Kubernetes, Cloud Native and Platform Engineering Meetup Munich

Join us for an exciting evening of discussions around Kubernetes and Cloud Native technologies! Whether you're a seasoned DevOps engineer, a platform architect, or just starting your cloud-native journey, this meetup is designed to foster learning, networking, and innovation.

We’ll have two industry-leading speakers who will share their experiences. Expect deep dives into real-world use cases, best practices, and the latest advancements in the cloud-native ecosystem.

Sponsor Thanks to our sponsor SAP!

Agenda:

• 6:00 PM - Arrival & Networking
• 6:30 PM - Talk 1: How YOU can help to expand the observable universe
• 7:15 PM - Talk 2: Snake Charming Kubernetes with a Nano Python Framework
• 8:20 PM - Networking & Refreshments
• 9:00 PM - Closing

Why Attend: Learn about the latest trends and updates in Kubernetes and Cloud Native development. Gain insights from an expert community with hands-on industry experience. Network with other professionals in the Kubernetes and Cloud Native space. Stay up-to-date on tools, best practices, and strategies to accelerate your Cloud Native journey. Whether you’re building modern applications or working on optimizing cloud infrastructure, this meetup will provide valuable takeaways for everyone involved in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

Talk 1: How YOU can help to expand the observable universe A session focused on native instrumentation of libraries and applications with OpenTelemetry and how your contributions to the observability of open source projects can significantly broaden the horizons of what we can observe and understand in our systems.

Talk 2: Snake Charming Kubernetes with a Nano Python Framework Building a Kubernetes controller or admission webhook usually means reaching for Go: kubebuilder, controller-runtime, client-go. If your team lives in Python, that's a steep detour just to react to a CREATE event or reject a bad label. knete is a lightweight, dependency-free Python framework for building controllers and webhooks without leaving the language you already know. Watch any resource and react to create/update/delete events with a few lines of Python. Write validating webhooks that reject non-compliant objects, or mutating webhooks that patch them on the way in — as classes or, if you'd rather skip the ceremony, as plain decorated functions. A small, unmagical API turns out to have another benefit: it's easy for LLMs to reason about too. No annotations, no codegen, no hidden reflection - Just plain Python that a coding assistant can read in full and extend correctly, first try. In this talk I'll introduce knete's design, show a validating and a mutating webhook going from Python function to running admission controller in minutes, and talk about where a "nano operator framework" makes sense versus reaching for established Go tooling — and where it doesn't.

We want YOU! We are always searching for speakers - submit here! Want to host/sponsor/support us? This way :)