CNCF meetup with CodeNOW

Overview

CodeNOW, a silver member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, hosted two significant CNCF meetup events in Prague during 2024. The company participated in a panel discussion about platform engineering in February and organized an April meetup focused on microservices and bridging business-IT alignment.

Key Topics Covered

Platform Engineering Panel (February 28, 2024)

The discussion featured four industry experts:

• Filip, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
• Adam Skotnický, CEO of Titan Cloud
• Petr Svoboda, CEO of CodeNOW
• Zdenek Váňa, DevOps and Cloud Team Lead

Main themes included:

• Abstracting technical complexities for developers
• Balancing developer needs with operational demands
• Security integration throughout development lifecycles
• GitOps implementation and automation
• AI and machine learning's role in platform optimization

Microservices and Domain-Driven Design (April 2024)

Petr Svoboda presented how three methodologies unite business and IT:

Microservices Architecture Benefits:

• "Enhances scalability by allowing each service to scale independently"
• Increases resilience and system flexibility
• Enables continuous delivery and faster updates

Domain-Driven Design Integration:
Using bounded contexts and ubiquitous language to align microservices with business capabilities, improving organizational efficiency.

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA):

• Decouples services through asynchronous communication
• Handles high-volume data processing
• Improves real-time responsiveness

Implementation Recommendations

Svoboda offered practical guidance:

• Start small with modular monoliths before transitioning
• Align microservices directly with business functions
• Ensure each microservice manages its own data independently

Technical Stack

CodeNOW supports multiple technologies including TypeScript, JavaScript, GitLab, Java, Grafana, Kubernetes, and Docker.

Resources: Video recordings available on the CNCF Community YouTube Channel