GitOps and CI/CD at tech events
9 write-ups · 8 events · 2025–2026
This hub gathers talks and conversations on GitOps and CI/CD, from Argo CD and Flux to GitLab and release pipelines. Across KubeCon, community meetups and the GitLab Epic Tour, the recurring themes are how teams deploy declaratively, how pipelines scale across clusters, and how delivery tooling fits into platform work.
2026
24 Mar 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
Paulo Menon at KubeCon EU 2026: GenAI and KubernetesReconnected with former colleague Paulo Menon at KubeCon EU 2026 Amsterdam. We talked about AI, MLOps, GitOps and DevOps converging, plus a book tip.
23 Mar 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
KubeCon Europe 2026 Keynotes and Sessions: On the SlidesWhat was on the slides at KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam: Saxo's service blueprint, SNCF on-prem autonomy, Red Hat sovereign AI and Tekton CI.
23 Mar 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Events · Amsterdam
KubeCon EU 2026 Co-located Day: Talks and SlidesThe talks I sat in on at KubeCon Europe 2026's co-located day: golden paths, zero-day prep, backend-first IDPs, OpenTelemetry and a $10,000 Argo CD mistake.
28 Jan 2026 · Build Meetup Amsterdam (Uber x EngFlow) · Amsterdam
Build Meetup Amsterdam 2026: Bazel, Buildbarn, BonanzaMy recap of the Uber x EngFlow Build Meetup in Amsterdam: Python versions in a Bazel monorepo, Bonanza from the Buildbarn creator, Maven and designers.
13 Jan 2026 · Amsterdam tech meetups, January 2026 (roundup) · Amsterdam
Amsterdam Tech Meetups, January 2026: A RoundupFive January 2026 evenings: a YC founder panel at Miro, Polarsteps product principles, BitBash Jurassic Edition, a Xebia book launch and a pitch night.
2025
27 Nov 2025 · GitLab Epic Tour Amsterdam · Amsterdam
GitLab Epic Tour Amsterdam 2025 at the Heineken ExperienceGitLab Epic Tour Amsterdam 2025: security and compliance facts, Booking.com's SaaS migration, AWS on agentic coding and the GitLab Duo Agent Platform.
11 Nov 2025 · Friends of OpenJDK at Uber (Amsterdam Java User Group) · Amsterdam
Friends of OpenJDK at Uber: Upgrades and Supply ChainNotes from the Friends of OpenJDK meetup at Uber Amsterdam, 11 November 2025: JVM monorepo upgrades with OpenRewrite and a live supply chain attack demo.
29 Sept 2025 · Dutch Cloud Native Community Group meetup at ASML · Veldhoven
Dutch Cloud Native at ASML: Kubewarden, Argo CD, GitOpsASML's Kubewarden guardrails across 26 Rancher clusters, Octopus Deploy on scaling Argo CD, then the 2025 State of GitOps report over breakfast.
23 Apr 2025 · Amsterdam.dev meetup (Airflow vs Dagster, Overstory) · Amsterdam
Airflow vs Dagster at Amsterdam.dev, April 2025Amsterdam.dev meetup at Vandebron, 23 April 2025: an Airflow vs Dagster talk, a Jenkins-to-orchestrator history and Overstory's wildfire-prevention platform.