Cloud Native Wermland

Varnish Software welcomes everyone to the fourth Cloud Native Wermland meetup in Karlstad! Meet like-minded people, talk about cloud native and open solutions, and make new connections over food and drinks. The event is open to everyone – regardless of previous experience or knowledge level.

Speakers

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Speaker: Johan Westin

Title: Crack it open

Summary Lets open up some container images and look inside to understand how they work. And maybe we might even learn some tricks when creating those Dockerfiles.

Speaker: Falko Flessner

Title: Assessing Long-Term Availability Of Open-Source-Software

Summary: Within a month, MinIO went to a maintenance-only mode and ingress-nginx was discontinued. With these two widely used OSS projects suddenly being unavailable, the question is how to assess the long-term availability of Open-Source projects? By a structured analysis of both failed and greatly successful projects, we will see which organizational factors influence longevity or the risk of a project being discontinued. Looking at the failed projects also allows us to have fun while expanding our vocabulary of swear words of varying appropriateness.

Speaker: David Hall

Title: Digital sovereignty.

Summary: What does digital sovereignty actually mean in practice, beyond buzzwords and policy documents? This talk looks at control, transparency, and long-term resilience in cloud and platform choices. We will explore how open source, data location, vendor lock-in, and operational autonomy intersect, and where the trade-offs really are. Expect practical examples, a few uncomfortable questions, and some concrete takeaways on how to build systems you actually own and understand.