I am excited to announce two book signing events for Kubernetes Recipes during KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam. If you are attending KubeCon week, come say hello, grab a signed copy, and let us talk Kubernetes, platform engineering, and cloud-native strategy.
Event 1: Signal Overflow at Booking.com HQ
Monday, March 23 — 18:30 – 21:00
📍 Booking.com HQ, Oosterdokskade 163, Amsterdam
This is a KubeCon special hosted by SRE NL (Site Reliability Engineering Netherlands) at the Booking.com headquarters. The evening features talks on OpenTelemetry best practices for large-scale systems and observability in the AI-native age, plus food, networking, and a book signing session.
What to expect:
- Deep-dive talks on OpenTelemetry and observability at scale
- Networking with the Dutch SRE community and KubeCon attendees
- Food and drinks at one of Amsterdam’s most iconic tech offices
- Kubernetes Recipes book signing — bring your copy or pick one up
Important: Bring a valid ID for building access.
This is a great way to kick off KubeCon week. The SRE NL community brings together practitioners who operate real production systems, and the conversations are always practical and honest.
Event 2: vCluster Booth at KubeCon
Tuesday, March 24 — 12:30 – 13:30
📍 vCluster Booth #521, KubeCon Europe 2026, RAI Amsterdam
During the KubeCon lunch break on Day 1, I will be at the vCluster booth for a book signing session. This is right on the expo floor, so you can stop by between sessions.
What to expect:
- Kubernetes Recipes book signing at booth #521
- Chat about virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and platform engineering
- Quick conversations about implementing Kubernetes in the right place
vCluster is one of the most interesting projects in the Kubernetes ecosystem right now — virtual clusters that give teams isolated Kubernetes environments without the cost and complexity of separate physical clusters. If you are building an internal developer platform, it is worth understanding.
About Kubernetes Recipes
Kubernetes Recipes is a practical guide to solving real-world Kubernetes challenges. It is structured around recipes — reusable solutions for deployment, scaling, security, observability, high availability, and hybrid environments.
The recipe mindset is what makes it different: instead of abstract theory, every chapter gives you something you can apply immediately. Whether you are a developer looking for deployment patterns or a CTO thinking about platform strategy and ROI, the book meets you where you are.
Community Reactions
The book signing at vCluster Booth #521 was a great success! Co-author Grzegorz Stencel shared his experience:
“A bit late, but still worth sharing that I had great pleasure of my kubernetes.recipes book signing with my coauthor Luca Berton at KubeCon 2026 at vCluster stand. Thanks to magnificent and patient vCluster team for organising that!”
Diaa Khalil from the vCluster team commented: “It was a pleasure to have you there Greg!”
A huge thank you to the entire vCluster team for hosting us and making the signing session possible. The conversations about virtual clusters, multi-tenancy, and platform engineering were fantastic.
See You in Amsterdam
KubeCon Europe 2026 is shaping up to be an incredible week. Between the co-located events, the main conference, and the community gatherings, Amsterdam will be the center of the cloud-native world for a week.
Check out the full guide to KubeCon Europe 2026 Side Events for everything happening during the week.
If you want to discuss Kubernetes strategy, AI infrastructure architecture, or platform engineering before or during KubeCon, connect with me on LinkedIn or follow @TheLucaBerton.
See you there.
