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Talks and free takeaways

Where I'm speaking in 2027, what each talk covers, and the free checklists, templates, and runbooks that go with them. No email needed.

I give talks at meetups and conferences across the Netherlands and online. Each one covers a problem I keep seeing in startups and the smallest build that fixes it. Every talk ends with free takeaways: a checklist, a template, or a runbook a team can use the same week.

The takeaways live here, so the QR codes on my slides have somewhere to land. They're free, and there's no email form in front of them. When one of them raises a question about your own platform, I highly recommend a thirty-minute call. Which talk is closest to the problem on your desk right now?

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Upcoming talks

Dates follow each event's own schedule. Where an organiser hasn't set the day yet, I show the month.

  1. Conf42 DevOps 2027 logo

    , Online

    Conf42 DevOps 2027

    Online talk: Ship fast, break nothing: CI/CD for vibe-coded startups

    AI tools made writing code cheap. The hard part moved to checking it and shipping it. The pipeline now does the job of a senior engineer who reviews every change. This talk covers three setups: a safety net for a team of one, a trunk-based delivery line for a small team, and guardrails for coding agents that open their own pull requests. All three run on GitHub Actions with short-lived credentials and no keys on laptops.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: Conf42 DevOps 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  2. Conf42 FinOps 2027 logo

    , Online

    Conf42 FinOps 2027

    Online talk: Lean compute that bills for what it uses

    I'm starting to see the same two infrastructure mistakes in a lot of startups. Some build Kubernetes for 200 users. Others still run on the admin key from week one. This talk walks through three lean architectures that cost little now and scale tenfold without a rewrite: a foundation that passes due diligence, compute that bills for what it uses, and a first AI feature on the database that's already there. Each one ends with a free checklist.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: Conf42 FinOps 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  3. Dawn Conferences 2027 logo

    , Amsterdam

    Dawn Conferences 2027

    Conference talk: Your AI feature is an architecture problem

    The model is the easy part. I learned that building an AI matching platform end to end. The system around the model decides whether an AI feature reaches production: access policy, retrieval, a model gateway, quality checks, and safe operations. The talk shows one pattern each from finance, healthcare, and B2B SaaS. It also covers the EU rules (DORA, the GDPR, and the AI Act) that put pressure on each layer.

    Related readingEvent site: Dawn Conferences 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  4. Conf42 DevSecOps 2027 logo

    , Online

    Conf42 DevSecOps 2027

    Online talk: The day-one foundation: six checks before your first security questionnaire

    I'm starting to see the same two infrastructure mistakes in a lot of startups. Some build Kubernetes for 200 users. Others still run on the admin key from week one. This talk walks through three lean architectures that cost little now and scale tenfold without a rewrite: a foundation that passes due diligence, compute that bills for what it uses, and a first AI feature on the database that's already there. Each one ends with a free checklist.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: Conf42 DevSecOps 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  5. Conf42 Cloud Native 2027 logo

    , Online

    Conf42 Cloud Native 2027

    Online talk: Leaving us-east-1: moving a startup into the EU without downtime

    I keep meeting startups that never chose us-east-1. It was the default when their first engineer opened the console. This talk shows how to move a running product into an EU region with no customer-visible downtime, in three steps: map and land, move the data in rehearsed waves, then prove that nothing stayed behind. It also covers what still leaves the EU whatever happens, and what the EU Data Act changes from 12 January 2027.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: Conf42 Cloud Native 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  6. AI Builders Rotterdam logo

    , Rotterdam

    AI Builders Rotterdam

    Showcase talk: Your AI feature is an architecture problem

    The model is the easy part. I learned that building an AI matching platform end to end. The system around the model decides whether an AI feature reaches production: access policy, retrieval, a model gateway, quality checks, and safe operations. The talk shows one pattern each from finance, healthcare, and B2B SaaS. It also covers the EU rules (DORA, the GDPR, and the AI Act) that put pressure on each layer.

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  7. Conf42 Large Language Models 2027 logo

    , Online

    Conf42 Large Language Models 2027

    Online talk: Your AI feature is an architecture problem

    The model is the easy part. I learned that building an AI matching platform end to end. The system around the model decides whether an AI feature reaches production: access policy, retrieval, a model gateway, quality checks, and safe operations. The talk shows one pattern each from finance, healthcare, and B2B SaaS. It also covers the EU rules (DORA, the GDPR, and the AI Act) that put pressure on each layer.

    Related readingEvent site: Conf42 Large Language Models 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  8. DevOpsDays Amsterdam 2027 logo

    , Amsterdam

    DevOpsDays Amsterdam 2027

    Ignite talk: Five lines to check on your cloud bill

    I'm starting to see the same two infrastructure mistakes in a lot of startups. Some build Kubernetes for 200 users. Others still run on the admin key from week one. This talk walks through three lean architectures that cost little now and scale tenfold without a rewrite: a foundation that passes due diligence, compute that bills for what it uses, and a first AI feature on the database that's already there. Each one ends with a free checklist.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: DevOpsDays Amsterdam 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  9. AWS Community Day Netherlands 2027 logo

    , Utrecht

    AWS Community Day Netherlands 2027

    Conference talk: NIS2 for startup engineers: what to build first

    A lot of the startups I talk to sit below the NIS2 size threshold. Their customers don't. Banks, hospitals, utilities, and public bodies now pass NIS2 down to suppliers through security questionnaires. This talk shows how to tell in five minutes whether NIS2 reaches a startup, directly or through a customer. It ends with the three builds I'd do first in 90 days: identity and guardrails, detection on the 24-hour reporting clock, and an evidence pack a customer will accept.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: AWS Community Day Netherlands 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  10. Conf42 AI Agents 2027 logo

    , Online

    Conf42 AI Agents 2027

    Online talk: Your AI feature is an architecture problem: agents and evaluation

    The model is the easy part. I learned that building an AI matching platform end to end. The system around the model decides whether an AI feature reaches production: access policy, retrieval, a model gateway, quality checks, and safe operations. The talk shows one pattern each from finance, healthcare, and B2B SaaS. It also covers the EU rules (DORA, the GDPR, and the AI Act) that put pressure on each layer.

    Related readingEvent site: Conf42 AI Agents 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  11. ONE Conference 2027 logo

    , Den Haag

    ONE Conference 2027

    Conference talk: NIS2 for startup engineers: what to build first

    A lot of the startups I talk to sit below the NIS2 size threshold. Their customers don't. Banks, hospitals, utilities, and public bodies now pass NIS2 down to suppliers through security questionnaires. This talk shows how to tell in five minutes whether NIS2 reaches a startup, directly or through a customer. It ends with the three builds I'd do first in 90 days: identity and guardrails, detection on the 24-hour reporting clock, and an evidence pack a customer will accept.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: ONE Conference 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  12. Dutch Cloud Native Day 2027 logo

    , Utrecht

    Dutch Cloud Native Day 2027

    Conference talk: Leaving us-east-1: moving a startup into the EU without downtime

    I keep meeting startups that never chose us-east-1. It was the default when their first engineer opened the console. This talk shows how to move a running product into an EU region with no customer-visible downtime, in three steps: map and land, move the data in rehearsed waves, then prove that nothing stayed behind. It also covers what still leaves the EU whatever happens, and what the EU Data Act changes from 12 January 2027.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: Dutch Cloud Native Day 2027 (opens in a new tab)

  13. Azure Heroes Netherlands logo

    , Netherlands

    Azure Heroes Netherlands

    Meetup talk: Lean cloud architecture that scales: the Azure edition

    I'm starting to see the same two infrastructure mistakes in a lot of startups. Some build Kubernetes for 200 users. Others still run on the admin key from week one. This talk walks through three lean architectures that cost little now and scale tenfold without a rewrite: a foundation that passes due diligence, compute that bills for what it uses, and a first AI feature on the database that's already there. Each one ends with a free checklist.

    Free takeaways from this talkEvent site: Azure Heroes Netherlands (opens in a new tab)

Free takeaways

One page each, free to print, copy, and share with a team.

Your AI feature is an architecture problem

Related reading:AI integrationThe EU AI Act guide

These takeaways are an engineer's reading of the rules and the tools. I wrote them to help teams decide what to build. They aren't legal advice. I recommend checking the current text with your own counsel before planning around a date or a threshold.

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