Join Lee Briggs as he navigates the world of infrastructure-as-code, highlighting the differences between imperative and declarative methods. Discover the power of DAGs and explore the best authoring experiences for your organization, from DSLs to programming languages.

Dive into the world of high-performing engineering teams with Jeremy Meiss of CircleCI in this Civo Navigate NA 2023 talk. Discover the pivotal metrics that drive success and learn how to strike the perfect balance between rapid delivery and robust stability in software engineering.

Join George Trujillo, an experienced enterprise architect, who explores architecting data infrastructure with Kubernetes. Learn about real-time AI, data strategies, machine learning, and Kubernetes's crucial role in efficiently deploying models. Hear firsthand stories of his journey to stateful solutions and managing business requirements. Discover insights on technical debt, strategy drift, and how to improve the speed of organizational execution.

Learn the nuances of serverless cost estimation in "Down to the Dollar: Turning Logs into Serverless Estimates" with David Strauss. Discover actionable strategies for cost reduction and understand how effective log analysis can lead to better financial models. From predicting your serverless expenses to understanding the impact of architecture choices on cost, this video offers a comprehensive guide for any IT professional.

Jack Ross, Principal Software Development Engineer at Shutterfly, explains the use of Terraform and Kustomize for orchestrating Kubernetes. He distinguishes between Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code, outlining their respective benefits. Ross highlights how Terraform interacts with Civo and contrasts the functionality of Helm and Kustomize. The session wraps up with practical code examples illustrating the principles of these tools.

In this talk, Alejandro, a Go developer from Civo, introduces OpenCP, a tool aiming to simplify infrastructure management at scale. OpenCP provides a unified API for interacting with different cloud providers, rendering the need to rewrite configuration files when switching providers unnecessary. The tool simplifies infrastructure management by allowing operations to be handled through the kubectl interface, thus ensuring compatibility with most users' existing workflows.

In this talk, Viktor Farcic from Upbound demonstrates how to shift left stateful applications, avoid the pitfalls of Jira ticketing system, and implement a more efficient and self-sufficient system. Plus, see a live demo of building a database in a Kubernetes cluster and deploying an application.

Join Hannah Sutor as she unravels the key aspects of securing a DevOps platform in this talk at Navigate NA 2023. She brings to light the necessity of incorporating security measures right from the coding stages to deployment, with an emphasis on continuous monitoring, automation, and the power of team collaboration. Her talk extends beyond the use of tools, focusing on the implementation of best practices for maximum security.

Join Dinesh Majrekar (CTO at Civo) and Andreas Prins (CEO of StackState) to discuss how developers can maximize their developer efficiency through various tools and techniques.

In this talk, Robert Sirchia discusses simplifying the process of building applications in Kubernetes using Epinio, an open-source tool. He distinguishes between building applications for Kubernetes and building applications in Kubernetes, emphasizing the importance of having "just enough" knowledge about Kubernetes for developers. Epinio streamlines the deployment process, allowing developers to focus on their code without worrying about containerization.

In this talk, Marino Wijay discusses Edge Compute Ops and the significance of service mesh technology. He explores the evolution of edge computing, its various forms, and the challenges it poses. The talk highlights Ambient Mesh, a sidecar-less mode of Istio service mesh, as an ideal solution for edge computing due to its adaptability and security features.

Join Henrik Rexed in this insightful talk as he explores "The Sound of Code" and demonstrates how to instrument your code with OpenTelemetry for improved observability. penTelemetry enables the generation of traces, metrics, and logs, providing valuable insights into application performance and troubleshooting in production environments. The talk covers the components of OpenTelemetry, how to customize telemetry data, and the importance of context in observability solutions.

In this talk by Matt Miller from Edge Deltas, we delve into the world of managing Kubernetes log data at a significant scale. Matt breaks down different strategies for handling log data, including Kubernetes native tools, persistent storage, open-source log collection, and using centralized log vendors. He explores the benefits and drawbacks of each approach, particularly focusing on the challenges of scalability and cost when dealing with large volumes of data. Matt also shares insights on how to optimize data management using an intelligent edge-first approach.

Discover the world of GitOps with this presentation from John Dietz where he dives into scalable configuration management patterns. The talk emphasizes the challenges faced by developers and administrators while adopting GitOps practices and outlines various scalable strategies and best practices to address these. It presents a variety of patterns, tools, and tactics to manage configuration as code, contributing to improved system stability, team collaboration, and delivery speed.

Dive into the world of Kubernetes at the Edge with Portainer with Neil Cresswell. In this talk, learn how Portainer transforms container management by making Kubernetes deployment at the edge effortless and efficient. Through this talk, revoluntionize container management and orchestration by simplifying Kubernetes deployment at the edge. This is aimed at making deploying, updating, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters on edge devices more streamlined and accessible, benefiting industries like telecommunication, healthcare, and manufacturing where low latency and high reliability are critical.

Join @JuliaFMorgado as she takes you through her Kubernetes learning journey and demystifies its complex architecture. She outlines some advice for those just getting started by covering topics such as nodes, pods, containers, and more. The presentation offers insights into Kubernetes' learning curve and essential components, providing valuable advice for those looking to delve into containerization and Kubernetes.

Rishab Kumar, a Developer Evangelist at Twilio, shares their insights on implementing SMS alerts for GitHub actions during an informative talk. Their presentation primarily focuses on using GitHub Actions for build and CI/CD tasks due to its efficient cost structure. However, Rishab points out a feature gap: the platform lacks the capability for SMS alerts or phone calls. To address this, they demonstrate how to configure SMS alerts in a manner akin to enterprise tooling such as OpsGenie or PagerDuty.

In this talk, Tamika Reed discusses the future skills needed to succeed in the tech industry beyond coding. As the founder of Women in Linux, she shares insights into Linux administration, infrastructure building, and investing in tech to secure a prosperous career. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the ever-evolving tech world.

Ashley Davis, Senior Software Engineer and Maintainer of cert-manager, discusses the capabilities of cert-manager, an easy way to manage certificates in Kubernetes clusters. Ashley highlights the importance of Trust-manager for managing trust bundles, enabling clients to verify certificate legitimacy. Additionally, he explores the potential of using x509 certificates as a universal identity control plane in distributed systems through the concept of "SPIFFE" (Secure Production Identity Framework For Everyone).

In this talk, Alan Vailliencourt, a Senior Solutions Engineer with Teleport, discusses the importance of moving away from passwords and securing access to cloud-native resources using short-lived certificates. He highlights the risks associated with passwords and showcases the benefits of identity-native access, incorporating proof of presence, mutual authentication, and device security. The talk provides practical steps for adopting certificate-based authentication and improving security posture for Kubernetes, databases, and other cloud resources.

In this talk, Alex Olivier shares their personal experience with the challenges of constantly changing authorization requirements in software systems. They discuss the drawbacks of traditional if-else statement-based authorization logic and propose a more efficient and scalable solution using an authorization service called Cerbos. The talk explores the benefits of decoupling authorization logic into policies, providing a centralized and maintainable approach with a clear audit trail.