Career Fundamentals - Avoid Career Traps by Focusing on Primary Paths of Improvement

Presenters Bryan McCann Source Developer Tea podcast Beyond the Buzzwords: Unlocking Real Engineering Career Growth 🚀 Ever feel like you’re drowning in a sea of new frameworks, chasing the latest shiny object, or getting lost in endless meetings about how to be “just 5% more productive”? If so, you’re not alone. Jonathan Catrell, host of Developer Tea, recently dropped some serious truth bombs at a tech conference, challenging the common wisdom around engineering career advancement. His core message? Stop chasing nuance and master your core. ...

November 25, 2025 · 3 min

Lightning Talk: Where Should Source Attestations Live? Exploring Storage Strategies - Billy Lynch

Presenters Billy Lynch Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Where Do Your Source Attestations Live? Navigating the Labyrinth of Metadata 🗺️ Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt like you’re drowning in a sea of metadata, wondering where exactly to stash those crucial source attestations? You’re not alone! At a recent lightning talk, Billy Lynch from Chain Guard dove deep into this very question, exploring strategies for storing and discovering these vital pieces of information. Let’s break down the key takeaways and ponder the future of source attestation storage. 💡 ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min

Rewiring Cilium: Operator-Driven Scale and Security With C... Shreya Jayaraman & Tamilmani Manoharan

Presenters Shreya Jayaraman Tamilmani Manoharan Source CiliumCon NA 2025 Supercharging Kubernetes Networking: How Cilium Endpoint Slices Conquer Scale! 🚀 Ever felt the pinch of Kubernetes scaling limitations? You’re not alone! Microsoft’s engineering wizards, Tamilmani and Shreya, recently pulled back the curtain on a revolutionary feature that’s transforming Kubernetes networking: Cilium Endpoint Slices. Forget those agonizingly slow pod startups and API server meltdowns. This is the deep dive you need to understand how Cilium Endpoint Slices are not just fixing problems, but paving the way for truly massive Kubernetes clusters. ...

November 24, 2025 · 8 min

Transparency Exchange API: Where To Find Product SBOM? - Pavel Shukhman, Reliza

Presenters Pavel Shukhman Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Demystifying the Software Supply Chain: Your Guide to the Transparency Exchange API 🚀 Ever felt like you’re playing a guessing game when it comes to the “ingredients” in your software? You’re not alone! In today’s complex digital world, understanding what goes into our products isn’t just good practice; it’s becoming a necessity, especially with new regulations like the EU CRA on the horizon. This is where the revolutionary Transparency Exchange API (TX API) steps in, promising to transform how we manage and share Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs). ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min

Server-Side Diff: Future-Proofing ArgoCD's Comparison Engine - Peter Jiang & Leonardo Luz Almeida

Presenters Peter Jiang Leonardo Luz Almeida Source ArgoCon NA 2025 Unveiling the Future of Argo CD: Mastering Server-Side Diff for Flawless Deployments 🚀 Ever felt that slight pang of anxiety before hitting that “Sync” button in Argo CD? That nagging doubt about whether everything will go according to plan? For a long time, the answer lay in Client-Side Diff, a strategy that, while functional, had its fair share of quirks. But what if there was a way to gain unprecedented confidence before your applications ever touch the cluster? ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min