Get ready for the DC State of the Stack conference! The CFP is open, offering a chance to share your tech insights and innovations. We look forward to your submissions and encourage everyone passionate about technology to apply. Don't miss this exciting opportunity!

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Wow, some men have reached rock bottom and started excavating. www.self.com/story/alpine...

Exciting news! The call for speakers for the DC State of the Stack is now open. We have opportunities for both 30-minute keynotes and 5-minute lightning talks. We warmly welcome first-time speakers to join us! sessionize.com/dc-stateofth...

Software delivery is evolving fast—from infrastructure and automation to security, AI, data, platform engineering, and the full product lifecycle—and our conference is evolving with it. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Did you miss DevOpsDays DC this year? Or did you attend and want to share what you saw with coworkers? Did a specific talk really resonate with you and you want to see it again? Now you can! Our YouTube Channel has all for our 2025 conference up! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Another DevOpsDays DC is over. We're sorry to see it go, but glad that you came! We had fun, insightful talks, and met some new friends. What was you favorite part of DevOpsDays DC this year?

Looking for a job? Here’s what our participants shared.

Bonus ignite from John Willis on quantum!

Time to talk about make files!

John Willis talking about the dangers of AI

We're rocking the morning with John Willis! He will also be signing free copies of his latest book at lunch time. So much awesome today!

Day 2 kickoff!

Our final vendor is Google Cloud. Stop by their booth for shoelaces or online at: cloud.google.com

Need a cert? Talk to our friends at PeopleCert and the DevOps institute. www.peoplecert.org www.devopsinstitute.com

Next up is Grafana labs. You can check them out online at: grafana.com

Stop by the Gruntwork booth or visit them online: www.gruntwork.io

How about visiting our friends at elastic? www.elastic.co

Now we have a pair of fantastic companies, Fianu and Coveros. Let’s check them out! www.fianu.io www.coveros.com

Here is Checkmarx. Not only do they have an epic lean, but a great product too! checkmarx.com

Thumbs up for groundcover! Visit their website now: www.groundcover.com

We can’t help but love a camel case name. Visit ManageEngine online! www.manageengine.com

First up is anchore. If you can’t visit their booth at DevOpsDays DC, then check out their website: anchore.com

First up is anchore. If you can’t visit their booth at DevOpsDays DC, then check out their website: anchore.com

We couldn’t have DevOpsDays without our fabulous sponsors! The next posts will be highlighting them.

Our next ignore talk is about fast integration tests!

Let’s talk PlatformOps!

Upskilling your team!

It’s time for ignite talks!

Our fearless leader is kicking things off after the snack break!

We already have postings on the job board!

We're so excited to see all of you here!

The registration room is stocked with shirts and badges. All we need ours you!

We are very happy to welcome PeopleCert (www.peoplecert.org) as a sponsor for DevOpsDays DC! Come and get your training on!

The last talk of Thursday morning is Jon Zeolla's "How I learned to stop worrying and love vibe coding: security edition" talking about his experiences with AI and Policy as Code.

Next up on Thursday is "Getting Started with Dev Containers: Simplifying Development and CI/CD Workflows" from Radhakrishnan Krishna Kripa. You will learn how Dev Containers help bridge the gap between local development and production deployments, ensuring smoother CI/CD pipelines and happier devs.

Following John Willis, Owen Zanzal will be speaking about "Your README Has a Voice: Turning Repos Into Narrated Onboarding Tools" In this talk he'll answer the question what happens when you turn your repo into a podcast?

On Thursday, Sept 18, We start off the day with John Willis! john is a prolific author and is currently researching DevOps, DevSecOps, IT risk, modern governance, and audit compliance.

We're excited to have Nathen Harvey talk about Navigating the Generative AI Revolution: DORA Insights & New Findings! He'll dissect the nuances of developer adoption, the paradoxes surrounding perceived value, and the organizational capabilities essential for success.

After a yummy break, come listen to Gamini Singh's talk: Logs, Lies, and Language Models: Observability for Prompts in GenAI. This talk helps demystify the emerging discipline of prompt observability. Learn about a structured methodology for observing, testing, and validating the prompt layer!

Our next talk is titled "Break It 'Til You Make It: Chaos-Driven DevOps Onboarding". This talk introduces chaos-driven onboarding: a fresh approach to training engineers using safe, controlled failure scenarios that teach core DevOps principles through real experience.

WE are excited to let you know that Anchore (anchore.com). Are you worried about your software supply chain? Anchore can help!

Wednesday starts with a bang! We've got Cat Swetel talking about Engineering's Quest for Responsible Efficiency! A low cost operating platform means you can expand access, serving customers and use cases that may have been underserved or ignored previously.

What are you doing in two weeks? Might we suggest attending DevOpsDays DC? It's two days of talks, community, networking, and learning! We have some great speakers coming which we will be highlighting next week. Get your tickets here: devopsdays.org/events/2025-... #devops #community #conference

We're so happy to let you know that both Fianu AND Coveros are sponsoring DevOpsDays DC! Come on September 17 and 18 and talk to these DevOps experts!

We are super excited that GrafanaLabs (grafana.com) will be sponsoring DevOpsDays DC this year! Be sure to visit with them in between are great talks.

Did you know that KCD Washington is right before DevOpsDays DC? And they have a government superstar coming to speak! Ashley Jones is currently the Cybersecurity Advisor for Washington D.C with DHS CISA. Come to both KCD and DevOpsDays and save money on the tickets!

Many thanks to Manage Engine (www.manageengine.com) for their sponsorship of DevOpsDays DC!

We are super excited to have Elastic (www.elastic.co) sponsoring DevOpsDays DC! Come and visit them during the conference to learn how elastic can power your outcomes.