**A word about our sponsor and host, BrainStation**
[BrainStation](https://brainstation.io/london) is a global leader in digital skills training, empowering businesses and brands to succeed in the digital age.
Established in 2012, BrainStation has worked with over 500 instructors from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge, real-world digital education that has empowered professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world.
๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐ธ๐ซ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐น CLERKENWELL Language Exchange & Social ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐ท๐ฐ๐ท
**Important - Please Read**
LIMITED SPACES - **You must have a confirmed place to attend this event. **
Welcome to London's Highest Rated International Languages Exchange group with over 1500 reviews rated 5 stars โญโญโญโญโญ
๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐ธ๐ซ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ณ๐ง๐ท๐ฐ๐ท๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐น๐ท๐น๐ผ๐ท๐บ๐ต๐ฑ
To learn more about us and our community visit [www.languages.london](https://www.languages.london/)
WHEN & WHERE
Join us on Friday for our global language exchange from 6pm. The venue is The Craft Beer Co. in Clerkenwell, a really friendly pub with a great selection of drinks (especially beers!) including non-alcoholic options and **we have the whole first floor space exclusively for our event!**
The venue has excellent access to public transport via, tube, train and bus.
HOW WE DO IT
It's simple ....
\~ When you arrive please collect your personalised language badge from us, **BEFORE** you order your drinks. We'll be waiting to give you a warm welcome ๐
\~ Please wear your badge during the event and return it before you leave.
\~ Start meeting the community and having fun, lots of fun!
Confirm your place to attend. There's a small fee of ยฃ2, which you can pay when you arrive.
Please buy something from the bar to support the venue, who kindly offer us a dedicated space.
๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ป๐ณ๐ง๐ฌ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐จ๐ด๐ญ๐บ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐น๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ด๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฟ๐จ๐ญ
**WHO**
Languages in London events are organised for our community - being social, making new friends, building cultural bridges and always very relaxed. Our weekly events in London have the highest number of languages and countries represented.
Note - This is **not** a dating event.
Our events are open to Internationals, Locals, Expats, Students, Travellers..... Everyone!
This is the event for a truly global community and for citizens from around the World ๐
Is this the Intercambio you've been looking for? Want to practice your ingles, espanol , francais, italiano, Deutsch, portugues or other European languages? Asian languages ? Or maybe prefer to only speak English, that's just fine.
**All languages and all fluency levels are welcome** Spread the love, bring your family, friends and colleagues ๐
The creator and organiser of **Languages in London - Girish**, will always be visible at the event and there to support you and help with introductions, if you prefer.
These are real events with real people. We aren't one of those groups that fill our events with fictitious attendees๐ป
We want to remain the **BEST** language events group in London, being the biggest isn't our focus.
**No-shows at our events are always removed from the group.**
**Inactive members are also regularly removed from our group.**
**LANGUAGES**
Here's a selection of some of the languages that our community speak or have been practicing English, Spanish (incl Latin American), French, Italian, Portuguese (incl Brazilian), German, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), Russian, Korean, Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Ukrainian, Polish, Hebrew, Swedish, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Bengali, Dutch, Catalan, Farsi, Greek, Urdu, Welsh, Romanian, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak, Estonian, Danish, Finnish, Turkmen, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Yoruba, Filipino, Thai, Albanian, Croatian, Serbian, Ebo, Gaelic, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Tamazight, Tagalog, Creole, Malagasy, Mongolian, Tok Pisin and more... you get the idea!
๐ท๐ด๐ฌ๐น๐จ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฎ๐จ๐พ๐บ๐พ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐น๐ณ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐พ
**SUSTAINABLE** ๐๐ณ
Like you, we really care about our planet.
We never use paper stickers or wristbands as they can't be reused or recycled and can even damage your clothing โน๏ธ
The Solution? Our personalised and completely reusable Languages in London badges! ๐
So, please make sure you return your badge to us, before you leave the event. We'll sanitise it (anti bacterial & disinfectant cleaners) and use it again & again & again. Thanks for helping us do the right thing and keep our costs down๐
**SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE** ๐ฎโโ๏ธ
We don't tolerate prejudice or harassment of any kind, at any time. Be polite and respectful to everyone else and they will reciprocate. Let's keep the space safe, welcoming for everyone and free of any political agendas. Please report any concerns to the Organiser immediately.
Please look after your belongings, the venue is a public place.
We may take photos or video at the event for future promotional use. Let us know if you'd rather not be included, we respect your choice ๐ธ
**SPREAD THE WORD** ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฌ
If you enjoy our events, please tell your friends and colleagues and help us grow **your** community, thank you โฅ๏ธ
Join our community - [www.languages.london](https://www.languages.london/)
We're looking forward to welcoming you at Languages in London ๐๐
๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ช๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐จ๐บ
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Cocoaheads
Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings.
This Month's Presentation:
Nothing yet. (You should volunteer).
What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)?
CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics.
What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)?
BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend.
Presentations!
Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website.
To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter.
Follow us on Twitter! @BuckeyeCocoa (https://twitter.com/#!/Buckeyecocoa/) For more information: http://buckeyecocoa.org/
Lessons To Help the Introvert to Extrovert!
Do you feel introverted when you are in a group setting? Are you shy?
Do other people have more fun than you do? There are simple life hacks you can use to improve your connection to others and improve your social life.
Talking is one thing. Truly connecting is altogether another. It's the whole experience of connecting with people and forming relationships.
It includes the joy, understanding, and love formed among people.
* In our meetings, you will learn:
* A simple life hack to increase your liking and tolerance of other people, or even of yourself!
* How to become more interested and enjoy conversations with people.
* How to be comfortable in social settings.
* How to be yourself
* How to become more extroverted and,
* How to make connections with people.
Feeling lonely, isolated, or bored? This local meeting is exactly what you need! Come join us!
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to the local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.
IxDA Chat โn Pancakes
Pay attention! Weโre delaying a week for those of you who may be on Spring break and/or celebrating the holiday. Ok, no pancakes, but waffles-a-plenty.
Join the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast.
Look for us upstairs!
What Causes Your Roller Coasters in Life?
Do you sometimes feel like you do well in life then something happens and you slide back, never quite getting ahead.
At this Meetup you'll find out how to identify what actually causes the lows, the highs and everything in between. More importantly youโll get the secret of how to gain control over your life so the highs are higher and the lows go away.
Wouldnโt it be nice to stop the wild roller coaster ride for good? Or at least make it a fun roller coaster ride, with more ups and downs.
There is a hidden factor that will be going over and youโre going to be quite surprised what it is and how much it affects your life.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to the event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is hosted at the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center.
Humanist Program
The Humanist Monthly Program is our longest running event and still a community favorite. In the old days it used to be called "Going to HCCO" and we still like to think of it as our flagship event.
We will be hearing from Becca Powell, Director of Advocacy and Outreach at Unchained At Last, an organization whose mission is dedication to ending forced and child marriage in the United States through direct services and systems change. Unchained At Last's mission clearly meshes and addresses several of our Humanist Ten Commitments. Becca will educate us about an issue many of us may not be familiar with--but should be.
Food and drinks will be provided at the event. Feel free to show up a little bit early to hang out and talk.
Going forward our meetings will be hybrid. You can meet us in-person or attend online
Join Zoom Meeting
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The formal presentation will start at noon
Conquer Negative Emotion To Have a Happier Life!
Do you want more Self Confidence, less Self Doubt, more Happiness, less Anxiety, and more Love? This event is an introduction to how to handle irrational emotion. How often are yours or another's emotions out of control? What is that about??? I have asked these questions and after much search have found answers and am sharing.
Maybe you have suffered a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? After that, you try to move on but you just can't. Possibly you have a thought or emotion that hangs around for days and you just can't shake it. What is all this stress, anxiety, depression, and self doubt? It's just crazy! It's not the real you. You can find out what is at the root of all this.
This is a local event.
Areas you can change with the right information:
* Control of unwanted emotions
* Lack of confidence
* Grief
* Anxiety
* Anger management
* Creating ideal relationships
* Memory
* and more...
This is a local meeting that can start you on the way to a better life, more confidence and less negativity. All the happiness you have lies within you. Let's find it!
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.
DoJo (Informal Python Meeting)
**Latest Dojo Location!**
**Knotty Pine Brewing**
1765 W 3rd Ave,
Columbus, OH 43212
We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works
Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead.
We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community.
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