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Presenters Lisa Tagliaferri Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 From Chained Libraries to Sigstore: What 500 Years of History Teaches Us About Open Source Security 🚀 History and technology often feel like two parallel lines that never meet. However, Lisa Tagliaferri, a medieval and Renaissance historian turned open-source security expert, argues that the two are deeply intertwined. In a recent talk, Lisa shared how the ways we protected information in the 15th century mirror the ways we secure our software supply chains today. ...

Presenters Lori Lorusso Rust Foundation Source OpenSource SecurityCon 2026 🦀 Strength in Numbers: How Cross-Ecosystem Collaboration Saved Rust from a Fishing Attack In the world of open-source, we often talk about code, compilers, and performance. But what happens when the biggest threat isn’t a bug in the software, but a trap for the humans behind it? Lori Lorusso, Director of Outreach for the Rust Foundation, recently shared a compelling case study on how a “super team” of foundations joined forces to thwart a sophisticated phishing campaign. ...

Presenters Rajesh Kumar Balusu Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Mastering Database Reliability: A Cloud-Native SRE Blueprint 🚀 In the fast-paced world of digital transformation, databases often represent the final frontier of reliability. Rajesh Kumar Balusu, a veteran Cloud Architect with over 20 years of experience across Oracle, Google Cloud, and Gap Technologies, shares his deep expertise on bridging the gap between legacy database management and modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Building high-availability (HA) databases in a cloud-native world requires more than just moving data; it demands a fundamental shift in how we plan, migrate, and maintain our most critical assets. ...

Presenters Vishal Shah Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Building Trust in API Support: The Human-in-the-Loop Agentic RAG Revolution 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Vishal Shah here, an AI engineer deeply immersed in the world of large language models, agentic systems, and the robust infrastructure that keeps APIs humming at scale. For years, I’ve navigated the exciting landscape of AI-powered systems, and one persistent, often underestimated challenge has surfaced time and again: how do we ensure developers can trust the answers they receive when hitting a snag with an API? ...

Presenters Sylvain Kalache Source Conf42 SRE 2026 🚀 The SRE Survival Guide in the Age of GenAI: Navigating the 100x Code Explosion The world of software engineering is moving at a breakneck pace. As of late 2025, the landscape has shifted permanently. Microsoft reports that 30% of their codebase is now written by Generative AI (GenAI), while Anthropic reports a staggering 90%. In mid-2025, the founder of Cursor noted that users accepted 1 billion lines of code every single day. ...