{"id":3661,"date":"2015-06-23T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2015-06-23T07:54:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T11:54:46","slug":"life-at-red-hat-devnation-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/23\/life-at-red-hat-devnation-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Life at Red Hat: DevNation Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"devnation2015_day1_20150621_175533\"<\/a>My day started with a 4.5 mile run along the Charles River before the DevNation kickoff. I ventured out on a somewhat humid morning to get some exercise in before a long day sitting at the conference. I know how these things work out and I function better after a morning run. At the end of my run, I found a nice coffee shop called Pavement that had a decent breakfast I brought back to the room to get the day going.<\/p>\n

The first keynote started at 10:00 am. I thought it started at 9:00 am so I arrived at the Hynes Convention Center an hour early, which meant I had time to check in and work on a little Twitter fiasco for the EnterprisersProject.com that was quickly resolved by the afternoon. For some strange reason, all shortened URLs had a warning page pre-pending them.We’re not sure why it happened, and to be honest, we’re not sure how it was resolved, but it was all-hands on deck trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n

Almost caught up on email, I stepped into the keynote by\u00a0Venkat Subramaniam about the joy of functional programming<\/em>. It was entertaining and included live programming\u2014always a risk, but it worked out well for Venkat. His basic pitch was to code in a different way. A way that promotes different thinking and more efficiency. I was totally into it.<\/p>\n

I had to skip the next round of sessions to check into work and make sure my slides were in pristine order for my talk on Wednesday. I returned to the Hynes Convention Center for lunch and the second keynote of the day by Matt Hicks, The future of development with Kubernetes and Docker<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"devnation2015_day1_20150622_133057\"<\/a>This keynote was very aspirational and took us down an interesting journey between DevOps and operational efficiency. The talk was well-rehearsed and one of the major take-aways for me was around how Kuberbetes allows operation teams to translate some of the demands of development teams into operational services. Mind. Blown. While I still can’t explain what Kuberbetes is or what it does, I feel better about it in many ways.<\/p>\n

I really would have liked to attend several of the afternoon sessions, like Containers: From development to production<\/em> with Jerome Petazzoni, I sequestered myself to my hotel room to put the final touches on my presentation and do a full dry-run of my talk on Wednesday. It was time well spent, because I needed the practice. I’ll probably end up doing a few more dry-runs as time permits.<\/p>\n

I ventured back to the Hynes to check out the Code Challenge with Arun Gupta and Kenny Peeples. There was a decent turnout and it looked like there were about 2-3 teams that were ready to compete.<\/p>\n

Dinner was on Newbury Street at a place called Tapeo<\/a>. Rikki Endsley joined me to explore the delightful menu, which was awesome. Everything that came out of the kitchen from the ceviche to the spinach dish was excellent. We saw a few friends pass by while we dined, it made me feel like I was back in Raleigh.<\/p>\n

It was a full day that I wish I could have spent more time at DevNation, but work and preparation for my talk were calling me. Tuesday is a full day of talks and other activities, so it’s time to rest up and make sure I’m ready for the day.<\/p>\n

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