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Conference Talks & Meetups

We talk about what we build

From event-driven architectures to AWS-native observability, we share real production experience at conferences and meetups across Europe.

Topics we cover:API GatewayApolloCloudWatchCost OptimizationDevOps CultureEvent-Driven ArchitectureEventBridgeGraphQLIdempotencyLambdaMonitoringObservabilityServerlessTeam CollaborationTypeScript

Past Talks

Sandro Volpicella speaking at AWS Community DACH 2025
Sandro Volpicella
AWS Community DACH 2025|October 7, 2025

From 0 to 1 Million Events

Event-driven architectures using EventBridge and TypeScript. Covering type-safety, rule architecture, and scaling with practical examples handling over 1 million monthly events.

EventBridgeTypeScriptEvent-Driven Architecture
Tobias Schmidt speaking at AWS Community Day DACH 2025
Tobias Schmidt
AWS Community Day DACH 2025|October 7, 2025

Rethinking CloudWatch: Advanced AWS-native Observability That Can Save You $100k+ On 3rd Party Tools

CloudWatch has changed and most people have not noticed. Exploring modern CloudWatch features for building observability solutions while managing costs effectively.

CloudWatchObservabilityCost Optimization
Tobias Schmidt speaking at AWS Community Day Warsaw 2025
Tobias Schmidt
AWS Community Day Warsaw 2025|September 18, 2025

Rethinking CloudWatch: Advanced AWS-native Observability

Modern CloudWatch features that replace expensive third-party monitoring tools. Practical strategies for building AWS-native observability at scale.

CloudWatchObservabilityCost Optimization
Sandro Volpicella speaking at EDA Community Day CZ 2025
Sandro Volpicella
EDA Community Day CZ 2025|May 29, 2025

EDA for the Real World - Architecture & Implementation with TypeScript and EventBridge

Best practices for building serverless event-driven systems. Covering EventBridge selection, event structuring, validation, error handling, and idempotency testing with 900,000+ monthly events.

EventBridgeTypeScriptEvent-Driven Architecture
Tobias Schmidt speaking at AWS Community Day Prague 2025
Tobias Schmidt
AWS Community Day Prague 2025|May 1, 2025

Rethinking CloudWatch: AWS-native Observability

A deep dive into CloudWatch capabilities that most teams overlook. From advanced metrics to cost-effective alerting strategies.

CloudWatchObservabilityCost Optimization
Tobias Schmidt speaking at AWS User Group Karlsruhe 2025
Tobias Schmidt
AWS User Group Karlsruhe 2025|February 19, 2025

Rethinking CloudWatch: AWS-native Observability

How to build production-grade observability using only AWS-native tools. Real-world patterns that save teams six figures on monitoring costs.

CloudWatchObservabilityCost Optimization
Tobias Schmidt speaking at AWS User Group Heilbronn 2024
Tobias Schmidt
AWS User Group Heilbronn 2024|November 25, 2024

Rethinking CloudWatch: AWS-native Observability

Most teams pay for expensive monitoring tools without realizing CloudWatch can do the job. A practical walkthrough of advanced CloudWatch features.

CloudWatchObservabilityCost Optimization
Tobias Schmidt speaking at WeAreBattery First Community @ STIHL 2024
Tobias Schmidt
WeAreBattery First Community @ STIHL 2024|October 22, 2024

Building A Culture of Observability

Transforming teams from basic monitoring to deeper system understanding. How to build collaboration between developers and operations around observability practices.

ObservabilityDevOps CultureMonitoring
Sandro Volpicella speaking at AWS Community Day Romania 2024
Sandro Volpicella
AWS Community Day Romania 2024|October 3, 2024

Hashnode's Journey to its Public GraphQL API

Building a central public GraphQL API on cloud-native services powering over 100 million requests a month. Covering Lambda, API Gateway, and Apollo infrastructure.

GraphQLAPI GatewayLambda

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