Michael Masson, CTO at Botpress will deliver the talk Kubernetes the right way: A platform engineering approach to K8s. Let’s be honest, Kubernetes is incredibly powerful, but it can also be a nightmare to learn. And the last thing you want is to force your entire team down the K8s rabbit hole just to deploy an app. This talk is about finding a better way. We’ll explore how platform engineering can help you get all the benefits of Kubernetes without the chaos. Think of it as building a smooth on-ramp for your team instead of throwing them into the deep end.

Mark Savic, Cursor Ambassador for Montreal & CTO at Bucky AI will deliver the talk Mastering Vibes: Best Practices for Pair Programming. AI coding tools promise 10x speed, but most devs end up fighting bad suggestions, context drift and messy refactor loops. This session cuts through the hype with battle-tested patterns from around the community using AI-assisted tools daily. If you’re already using AI assisted tools (or thinking about it) and want your velocity to feel effortless instead of chaotic, this one’s for you. Expect tools and practices you implement quickly, from beginner to advanced.

Fred Lavoie will deliver the talk Making Impossible Integrations… Possible. He’ll show how to make it easy to integrate with any data source, even those without APIs, by using authentication agents and a unified API, enabling secure, scalable, and resilient access to credentialed data.