📅 Join us on June 17 in Berlin for a special in-person meetup:

“LINSTOR Is Like Kubernetes, But for Block Devices & Power to the Cluster: Self-Hosting in the Real World”

This free meetup is designed for cloud-native engineers, DevOps professionals, and system architects who want to go deeper into self-hosting practices and modern open-source infrastructure tools.

🧠 What to expect?

🔹 Talk 1: “LINSTOR Is Like Kubernetes, But for Block Devices”

→ A deep dive into LINSTOR, an open-source storage orchestrator from the maintainers of DRBD. Learn how it works, how to configure it, and how it brings Kubernetes-like control to your block storage.

🔹 Talk 2: “Power to the Cluster: Self-Hosting in the Real World”

→ Lessons from real-world self-hosted Kubernetes clusters: networking pitfalls, storage challenges, high-availability myths, and survival tips for on-prem ops.

🎟 Attendance is free, but seats are limited — register now https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/tech-internals-community/events/307977244/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

See you there! 🚀

Take a look at TIC 2025 — a day of good talks, real stories, and an amazing community. Thanks to everyone who made it happen.

Hey! Just a quick reminder that our TIC meetup is happening tomorrow – June 17 🎉

📍 EDGE Grand Central Berlin
Invalidenstraße 65, right next to Berlin Central Station.
From Europe Square, take a right and walk ~200m — same side of the street. Super easy.

🕡 Arrival from 6:40 PM
🕖 Program starts at 7:00 PM

🗣 Talks:

LINSTOR Is Like Kubernetes, But for Block Devices – Andrei Kvapil (The Ænix)

Self-Hosting in the Real World – David Leimroth (Semrush)

🚪If you’re late and arrive after 7:00 PM, please use the side door — the security guard will let you in.
🎥 Check out the video to easily find your way in.

See you there!

David Leimroth talking about the hands-on reality of running Kubernetes on your own hardware. Lessons learned, tough spots, and common mistakes to avoid.

Andrei Kvapil on stage — breaking down how LINSTOR works — think Kubernetes, but for block devices. Fast, fault-tolerant, and open-source.

🆕 Just dropped: a fresh edition of the Tech Internals Conf newsletter — and it's packed with answers to your questions.

👀 Ever wondered:

- When not to use S3?

- How SeaweedFS compares to Ceph?

- Why OAuth breaks even when you're sure you did everything right?

Our latest issue features in-depth Q&As with Chris Lu (Roblox) and Warren Parad (Authress) — both straight from the stage at TIC 2025. They answered real questions from the audience on scalable storage, metadata limits, passwordless auth, and more.

👉 Read & subscribe to the newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tic-speakers-answering-your-burning-questions-internalstech-dfece/?trackingId=es3kzpZ1k8xICARsvumsKg%3D%3D

New on LinkedIn 🔥

How do you manage secrets in CI/CD without slowing delivery?
SOPS vs. HashiCorp Vault, backups, Zero Trust — what actually works in practice?
And can you run VMs on Kubernetes without breaking workflows or network connections?

These are real questions from real engineers — and the answers are packed with hard‑won, practical lessons.

👉 Read now: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tic-speakers-answering-your-burning-questions-internalstech-ahxce/

🧠 How clean is your Git history?

🚨 Could your CI/CD pipeline catch more issues before production?

The latest Behind the Mic newsletter is out on LinkedIn — featuring real-world Git workflows and smarter CI/CD strategies straight from the TIC 2025 speaker.

Whether you’re wrangling messy histories or streamlining deployments, this one's worth a read 👉https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tic-speakers-answering-your-burning-questions-internalstech-lgaie/