Cloud Native Birmingham Online Meetup: Kicking Off 2026 Together

We’re excited to announce the first Cloud Native Birmingham Online Meetup of 2026 🎉

This session marks the start of another year of learning, collaboration, and community-driven knowledge sharing.

🎤 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏:𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 by Jeevitha Gajendran

Learn how to collect, filter, enrich, and route logs efficiently with Fluent Bit, then turn them into actionable insights using OpenSearch’s powerful search and visualization capabilities. Great for anyone scaling microservices or cleaning up a noisy logging pipeline to troubleshoot faster in real time.

🎤 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐: 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝟏.𝟑𝟓: 𝐈𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐲 Karthi Palanisamy

Kubernetes 1.35 brings a major scaling upgrade. In Place Pod Resize is now Generally Available, enabling CPU and memory to be updated on running Pods without restarts. This reduces vertical scaling disruption and helps teams balance performance, cost, and reliability alongside HPA and VPA approaches.

This meetup is designed for anyone interested in the cloud-native ecosystem whether you’re just getting started or already working with these technologies in production.

Let’s kick off 2026 together with learning, collaboration, and community 🙌