Lightning Talk: How We Validate User Initiated Config Changes in Promet... G. Michalec & I. Skorjanc

Presenters Gregorz Michalec Ivona Skorjanc Source PromCon EU 2025 Level Up Your Prometheus Observability with Automated PR Checks 🚀💡 Hey everyone! 👋 Let’s dive into a super practical solution for ensuring best practices are followed when users are modifying your Prometheus configurations. This isn’t a polished presentation – it’s a lightning talk born from a lunch-time brainstorm, but the core ideas are incredibly valuable. 🤖 The Problem: Manual Validation is a Bottleneck 🧱 Traditionally, when users (like those on your platform observability team) create new script targets or alerting rules in Prometheus repositories, the validation process was entirely manual. 🧑‍💻 This meant a real operator had to manually review every pull request, checking for potential issues. The challenge? This was: ...

December 19, 2025 · 3 min

Debugging the Pipeline: Observability for Your Observability with OTel + Prometheus - Israel Blancas

Presenters Israel Blancas Source PromCon EU 2025 🚨 Unmasking Telemetry Trouble: Preventing Data Loss & Bottlenecks in OpenTelemetry 🚀 Let’s be honest – OpenTelemetry is amazing. The promise of automatic instrumentation, a unified observability solution – it’s almost too good to be true. But as Coral Logix’s Israel brilliantly demonstrated, chasing that “magical” automatic approach without a solid strategy can lead to a whole heap of problems. This presentation wasn’t about how to use OpenTelemetry, it was about how not to – specifically, how to avoid the common pitfalls that can turn your observability investment into a frustrating data graveyard. 💀 ...

December 19, 2025 · 4 min

Announcing - Career Growth Accelerator, Episode Zero - Getting Out of Your Own Way

Presenters Jonathan Catrell Source Developer Tea podcast Ego: The Silent Saboteur of Your Career Growth 🚀 Hey there, driven developers! 👋 Are you feeling stuck? Like you’re hitting a wall in your career, or maybe you’ve even faced a layoff or a stagnant job situation? You’re not alone. For over a decade, Developer Tea has been on a mission to help folks like you find clarity, perspective, and purpose in their professional journeys. And today, we’re kicking off a brand new series: The Career Growth Accelerator! ⚡️ ...

December 18, 2025 · 6 min

Fundamentals of Data Engineering • Matt Housley & Joe Reis

Presenters Joe Reis Matt Housley Source GOTO podcast Data Engineering: Navigating the Evolving Landscape with the Fundamentals 🚀 The world of data engineering is a dynamic and often complex space, but at its core, it’s about building the robust foundations for data-driven insights. We’re thrilled to dive into the insights shared during a recent GoTo podcast discussion, which celebrates the 3rd anniversary of the seminal book, “Fundamentals of Data Engineering.” This conversation with the book’s co-authors offers a powerful look at the evolution of data engineering, the impact of AI, and why foundational knowledge remains more critical than ever. ...

December 16, 2025 · 6 min

From Policy to Production: Implementing ISO27001/BSI IT-Grundschutz in Kubernetes with.. Marcus Ross

Presenters Marcus Ross Source GitOpsCon NA 2025 ⚓ Smooth Sailing Through Regulatory Storms: How GitOps Powers the Hamburg Port Authority In the world of global logistics, the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is a titan. Managing Germany’s largest seaport and Europe’s premier rail port isn’t just about moving containers; it is about securing the digital backbone of critical infrastructure. When Marcus Ross, Lead for the Cloud Center of Excellence at the HPA, took the stage recently, he revealed a startling reality: his team isn’t just fighting hackers—they are navigating a 1,000-page mountain of security regulations. Here is how they use GitOps as their “hidden champion” to stay compliant, secure, and agile. 🌊🚢 ...

December 15, 2025 · 4 min