I’ve been spending time in New York recently, and one thing has become very clear: every meetup, event, and coffee chat eventually turns into a conversation about AI. Not just the hype. The real questions. How do we move from demos to production? How do enterprises build AI systems that are secure, scalable, and cost-efficient? How do we connect LLMs with real business data? How do we govern AI without slowing innovation? How do infrastructure, data platforms, and automation evolve in this new cycle? For me, the most interesting part of AI is not the model alone. It is the full system around it: Cloud infrastructure.Kubernetes and OpenShift AI.GPU orchestration.Databricks and data pipelines.RAG and LLM integration.MLOps and CI/CD. Security, observability, and governance. Automation with Ansible, Terraform, and GitOps. This is where AI becomes real. The winners will not be the teams with the most experiments. They will be the teams that can turn experiments into reliable platforms, measurable business value, and repeatable operating models. That is the conversation I’m excited to have. So, people of NYC: DM me. I’m happy to meet for a coffee and discuss the future of AI, cloud-native platforms, automation, and what it takes to bring enterprise AI from concept to production. See you soon, Luca #AI #MLOps #CloudNative #Kubernetes #OpenShift #Automation #DataPlatforms #NewYork #EnterpriseAI

Hi everyone, Quick update: I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta. My lightning talk is titled: “GPUs take flight: Safety-first multi-tenant Platform Engineering with NVIDIA and Red Hat OpenShift AI” I’ll be sharing practical lessons from building multi-tenant GPU platforms: isolation, quotas, guardrails, OpenShift AI patterns, and what it really takes to run AI/ML workloads safely at scale. 📍 Red Hat Summit 2026 🗓️ Tuesday, May 12, 2026 🕥 10:30 AM EDT 📌 Discovery Theater 1 I wrote a short post with more details here: https://lucaberton.com/blog/red-hat-summit-2026/ If you’re attending Red Hat Summit, DM me or simply reply to this email. It would be great to meet in person, exchange notes, and talk AI infrastructure, OpenShift, GPUs, and platform engineering. See you in Atlanta, Luca

From speaker to Master of Ceremonies 🎤 Cloud Native Rejekts EU 2026 in Amsterdam on 21st March was special. When the organizers asked me to MC the event at Miro HQ, I immediately said yes. Rejekts has always been one of my favorite parts of KubeCon week: raw technical content, zero marketing fluff, and a room full of people who genuinely build, run, break, and improve the cloud native ecosystem. Together with Julia Hahn, I had the pleasure of welcoming 300+ engineers for a full day of Kubernetes, open source tooling, security, platform engineering, runtime stories, user experiences, and the kind of talks that deserve way more visibility. That is what makes Cloud Native Rejekts so important. Many talks do not make it into KubeCon + CloudNativeCon simply because there are thousands of submissions and limited slots. Rejekts gives those ideas a second stage — and often, some of the best technical conversations of the whole week happen there. MC-ing taught me something new: - Being a speaker is about delivering one story well. - Being an MC is about connecting every story, keeping the room alive, respecting the schedule, supporting speakers, reading the audience, and creating space for the hallway track where the real magic happens. - A few lessons I will take with me: - Energy is contagious. - Brevity is respect. - Names matter. - Timing matters. - The hallway is part of the program. - Community is built in the spaces between talks. Huge thanks to the Cloud Native Rejekts organizers, all speakers, volunteers, sponsors, and everyone who showed up with curiosity and energy. If your KubeCon CFP gets rejected, do not stop there. Submit to Rejekts. And if you are attending KubeCon, block the day before for Cloud Native Rejekts. You will not regret it. https://lucaberton.com/blog/master-of-ceremonies-cloud-native-rejekts-2026/

Welcome to Amsterdam! 🇳🇱 KubeCon is here, and the city is packed with amazing side events. Join Luca as he breaks down the ultimate schedule for the week—from conferences and book signings to canal cruises and epic tech parties! https://lucaberton.com/blog/kubecon-europe-2026-side-events/ If you're in town, make sure to connect with Luca to get his full master list of all the incredible events happening around the city. 🗓️ Luca’s KubeCon Week Schedule: - Saturday, March 21: Kick off the week at Cloud Native Rejekts—a full-day conference and a great chance to mingle with the locals. - Sunday, March 22: Welcome the KubeTrain! Meet tech enthusiasts traveling from all over Europe by train to attend the conference. - Monday, March 23: Co-located events day! Check out Red Hat OpenShift Commons, Microsoft, and GitHub events. - Tuesday, March 24: The official CNCF KubeCon begins! - Wednesday, March 25: Time to get serious with the fun! Bowling, canal cruises around Amsterdam, and karaoke! 🎤🎳 👇 Let's Connect!Are you in Amsterdam for KubeCon? Drop a comment below or connect with me directly, and I’ll share my massive list of must-attend events! #KubeCon #Kubernetes #Amsterdam #CloudNative #TechEvents

KubeCon EU 2026 is coming to Amsterdam 🇳🇱 — and the side-events calendar is already 🔥 I put together a date-sorted guide of KubeCon Europe 2026 side events (meetups, workshops, parties, boat cruise, karaoke… yes 😄). If you’re in town March 18–26, don’t wait: most of these are free but fill up fast. My highlights so far: - Platform Engineering MeetUp | Human Intelligence (Mar 18) - Cloud Native Rejekts EU 2026 (Mar 21) - KubeTrain (Mar 22) — arrive together, sustainably 🚄 - Red Hat OpenShift Commons Gathering (Mar 23) - House of Kube Amsterdam (Mar 23) - #KubeCrawl + #CloudNativeFest (Mar 24) - Kuberoke Spring Party (Mar 24) 🎤 - Afterdrinks + receptions (Mar 25) + Cloud Cruise boat party 🛥️ - LangChain NL community event (Mar 26) Full list + RSVP links in the blog: https://lucaberton.com/blog/kubecon-europe-2026-side-events/ Hosted / sponsored by (tagging everyone mentioned):@Red Hat @OpenShift @Cast AI @Port @Tailscale @Chainguard @Cloudsmith @NetBird @Syntasso @TSC Labs @FikaWorks @TrueFullstaq @Sidero Labs @The New Stack @Dynatrace @Akamas @Excelien @Datafy @CloudZero @LangChain See you in Amsterdam 👋— Luca #KubeCon #KubeConEU #CloudNative #Kubernetes #CNCF #Amsterdam #PlatformEngineering #DevOps #Networking #Community