Talks & Presentations
Verifying and troubleshooting Kubernetes deployments: a practical guide
Shipped | December 2025
Deployment failures are easy to miss and hard to diagnose. In this session, Kit Dergilev and I show how to verify deployment success and troubleshoot issues that might arise, loosely based on a real problem I diagnosed previously.
Diagnosing Application Performance With EBPF, Pyroscope, and Kubernetes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America | November 2025
In this case study, I’ll share how our team guarantees that the software we ship - packaged as a Helm chart and running in customer clusters - is performant under any situation a customer can put it in. When traditional metrics fell short, we turned to kernel-level eBPF profiling using Pixie and continuous profiling using Pyroscope. Along with OpenTelemetry tracing, we were able to drill down into our implementation’s hotspots.
By deploying this tooling in our own clusters, pushing our software to its limits, and correlating the telemetry gathered, we uncovered inefficient loops, then rolled out fixes before our customers hit these problems themselves.
Topics Covered:
- eBPF profiling using Pixie
- Pyroscope continuous profiling
- Performance monitoring
Kubernetes Delivery Unlocked
Octopus Deploy Webinar | February 2025
A dive into how the golden rules of CD still applies to Kubernetes, and how you can utilise Kubernetes primitives to accelerate, rather than abstract.
Kubernetes workload reliability best practices
Octopus Deploy Webinar | August 2024
Explored the best practices for ensuring your workloads in Kubernetes stay reliable.
Speaking Topics
I’m available to speak on the following topics:
- Kubernetes architecture and best practices
- Platform engineering and developer experience
- Cloud-native security
- Open source contribution and community building
- GitOps and continuous delivery
- Observability in distributed systems
Contact for Speaking Engagements
Interested in having me speak at your event? Please reach out via LinkedIn.