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A short demo of how to get started with RubyGems and Cloudsmith, including pushing a Gem to a private Cloudsmith repository and then pulling and installing the Gem.

Developers of a certain age remember life before Git. Some of us remember Subversion, some of us remember CVS, and a few wise old souls remember the days when version control meant remembering to write the date on the floppy disks. But here in 2021, Git and hosted platforms like GitHub have revolutionized collaborative software development.

Anais, SRE at Civo will be diving into the Civo platform in this hands-on demo. This session will get you started with the Civo platform, from signing up to launching your first cluster. In addition to that, adding applications from the Civo marketplace, working with the CLI and more.

For more than six years, the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team has strived to measure and understand how teams achieve “DevOps success”, and they found that four simple measurements can accurately separate elite performers from the rest of the pack.

DevOps concepts and CI/CD tools are gaining wider adoption as they help developers deliver code faster than ever before, but persistent struggles exist across the industry and prevent teams from achieving optimum velocity. Even though the vast majority of developers choose Git as their preferred version control platform, most don’t understand the critical role Git plays in the continuous delivery process, and how powerful it can be when combined with CI/CD tools.

Rob sits down with Replicated co-founder and CEO, Grant Miller to discuss the evolution of orchestration and shifting fast to find product-market fit. Grant recalls a time when Replicated needed to change its model quickly to achieve the success it has today. Tune in to hear more of Grant's story!

No matter the team or the project, developers need to keep everyone updated on their progress. While Jira provides a rock-solid foundation for tracking and communicating progress, most developers agree: they don’t want to live in Jira. And neither do managers! They also want to see developers focused on solving hard problems and getting new features safely out the door.

In this session, Kunal and Alistair will give you an introduction to containers with a hands-on demo of Kubernetes. You'll learn about the Kubernetes architecture, some important commands, and also how to containerize your applications. We'll also have an introduction to Containerd.

A surprising number of development teams have failed to adopt automated deployment, oftentimes because people think their tech stack is either too simple or too complex. But GitHub Actions and AWS CDK provide tools and services to make deployment and automation tasks approachable, no matter the size or complexity of your environment. These tools also provide a high level of visibility throughout the deployment process.