Cloud Cliffs – Reach New Heights with Modern Cloud Technology
Welcome to Cloud Cliffs, the theme world for everyone who wants to do more than just deploy cloud-native systems. This is where architecture, platform engineering, and developer experience meet the realities of production, cost control, and reliable operations.
From first idea to running systems, we cover the full lifecycle of modern cloud applications. Sessions like “Building Confident Cloud-Native Systems with Aspire: From Dev to Deployment” and “.NET Aspire: Build Cloud-Native .NET Apps Without Infrastructure Overhead” demonstrate how to develop cloud-native applications in a structured, reproducible way while keeping infrastructure complexity low. This is complemented by “Building Better Azure Systems: The Art of Solution Architecture on Azure”, which shares proven architectural principles for designing robust and scalable Azure environments.
Operations and automation take center stage with real-world insights. “Lessons Learned: Two Years of GitOps with FluxCD in Production” offers an honest look at successes, challenges, and best practices, while “Building Smart GitHub Bots with Quarkus and LLMs” shows how intelligent automation can enhance both development and operations workflows.
Future-facing technologies are an essential part of Cloud Cliffs. “Exploring WASM on Kubernetes” and “SpinKube in Action: Fast-Starting, Scale-to-Zero Wasm Workloads on Kubernetes” provide practical insights into WebAssembly as a lightweight alternative for specific Kubernetes workloads.
Visibility and control are critical for operating distributed systems. In “Observability for Developers”, you’ll get a hands-on introduction to Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo, empowering you to truly understand your systems—not just monitor them. And because good architecture must also make economic sense, “Cloud Costs Under Control: Practical FinOps Strategies for the AWS World” explains how to gain transparency, manage spending, and optimize cloud costs effectively.
Cloud Cliffs is the place for teams and individuals who want to use cloud technology with clarity and confidence—pragmatic, well-architected, and ready for long-term operation.
</> Building Better Azure Systems: The Art of Solution Architecture on Azure
Florian Lenz: "Gute Systemarchitektur zeigt sich erst, wenn etwas kaputtgeht und das System trotzdem weiterläuft."
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Bruno Borges: "Aspire vereinfacht den Bau verteilter Cloud-Anwendungen, damit Teams weniger Infrastruktur verkabeln und mehr echte Lösungen entwickeln."
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