crossplane

Jul
05

DevBcn 2023

I've been presenting at the JBCN / DevBCN conference, held in Barcelona, Spain, for eight years. Originally started as a Java Conference organized by the local Java User Group, I watched the conference grow from a few hundred people to 1000+.
3 min read
Jun
19

Provisioning Cloud Resources

Crossplane (the project) has matured fast and is ready for its prime time. The Open Source project is a safe bet today. The company behind the project (Upbound) had created impressive momentum bringing collaborations from large companies in the Cloud-Native space to contribute back.
4 min read
May
12

Devoxx UK 2023

Devoxx UK, a conference for seasoned Intermediate/Senior Java developers, a bit of Cloud and a lot of architecture. In this short blog post, I wanted to share some of the topics I've found interesting and some hall track discussions I had during the conference. Take these as my personal notes.
4 min read
May
05

#WT*isSRE Conference in London

WT*isSRE is a London Conference focused on Observability, Platforms, and DevEx. My presentation this time focused on Platforms for Developers on top of Kubernetes.
4 min read
Apr
24

It's about the people, it's about Open Source

Let's be clear, conferences like KubeCon are as good as those attending. This year in Amsterdam 58% of the people attending (that is 5800 people) were attending for the first time.
5 min read
Apr
07

I've been busy, KubeCon EU is around the corner

Ongoing collaborations with multiple CNCF projects, blog posts, and the plan for KubeCon EU Amsterdam. If you are around let's meet!
2 min read
Dec
30

2022/2023

2022 is a challenging year for me to describe. I met so many amazing people from all over the world, and the rewards and experiences I got through the year were unimaginable back in January.
10 min read
Nov
28

The Challenges of Platform Building on Top of Kubernetes 4/4

TLTR: We have reached a point where the adoption and understanding of Kubernetes and Kubernetes tools are mature enough to
21 min read
Oct
31

KubeCon NA / KnativeCon NA 2022

This is a quick blog post about my experiences during the last week's KubeCon and KnativeCon NA. It
5 min read
Oct
17

The Challenges of Platform Building on Top of Kubernetes 3/4

TLTR: Crafting friendly and simple Platform APIs is key to driving the adoption of your internal development platforms. Some tools
18 min read