Community
I speak about cloud native, platform engineering, the software development lifecycle, security and open source. The talks range from local meetups and user groups to large conferences like KubeCon, and I also join the odd panel.
Outside the stage, I serve on program committees, help shape CNCF certifications as a member of advisory councils and exam contributor, help organize community conferences, and show up as a guest on podcasts and shows. Most of it is in English, a few talks and episodes are in Norwegian.
Upcoming
- Sustainable Platform Engineering: How To Ensure Organizational Success EN
- GitHub at Scale: From ad-hoc to operational excellence EN
- Ta selskapet ditt fra passiv forbruker til aktiv bidragsyter NO
Speaking
Organizing, contributing & podcasts
- GitOps For All - How ephemeral environments transformed our developer flow EN
- Panel: Your Platform Is Probably Working - You Just Can’t Prove It EN
- Sustainable Platform Engineering: How To Ensure Organizational Success EN
- By the power vested in me by the terminal EN
- Building Your Own k0smos, or How To Take Control Over the Control Plane EN
- How To Play Support For A Platform Team EN
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Served on the program committee for Platform Engineering Day Europe 2026, reviewing and selecting talks.
- Valgets kvaler – bygg, kjøp, eller lei? NO
- Kubernetes + Sikkerhet = Sant? NO
- "I choo-choo-choose you"; or how to build modern platforms in a 200 year old industry. EN
- From null to applications on Kubernetes EN
- "I choo-choo-choose you"; or how to build modern platforms in a 200 year old industry EN
- Workshop - GitOps with Flux EN
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Served on the program committee for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026, reviewing and selecting talks.
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Advisory council member helping shape the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer certification.
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Advisory council member helping shape the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate certification.
- Devtron: Migrating from Legacy Systems to Cloud Native EN
Guest on Devtron’s show, talking about migrating from legacy systems to cloud native.
- The ABCs of contributing to the CNCF EN
- Panel: What Is the TAG App Delivery Doing to Support You EN
- What have we learned from the first 10 years of Kubernetes EN
- From null to applications on Kubernetes EN
- Åpen kildekode, balanseringen av effektivitet og sikkerhet i praksis NO
- Developer productivity in a post-AI world EN
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Contributed to the development of the Certified GitOps Associate exam.
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Part of the organizing team for a Kubernetes Community Days event in 2024.
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Guest on the Pure Performance podcast, discussing what GitOps actually means.
- Kubernetes Community Days Denmark 2023Panel Discussion EN
- Kubernetes Community Days Denmark 2023The Platform Engineering Journey EN
- Exploring GitOps on Azure EN
- Hvordan kan man oppnå secured by default, uten å hindre innovasjon? NO
- Building APIs and backend services that run PowerShell EN
- OPEN TALK: Gitops: The Past, Present and Future EN
- Exploring Platform Engineering EN
- Panel: How GitOps Changed Our Lives & Can Change Yours Too! EN
- Azure Cloud NativePragmatic GitOps EN
- How to achieve (actual) GitOps with Terraform and Kubernetes EN
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Contributed to Kubernetes Community Days Denmark 2023.
- Cloud Native Weekly: Come Flux with us EN
Guest on Cloud Native Weekly, talking all things Flux.
- Azure Cloud Native and Guests - Cloud Native AMA EN
- How To Achieve (Actual) GitOps With Terraform and Kubernetes EN
- The arrival of Platform Engineering EN
- Building an Internal Developer Platform on Azure NO
- How to achieve (actual) GitOps with Terraform and Kubernetes EN
- Creating flexible Terraform modules EN
- Create GitHub Actions with PowerShell EN
- PowerShell in a Cloud Native world EN
- GitOps Days 2022Crayon’s Cloud Native Journey EN
- GitOps Days 2022Reconcile Terraform Resources the GitOps Way EN
- Building and managing application platforms with Azure Kubernetes Service EN
- Azure User Group IcelandAzure Kubernetes EN
- Getting started with Terraform and Azure EN
- Jonnychipz: In Conversation with Roberth Strand EN
Guest on John Lunn’s Cloud Talk show.
- BlåSkjerm Brødrene: Hva er en utvikler og hva driver de med? NO
Guest on the Norwegian podcast BlåSkjerm Brødrene, talking about what developers actually do.
- Jonnychipz: In Conversation with Azure Cloud Native EN
Joined John Lunn’s show together with the other organizers of Azure Cloud Native.
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Served on the program committee for GitOpsCon Europe 2022.
- Get to know the community: PSConf Europe edition EN
Interviewed by au2mator ahead of PSConfEU about the community and my sessions.
- DevOps Lab: Enterprise Scale with Terraform EN
Walked through Microsoft’s Enterprise Scale Terraform module, automated with Azure DevOps.
- GitOps: The past, present and future EN
- Azure User Group IcelandInfrastructure-as-Code - Terraform + Azure EN
- Terraforming Azure Kubernetes Service EN
- DevOps Lab: Getting started with GitOps and Azure EN
Returned to DevOps on Azure to walk through setting up GitOps with AKS and Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes.
- DevOps Lab: What is GitOps? EN
Guest on DevOps on Azure, explaining GitOps as an operating model, why it matters and how to implement it.
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Served on the program committee for GitOpsCon 2021.