GitLab Commit 2019 - Brooklyn: Full Schedule

4:15pm EDT

DevOps in Action Lightning Talks

Limited Capacity seats available

Automation and Iteration: How a small agency team takes advantage of Gitlab to test and deploy rapidly across environments by Cory Zibell

Through GitLab's powerful features and APIs, Cory has built custom tools and workflows that enables his small team to spin up projects and begin pushing code as soon as they get approval. Many agencies still operate in the "SFTP up from the master branch." In this talk, Cory will show how much time his team has saved by having a proper CI and Release setup and how other small teams can do the same.

GitLab Permissions As Code by Nicole Schultz & Mike Nick

In this session, Nicole and Mike will dive into the technical aspects of how Northwestern Mutual leveraged the GitLab API to achieve Permission as code, not to mention how other teams can do so too.

Cloud Native Spelunking: the value of GitLab and Platforms by Paul Burt

Paul invites you to recall those early days of the web, when folks would FTP somewhere and upload a few HTML files. Simple and easy. Now? Engineers have to consider serverless, Kubernetes, and the morass of containers. This talk is a collection of lessons Paul has picked up as his team built a modern cloud native platform at NetApp.

Speakers

Cory Zibell

Technology Lead, Digital Surgeons

Cory takes ideas from meatspace and builds them in cyberspace. He currently spends his days as a Technology Lead at Digital Surgeons, a Digital Consultancy in New Haven. He leads teams of multifaceted engineers to bring products and experiences to market, utilizing the latest and... Read More →

Nicole Schultz

Senior Engineer, Northwestern Mutual

Nicole started her career as a developer working on large, monolithic applications following the waterfall model of software development. Eager to help other development teams avoid the inefficiency of this model she had experienced first-hand, she joined Northwestern Mutual as a... Read More →

Mike Nick

Senior Engineer, Northwestern Mutual

Mike was one of the first DevOps Engineers at Northwestern Mutual. He helped bring in Gitlab for a greenfield product that was so successful it became the enterprise standard. His passion for Gitlab enabled it to become the enterprise SCM tool and Gitlab CI the preferred CICD tool... Read More →

Paul Burt

Technical Product Marketing Engineer, NetApp

Paul Burt is a TPME working on Kubernetes at NetApp. He previously worked at container companies like CoreOS and Red Hat, and currently moderates /r/kubernetes. Paul has a knack for and demystifying infrastructure, and making gnarly, complex topics approachable. He enjoys home brewing... Read More →

Tuesday September 17, 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Main Hall - Wythe 80 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA

DevOps in Action Breakout Session, Lightening Talks & Live Coding