Track host
Track Host
Justin Cormack
CTO @Docker
About the track
Provisioning infrastructure through machine readable configuration has been a key enabler of the cloud and the growth of automation. But to move away from manual and non repeatable work we have instead ended up with megabytes, sometimes gigabytes of YAML and similar languages, with a variety of templating and generation tools. A new generation of tools is moving away from this YAML sprawl towards code and other approaches. This track explores a variety of these approaches, with talks both from practitioners and from those who have brought new tools and processes into creation because they have a strong vision beyond the status quo.
The day in the host's words
Sessions in this track
Monday 2 October. 6 sessions per track, chosen and introduced by the Track Host.
10:35 Pacific DEKJ Session Cloud Engineering Pulumi Adventures: How Python Empowered My Infrastructure Beyond YAML Adora Nwodo Community Engineer In recent times and as technology keeps evolving, the boundary between software engineering and DevOps continues to blur, presenting unique challenges and opportunities for software engineers. 11:45 Pacific DEKJ Session Frontend Framework Defined Infrastructure (FdI) – an Evolution of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Malte Ubl CTO @Vercel Discover the future of infrastructure management with Framework-defined Infrastructure (FdI), an evolution of the industry-standard Infrastructure as Code (IaC). 13:35 Pacific DEKJ Session Infrastructure as Code What if Infrastructure as Code Never Existed? Adam Jacob CEO @System Initiative, CTO @Chef; Systems Administrator who loves building products We rewind the clock and ask ourselves: what if Infrastructure as Code never existed? What different solutions might we have come up with to the problems we faced? We’ll leave you full of possibilities about the future. 14:45 Seacliff D Unconference Unconference: Languages of Infra: Beyond YAML What is an unconference? An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. Attendees come together, bringing their challenges and relying on the experience and know-how of their peers for solutions. 15:55 Pacific DEKJ Session CI/CD CI/CD Beyond YAML Conor Barber Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure @Airbyte, Over a Decade of Experience in Data and Infrastructure Engineering, Previously @Apple This session explores the evolution of infrastructure strategy, focusing on the shift from traditional YAML configurations to pipelines-as-code. 17:05 Pacific DEKJ Session Kubernetes Kubernetes without YAML David Flanagan Kubernetes Whisperer Kubernetes ONLY understands JSON, yet we all write a ton of YAML. This is because it's meant to be easier for us to write ... but writing our manifests in YAML can be complex, error-prone, and damn right opaque as we adopt more custom resources.QCon San Francisco 2023 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.