The Power of Simplicity - my first time at DevOpsDays
I had the pleasure of giving my talk on the Power of Simplicity, Crafting durable software systems at DevOpsDays Zürich 2025 today (in Winterthur - of course), and enjoyed it very much.
It was my first time at a devopsdays conference, and I enjoyed a number of nice touches that I haven't seen elsewhere. Maybe I haven't been to enough conferences, but all of this was new to me:
- The use of a Catchbox style microphone for audience questions, very effective and adds a bit of fun to the "next question" phase.
- Active monitoring of the CO2 footprint caused by travelling to the conference, with actual reductions over time, very nice!
- Recommending that people "do the Pac-Man" when assembling in circles to talk, leaving a small gap in their formation (like the "mouth" of Pac-Man) to signal to others that they are welcome to join the conversation.
I got a Lego Bonsai Tree box as a speaker present, which is very nice, and fun as I am speaking about playing Lego just with basic bricks in my talk. That box is quite nice indeed.
All in all, a great conference with a great vibe and great content. Thank you very much for the organizers for selecting my talk and for the flawless organization.
The slides of my talk are available below, and I will link to the recording once it's available. If you understand French or trust a machine translation, recordings of the same talk in French are available in my pressbook.