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Presenters Robert Valk Source apidays Australia 2025 Beyond the Hype: Your Smart Guide to AI Implementation 🚀 We’ve all seen the dazzling headlines and heard the promises of AI revolutionizing everything. But let’s be honest, not every problem needs a generative AI superhero. Sometimes, the most powerful move is knowing when and where to deploy AI. That’s exactly the kind of no-nonsense, strategic thinking we dove into at a recent tech conference, and we’re here to break it down for you! ...

Presenters Saul Caganoff Source apidays Australia 2025 APIs: A Journey Through Time, From Floppy Disks to AI Agents 🚀 Ever wondered how we got from clunky floppy disks to the seamless digital interactions we have today? The world of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) has a fascinating, and surprisingly cyclical, history. Our journey through this evolution, inspired by a recent tech conference presentation, reveals that understanding the past is our secret weapon for navigating the future. Prepare to be amazed by how fashion, vendor ambitions, and our innate desire for guidance have shaped the very fabric of modern technology. ...

Presenters Will Betts Jay Chauhan Source EnvoyCon NA 2025 Beyond Quotas: How Tesco Mastered Dynamic Rate Limiting with Envoy 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt the sting of a rate limit kicking in when you least expect it, even when you know you’re not going overboard? Well, the brilliant minds at Tesco, the UK’s retail giant, have been wrestling with this very challenge. They’ve built a massive, distributed API gateway using Envoy and shared their journey from the complexities of quota-based rate limiting to a more dynamic, percentage-driven solution. Let’s dive into how they achieved this, making their API ecosystem robust and user-friendly! 👨‍💻 ...

Presenters Dipti Pai Source FluxCon 2025 Get Push, Sit Back: Supercharging Your Deployments with Managed GitOps on Azure 🚀 Ever felt like managing Kubernetes deployments across multiple environments is a tangled mess of scripts, manual steps, and “oops, that didn’t work” moments? You’re not alone! The journey to true, scalable GitOps can be a bumpy one. But what if you could leverage the power of GitOps, make it incredibly robust, and manage it all from a single pane of glass, even across hybrid and multi-cloud setups? That’s exactly what Azure is enabling with its managed GitOps offering, built on the solid foundation of Flux CD! 🛠️ ...

Presenters Bart Farrell Source FluxCon 2025 Flux Unfiltered: From Wedding Banter to a Compelling Docu-Series 🚀 Ever wondered what happens when brilliant minds, a dash of serendipity, and a shared passion for open source collide? Well, pull up a chair, because we’re diving into the incredible story behind “Flux Unfiltered,” a docu-series that brings the heart and soul of the Flux project to life! 🎬 This isn’t just about code; it’s about the people, the journey, and the ideas that make open source projects like Flux thrive. Our storyteller, Bart, a familiar face from the KubeFM podcast and Learn Cube, takes us on a whirlwind tour, starting with a chance encounter at a wedding and ending with a project that aims to inspire the next generation of contributors. ...