Composable Kubernetes Operators & Intent-Based Infrastructure

February pairs Kubernetes platform engineering with intent-based infrastructure. Tristan Smagghe from Infomaniak shows how composable Operators power Infomaniak's new Hosting platform, coordinating through contracts and owner references to enable rich interactions without tight coupling. Torsten Boettjer then makes the case for infrastructure that understands why - not just how: how Rescile's open source intent layer lets operators and AI agents describe desired state and drive autonomous, agentic operations. Plus the usual networking apero. Here's what's planned for the evening: 17:30 - 18:00 - Arrival and first drinks 18:00 - 18:45 - When One Operator Isn't Enough: Designing Composable Kubernetes Controllers by Tristan Smagghe 18:45 - 19:30 - Infrastructure That Understands Why - Not Just How by Torsten Boettjer 19:30 - 20:30 - Networking, Open Space & More drinks\ When One Operator Isn't Enough: Designing Composable Kubernetes Controllers Operators are at the heart of the new Infomaniak Hosting platform. This talk explores how to design composable Kubernetes Operators that coordinate through contracts and owner references, enabling complex interactions while also avoiding tight coupling. Tristan Smagghe Software Engineer @ Infomaniak Tristan is a Software Engineer at Infomaniak in Geneva, Switzerland, specializing in Go and distributed systems. He focuses on building efficient cloud infrastructure and services with a sustainable approach, and helped design Infomaniak's new Hosting platform based entirely on Kubernetes. As a certified Kubestronaut, he has deep expertise in containerization, Kubernetes administration, cloud native security, and distributed systems. Infrastructure That Understands Why - Not Just How Rescile UCS: Open Source Intent Layer for Agentic Operations Automating complex IT infrastructure hits a fundamental limit today: conventional pipelines and IaC tools require explicit, step-by-step instructions. They know how something should be done