Paula Kennedy

The next LOPUG (@lopug.bsky.social) meetup is happening next week and it should be a lot of fun. 🎈🎂 🥳
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Time for @paulalkennedy.bsky.social at @devoxx.uk talking about #platform #engineering

For May meetup we're at Accurx offices on Weds 14th May and have 2 fab sessions:
- "The Original LOPUG-ers Panel": @russmiles.bsky.social, @andypiper.me, Tareq Abedrabbo & @paulalkennedy.bsky.social.
- Kasia Hilborne presents "What Just Happened? A Marketer’s Decade in Platform Engineering"

Kratix | The Open-source Platform Engineering Framework Kratix is the open-source platform framework that combines the flexibility and customisability of building your platform from scratch with the on-demand and self-service power of public clouds.

People see a need to not just have a platform, but engineer their own platform and that is why Kratix.io is taking off. Come meet the amazing team behind the platform framework at @syntasso.io booth S641 and figure out how to make platform engineering high leverage for your organisation!

Massive shout out to the @syntasso.bsky.social crew for supporting Kuberoke London!!!

🎶 We built this PLATFORM on Rock and Roll 🎶
...Rock and Roll + Kratix (Obv!)

Join the party and @paulalkennedy.bsky.social will serenade you with some Bon Jovi!

Register here: kuberoke.love/events/sprin...

🌷 Spring is in the air and we're back at Atomico Thurs 20th March:
- Rachael Wonnacott & Dean Fuller present "Building a 5* Kubernetes Hotel"
- @hannahfoxwell.net & @lmarsden.bsky.social present "Platform Engineering & DevEx for Your On-Prem LLM"
🎉 Join us for chats, food, drinks & fun!

Blue plaques - State of Open Conference 25 Add Your Heading Text Here Blue plaques

@paulalkennedy.bsky.social; @peterzaitsev.bsky.social; Rebecca Rumbul; Ron Efroni; Sonia Cooper, and @auggie.dev, OpenUK shared blue plaques with them to recognise their achievement and contribution to open source at SOOCon25. Learn more about each of the 20 recipients at https://buff.ly/4hTL6H3.

Spring Party London 2025 KubeCon + CloudNativeCon is coming to London and to celebrate the occasion, we are hosting a Karaoke party on Wednesday April 2, 9pm - 1am (TBC) at TBC. More details coming soon…

#KubeCon London is fast approaching and we're busy getting ready for a new installation of #Kuberoke to go along with it! 🎉

We're still working on the details so keep an eye on the website for registration.

I hope you have your list of favourite songs ready! 🎶

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🚨 VENUE CHANGE FOR TONIGHT'S (WEDS 29TH JAN) MEETUP 🚨
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have moved tonight's meetup to Atomico offices, 29 Rathbone St, London W1T 1NJ.
Timing will be same (doors at 6.30pm, meetup starts at 7pm) and food & drinks as usual.
Apologies, hope you can still make it.

1 more sleep til our next LoPUG meetup (Weds 29th Jan):
- @salaboy.com presents "Platform Engineering: The Past, The Present and The Future (in the context of Kubernetes and CNCF)"
- @siforster.com presents "Don't Let Me Down! Effective Solution Design for Critical Applications and Platforms"

Thank for providing some hope ❤️

My son is turning 16 tomorrow and he’s just so grumpy about it 😞. Where did my cute baby boy go and who replaced him with a teenager?

Ah, look at those cuties, they look like very good dogs ❤️🐾

Absolutely gorgeous and exactly what I needed ❤️

I am feeling very sorry for myself today. My flight home to London was cancelled yesterday due to the storm and so I’m stuck in Edinburgh and missing my family. Please share jokes or dog pictures to cheer me up ❤️

Don’t accidentally bump into any cows in that fog!

I only started running in 2016 (part of my mid-life crisis)! Just counted:

2017 = 1/2
2018 = 1/2 & London marathon 😱
2019 = 1/2 & 1/2
2020 = lockdown
2021 = 1/2
2022 = 1/2
2023 = broke my wrist 😢
2024 = 1/2 & 1/2
2025 = hopefully another 1/2

So if I get round it, this year will be my 9th half

New year, new training for half marathon. I try to run one every year and every year it seems to get harder and harder. Just done 6km in the pouring rain, now completely knackered 😴

Photo of weather app showing Europe is cold and expecting snow.

Sending cold thoughts your way (it is freezing where I am and snow is coming)! ☃️

Syntasso Wrapped: Reflecting on Platform Engineering in 2024 As we close the chapter on 2024, it's time to reflect on Syntasso's progress this year in platform engineering and with Kratix.

This is my last @syntasso.bsky.social blog post of the year! I've collected together our most popular content and summarised key learnings 📚

Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳

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Why is it so hard to sort my facebook account? I rarely use FB, mostly it's where I check how friends spell their children's names for writing the Christmas cards!
My FB account was hacked & blocked since 4th Nov. I finally got a reset code but that's not working, nor is any other logon method 😭

Although I should probably go to sleep right now…more sleeping, less skeeeting!

WTF? How do you have so many cute photos?? I miss you ❤️

My night out tonight…had so much fun with my friends, I am so lucky to have people in my life who get me!

I’m sitting here in my house, it’s so dark & quiet, and all I want to do is get started

OMG, that photo is so old and so cute 🥰

* Matty (will we ever get an edit feature?)

@matty.wtf don’t you join in, Marty, or I’ll never make it to bed

Ah, Swarna, you, too are a real one. I might be just a little tipsy right now but I know my peeps ❤️