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INTERMEDIATE

Demystifying Kubernetes Operators: From Zero to Production

Kubernetes Operators can be daunting, but they don’t have to be. In this talk, you'll learn how to build a production-ready operator using controller-runtime, with real-world lessons from maintaining Kyma at SAP. We'll cover key concepts like reconciliation, finalizers, and observability—giving you a clear path from first lines of code to a resilient operator in production.

Mohammed Mesaoudi
Mohammed MesaoudiSAP
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Kubernetes Operators can be daunting, but they don’t have to be. In this talk, you'll learn how to build a production-ready operator using controller-runtime, with real-world lessons from maintaining Kyma at SAP. We'll cover key concepts like reconciliation, finalizers, and observability—giving you a clear path from first lines of code to a resilient operator in production.
operator
kubernetes
reconciliation
observability
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Mohammed Mesaoudi

Mohammed Mesaoudi

SAP

Germany

Mohammed Mesaoudi is a Senior Software Engineer at SAP, where he contributes full-time to CNCF open source projects such as Kyma and Kubernetes SIGs. With over a decade of experience in backend engineering and six years immersed in cloud-native technologies, his focus lies in building resilient Kubernetes operators, control planes, and infrastructure that scales across hyperscalers.
Mohammed is passionate about developer experience, production-grade reliability, and sharing practical insights from running distributed systems at scale. When he’s not contributing code, he’s advocating for open source and helping teams navigate the real-world complexities of Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture.
Github: https://github.com/medmes
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