Lightning Talk: Building Prometheus for Platform Engineering - Virginia Diana Todea

Presenters Virginia Diana Todea Source PromCon EU 2025 Decoding Platform Engineering: It’s Not About the Answers, It’s About the Questions 🤯 Hey everyone! 👋 Diana here, a Developer Experience Engineer at Victoria Metrics, and let me tell you, I’ve been wrestling with a big question lately. A question that kept me up at night, fueled by cold sweats and philosophical pondering. It’s a question that, frankly, I didn’t even know I needed to ask. So, what is platform engineering? 🤔 ...

December 19, 2025 · 3 min

Lightning Talk: ObservabilityWithout Monitoring - A Thought Experiment - Igor de Sousa

Presenters Igor de Sousa Source PromCon EU 2025 Beyond Monitoring: The Urgent Need for True Observability 🚀 Let’s be honest, the tech world is obsessed with monitoring. We’re drowning in alerts, dashboards, and metrics – but are we really understanding what’s happening beneath the surface? This presentation challenged that very notion, arguing that true observability goes far beyond simply tracking data. Let’s dive into the key takeaways and explore a crucial shift in how we approach system health. ...

December 19, 2025 · 4 min

GitOps and KRO: A New Way to Control Cloud Infra - Cansu Kavili Örnek, Red Hat and Koray Oksay

Presenters Cansu Kavili Örnek Koray Oksay Source GitOpsCon NA 2025 From YAML Nightmares to Platform Nirvana: Introducing KRO 🚀 If you have spent any time in the trenches of platform engineering lately, you know the struggle is real. We are all searching for that “Goldilocks” zone: a platform that is powerful enough for engineers but simple enough that developers do not need a PhD in Kubernetes just to deploy a microservice. ...

December 15, 2025 · 5 min

Sustainability: A Strategic Advantage, (Not Just a Cost), with Sathpal Singh and Jo Masraff | #70

Presenters Gaël Duez Jo Masraff Sathpal Singh Source Green IO podcast Turning Tech Trash into Treasure: Why Sustainability is Your Next Big Product Win 🚀 Ever feel like your organization is drowning in data, but starving for insights? You’re not alone. But what if we told you that the real value isn’t just in collecting data, but in using it to build a better, greener digital future? 🌱 This isn’t just a feel-good initiative; it’s a strategic imperative. As green IT expert Frederick Bordage points out, up to 80% of a digital product’s environmental footprint is determined during the design phase. That’s a massive opportunity to embed sustainability right from the start! ...

December 15, 2025 · 5 min

GenAI Security: Defending Against Deepfakes and Automated Social Engineering

Presenters Wes Reisz Shuman Ghosemajumder Source InfoQ podcast Navigating the AI Revolution: Trust, Threats, and the Future of Software Development 🚀 The world of technology is buzzing with the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence, but with great power comes great responsibility – and new challenges. As AI rapidly integrates into our lives, understanding its implications for trust, security, and software development is more critical than ever. This blog post synthesizes insights from a recent discussion with AI expert Shuman Majumder, offering a deep dive into the evolving landscape of AI and how we can build a more secure and trustworthy digital future. ...

December 3, 2025 · 6 min