Speakers 2024

Relive the amazing talks and insights from DevOpsDays Ljubljana 2024.
Our speakers shared their expertise on topics ranging from AI and cloud native technologies to observability and organizational transformation.

Kerim Satirli

Learning from Firefighters to Improve Systems Reliability

Kerim Satirli - HashiCorp

In this talk, Kerim explains how the systematic approach of the "Ten Standard Firefighting Orders" can be adapted to a software engineering context, with the ultimate goal of improving operational reliability and, in the case of an outage, limit damage to human operators and (IT) infrastructure.

Aleš Brelih

Gitlab CI language server

Aleš Brelih - 3fs

Managing large GitLab CI YAML files can be a daunting task, especially when juggling numerous extends, rules, job needs, and other complex elements. In this talk, I'll delve into the common struggles associated with these intricate configurations and share a practical solution to simplify your workflow.

Patrick Koch

Adopting a cloud strategy for a large enterprise in the automotive industry

Patrick Koch - AVL

We began by migrating a single legacy desktop app to the cloud. Now, we're developing a strategy to migrate all applications and offer 100+ as SaaS. We'll tackle challenges, ensure cloud-native readiness, leverage Infrastructure as Code, and maintain consistency in our cloud resources.

Stephen Chin

Give your LLM a left brain

Stephen Chin - Neo4j

The human brain is divided into two hemispheres, each of which specializes in different types of tasks. Your right brain excels at imagination, intuition, art, rhythm, feelings, and dreams. Meanwhile, the left brain is more analytical and focused on logic, sequencing, linear thinking, and mathematics. This presentation will explore how knowledge graphs built with factual and updated information can complement LLMs via retrieval augment generation (RAG) to produce more reliable results.

Cassandra Chin

Unlock your child's tech potential. An empowering journey awaits!

Cassandra Chin - The Linux Foundation

Ignite your child's tech passion! Discover fun projects, challenge gender biases, and explore diverse tech careers. Even non-tech parents can guide their kids to become future innovators. Let's build a brighter tech future together!

Dominik Süß

License to Observe - Why observability solutions need agents

Dominik Süß - Grafana

Ever wondered why you need to deploy yet another component just to get data from my application to the observability storage? This talk helps to answer this question and goes into common deployment models and practices for designing the flow of observability data!

Taylor Dolezal

Navigating the Convergence of AI and Cloud Native Technologies

Taylor Dolezal - CNCF

Hear stories about how organzations think about GenAI, how it is reshaping cloud native workflows, and how CNCF projects are evolving with the demads of new infrastructures. Utilize this knowledge to help you solve your challenges with GenAI and cloud native technologies.

Looking Forward to 2025

The 2024 conference was a huge success with amazing speakers and engaging discussions. We're excited to bring you an even better experience in 2025 with new speakers, fresh perspectives, and cutting-edge topics in the DevOps world.