Talks
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Playlists
Upcoming events
- Planning: FY26 DevRel events
- 2025-09-09 - 11: Container Days, Hamburg, Germany
- 2025-09-16: GitLab DACH Roadshow Frankfurt, Germany
- 2025-09-18: Bitkom Forum Open Source, Erfurt, Germany
- 2025-09-25: GitLab DACH Roadshow Zurich, Switzerland
- 2025-10-14: GitLab DACH Roadshow Munich, Germany
- 2025-10-28: GitLab DACH Roadshow Dusseldorf, Germany
- 2025-12-02: GitLab DACH Roadshow Berlin, Germany
- 2025-12-04: GitLab DACH Roadshow Vienna, Austria
2025
Open Source @ Siemens 2025: Learning AI 101: Practical Foundations for Developers
Talk: Learning AI 101: Practical Foundations for Developers - Open Source @ Siemens 2025
Learning AI 101: Practical Foundations for Developers Open Source @ Siemens, 2025-06-03 Welcome to my talk about Learning AI 101 - Practical Foundations for Developers. This is a new story to being told, my own learning story with AI since 2023 – thanks Roger for inviting me to speak a few weeks…
Chemnitz Linux Days: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with reusable CI/CD Components
Talk: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with reusable CI/CD Components - Chemnitz Linux Days 2025
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with reusable CI/CD Components Chemnitz Linux Days 2025, 2025-03-22
Recording: https://media.ccc.de/v/clt25-284-efficient-devsecops-workflows-with-reusable-cicd-components
2024
IT-Tage 2024, Frankfurt, Germany: Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a little help from AI
Talk: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI - IT-Tage 2024
Michael Friedrich Effiziente DevSecOps Workflows … with a little help from AI
GitLab DACH Roadshow Dusseldorf, Zurich, Berlin, Vienna, Stuttgart
https://go.gitlab.com/JRFMG4 Note: This is a GitLab customer-focused event and talk.
Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a little help from AI - DACH Roadshow FY25 - Michael Friedrich
Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a little help from AI [Today | In the next 30 minutes], we want to talk about Efficient DevSecOps Workflows … with a little help from AI.
DevSecOps Nuremberg: Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with AI - hands-on workshop session
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI - DevOps Camp Nuremberg 2024
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI DevOps Camp Nuremberg 2024 [Today | In the next 30 minutes], we want to talk about Efficient DevSecOps Workflows … with a little help from AI. [ Internal note: Organization CFP issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_market…
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-da/use-cases/ai/ai-workshops/gitlab-duo-ai-devops-camp-2024-10-12
InfoQ Dev Summit Munich: Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a little help from AI
Talk: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI - InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2024
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI [Today | In the next 30 minutes], we want to talk about Efficient DevSecOps Workflows … with a little help from AI. [ Internal note: Organization CFP issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/i…
Container Days 2024: Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with a little help from AI
Talk: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI - Container Days EU 2024
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI [Today | In the next 30 minutes], we want to talk about Efficient DevSecOps Workflows … with a little help from AI. [ Internal note: Organization CFP issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/i…
Open Source @ Siemens 2024: Efficient DevSecOps with CI/CD Components
Talk: Efficient DevSecOps with CI/CD Components - Open Source @ Siemens
Efficient DevSecOps with CI/CD Components Open Source @ Siemens, 2024-05-14
QCon London 2024: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI
Talk: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI - QCon London
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI QCon London 2024
Efficient DevSecOps Workflows with reusable CI/CD Components
Slides: https://go.gitlab.com/VYS051
2023
Cloud Native Saar Meetup: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI
Cloudnative Saar Meetup: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI Cloud-native Saar Meetup, 2023-11-29
KubeCon NA 2023, GitLab lightning talk: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI
KubeCon NA 2023-Michael Friedrich-Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI
Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/issues/8410
KubeCon NA 2023, GitLab lightning talk: Observability for Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines
KubeCon NA 2023-Michael Friedrich-Observability for Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines
Observability for Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/issues/8411
KubeCon NA 2023, GitLab lightning talk: Simplifying CI/CD Pipelines with Component Catalogs
KubeCon NA 2023-Michael Friedrich-Simplifying CI/CD Pipelines with Component Catalogs (current)
Simplifying CI/CD Pipelines with Component Catalogs Or … DevSecOps Efficiency with reusable workflows
Container Days 2023: From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos
Container Days 2023: From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos
From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos Michael Friedrich In the next 30 minutes, you will learn about my story learning eBPF, how it helps debugging production incidents, and how this correlates with Chaos. We will also explore new ideas where eBPF can help with Observability and security c…
Cloudland 2023: Observability for Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines
Cloudland 2023: Observability for Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines
Observability for Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines Introduction 3
Cloudland 2023: Learning eBPF for better Observability
Cloudland 2023: Learning eBPF for better Observability (Workshop)
Learning eBPF for better Observability Workshop Introduction 3
KubeCon EU 2023, GitLab booth lightning talk: Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World
KubeCon EU 2023 LT-Michael Friedrich-Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud-Native World
Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World
QCon London: From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos
QCon London: From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos
From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos Michael Friedrich In the next 50 minutes, you will learn about my story learning eBPF, how it helps debugging production incidents, and how this correlates with Chaos.
Chemnitz Linux Days: Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World
Chemnitz Linux Days 2023: Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud-Native World
Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World
Config Management Camp: From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos
From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos
From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos Michael Friedrich
2022
IT Tage 2022: Konfidenz mit Kaos für Kubernetes Observability
Talk is German, slides are English.
IT-Tage: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Konfidenz mit Kaos für Kubernetes Observability Michael Friedrich
Continuous Lifecycle: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Continuous Lifecycle: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi Demo repository: https://gitlab.com/everyonecancontribute/observability/k8s-o11y-chaos Dnsmichi - pronunciation hints at https://dnsmichi.at/about/
Lightning talk at PromCon EU: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
PromCon EU: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability (lightning talk)
Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi Demo repository: https://gitlab.com/everyonecancontribute/observability/k8s-o11y-chaos Dnsmichi - pronunciation hints at https://dnsmichi.at/about/ PromCon EU 2022
Lightning talk at the GitLab booth at KubeCon NA: Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World
KubeCon NA LT-Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World-Michael Friedrich
Efficient DevSecOps Pipelines in a Cloud Native World Organisation issue (internal) https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/issues/7020
Open Observability Day at KubeCon NA: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Open Observability day at KubeCon NA: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi Demo repository: https://gitlab.com/everyonecancontribute/observability/k8s-o11y-chaos Dnsmichi - pronunciation hints at https://dnsmichi.at/about/
KCD Munich: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
KCD Munich 2022: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
SPONSORS Speaker: Michael Friedrich Company: GitLab From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
Open Source Automation Days: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Open Source Automation Days 2022: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi Demo repository: https://gitlab.com/everyonecancontribute/observability/k8s-o11y-chaos Dnsmichi - pronunciation hints at https://dnsmichi.at/about/
Kube Simplify workshop: Kubernetes Observability
Focus on: Linux podcast: Monitoring (German)
Focus On Linux: Monitoring - SVA
Unsere neueste Ausgabe Focus On Linux enthält spannende Inhalte zum Thema Monitoring inkl. einen Überblick über gänginge Monitoringtools.
Moritz Meid
Container Days EU: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Slides:
Container Days EU 2022: Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability
Confidence with Chaos for your Kubernetes Observability Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi Demo repository: https://gitlab.com/everyonecancontribute/observability/k8s-o11y-chaos Dnsmichi - pronunciation hints at https://dnsmichi.at/about/
Container Days EU: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
cdCon 2022: How we build CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry
cdCon 2022: How we build CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry
How we build CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab Organisation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/issues/5816 @dnsmichi
KubeCon EU 2022: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
KubeCon EU 2022: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi Organisation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/corporate_marketing/corporate-marketing/-/issues/5631
SLOconf 2022: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
Heise Academcy Workshop: Kubernetes Monitoring with Prometheus 2022
Kubernetes Monitoring with Prometheus Workshop 2022
Kubernetes Monitoring with Prometheus Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab @dnsmichi
She'n'IT meetup: My story in IT: Adventures with dnsmichi
My story in IT: dnsmichi
Adventures with dnsmichi https://www.meetup.com/she-n-it-nuremberg/ How I wanted to understand computers and how you can do too
Chaos Carnival: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos
Chaos Carnival 2022: From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift Your SLOs with Chaos
From Monitoring to Observability: Left Shift your SLOs with Chaos Michael Friedrich Senior Developer Evangelist at GitLab Recording: https://youtu.be/IhCQgZxbpNY @dnsmichi
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