2026
- Four Talks, Four Rooms, One Question: Who Clicks Last?
dri TL;DR: In one week in Munich I gave four talks to four very different audiences: women building their careers at SAP and Amazon, observability engineers at Grafana, advertising agencies at a Wiesn โฆ
- Announcements Fade. Experiences Stick. โ My AWS Summit Hamburg 2026 Recap
TL;DR: AWS Summit Hamburg 2026 was two days of community, conversations, and agentic AI everywhere. My talk on production challenges landed well, the question that stuck was about getting business โฆ
- Always takes a customer - my first time in our brand new BER21 in Berlin. Amazing location and Berlin is welcoming us with crispy & bright sunshine.
Always takes a customer - my first time in our brand new BER21 in Berlin. Amazing location and Berlin is welcoming us with crispy & bright sunshine. Always great to (re-) connect with colleagues. โฆ
- This could have been a good new year's resolution: Don't make funny prediction about the future if you're
This could have been a good new yearโs resolution: Donโt make funny prediction about the future if youโre not ready to deal with them becoming true ๐. On my way to: WS User Group Cologne and Bonn with โฆ
2025
- ๐งโ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ! ๐
๐งโ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ! ๐ Yesterday I had the pleasure to join my first 12min.me event. Never heard about it? It is a volunteer-driven NGO that hosts โฆ
- ๐จ Callout for my local network in the Cologne/Bonn/Dรผsseldorf region!
๐จ Callout for my local network in the Cologne/Bonn/Dรผsseldorf region! Diana and I will be providing a Re:Invent Recap for the AWS User Group Cologne (AWSUGCGN [1]) on the 7th January, so save the date โฆ
- ๐จ What a start in the year - Re:Invent Recap Time - Exciting Location update!!!
๐จ What a start in the year - Re:Invent Recap Time - Exciting Location update!!! Christian Bonzelet is hosting this event at DFL Digital Sports GmbH in Cologne. Diana and I will be providing a โฆ
- Canโt imagine a better start into a vivid #IBC2025 day. Go out for a nice loop in the park with likeminded folks.
Canโt imagine a better start into a vivid #IBC2025 day. Go out for a nice loop in the park with likeminded folks. Huge shoutout to the organisation - beautifully put together! And serves a good cause! โฆ
- AWS Summit Hamburg 2025 week - uncompressing ...
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- Last week I had the pleasure of joining Zalando and the Zalando account team at Amazon Web Services
Last week I had the pleasure of joining Zalando and the Zalando account team at Amazon Web Services (AWS) forย a joined community event. During the opening keynote it was coined as โbringing re:invent โฆ
2024
- ๐ฏ Wrapping up my visit in Armenia and the DataFest Yerevan over a very good cup
๐ฏ Wrapping up my visit in Armenia and the DataFest Yerevan over a very good cup of coffee. โค๏ธ Letโs start with the conference. A lovely crafted event, right sized so that you have a chance to interact โฆ
- Awesome event, indeed Lajos Lange. Extending your kudos to the team - I had a fantastic time yesterday.
Awesome event, indeed Lajos Lange. Extending your kudos to the team - I had a fantastic time yesterday. #GenerativeAI is a very powerful technology that can be applied across different industries. โฆ
- What a great evening yesterday at the AWS User Group Munich. The quote of the evening for me, yeah I
What a great evening yesterday at the AWS User Group Munich. The quote of the evening for me, yeah I might be a little biased ๐ , was : โThere are multiple model launches in Amazon Bedrock. Launching โฆ
- What a very looong weekend in Stockholm. Loved every second of it. Started of with spectating the #StockholmMarathon.
What a very looong weekend in Stockholm. Loved every second of it. Started of with spectating the #StockholmMarathon. Would have loved to join, but no last minute (literally) bibs available. Only โฆ
- Travelling into a long weekend and looking back to this weekโs family reunion event aka #AWSSummit Berlin.
Travelling into a long weekend and looking back to this weekโs family reunion event aka #AWSSummit Berlin. To be honest, Iโm a little exhausted but energised at the same time after meeting so many โฆ
- AWS Summit Amsterdam is in the books and it has been a blast. Very good energy and loads of good conversations with customers
AWS Summit Amsterdam is in the books and it has been a blast. Very good energy and loads of good conversations with customers, partners and colleagues. ๐ฆ I was very happy to see so much attention on โฆ
- Look at this - we won a Golden Medal ๐ . Thanks a lot for this unique speaker reward, Dario ! Very well appreciated.
Look at this - we won a Golden Medal ๐ . Thanks a lot for this unique speaker reward, Dario ! Very well appreciated. Thank you to Web Engineering Dรผsseldorf Meetup to provide us with the opportunity โฆ
- ๐ Iโm right now on my way back from Berlin - hopefully I make it back before the various strikes in Germany freeze the country.
๐ Iโm right now on my way back from Berlin - hopefully I make it back before the various strikes in Germany freeze the country. ๐ Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining a podium discussion โMore than โฆ
- Right now calming down a little in our Berlin offices. It has been a very intensive
Right now calming down a little in our Berlin offices. It has been a very intensive week including two fully packed days drinking from the firehose during the AWS Deep Dive Days 2024 - Generative AI โฆ
2023
- Indeed super nice memories. The group dived deep into data platforms and shared experiences - the good and the ugly.
Indeed super nice memories. The group dived deep into data platforms and shared experiences - the good and the ugly. As you can see from the pictures, we had engaged discussions ๐ . Looking back into โฆ
- I left #reinvent2023 in Las Vegas with a big bag of impressions: Countless interactions with Customers, Colleagues and Friends.
I left #reinvent2023 in Las Vegas with a big bag of impressions: Countless interactions with Customers, Colleagues and Friends. I had the pleasure to reinvent with customers during Workshops and Chalk โฆ
- Read entirely โ exciting news at the end ๐: On my way back from AWS Summit in Johannesburg
Read entirely - Exciting news at the end ๐ : On my way back from AWS Summit in Johannesburg(https://aws.amazon.com/events/summits/johannesburg/). Feeling a little tired after the night flight, but my โฆ
- The silence before the storm - actually not really as it is super windy today ๐. Nevertheless a quiet day in Johannesburg due to national holidays.
The silence before the storm - actually not really as it is super windy today ๐. Nevertheless a quiet day in Johannesburg due to national holidays. At the same time busy as speakers meet to fin tune โฆ
- Last week's Amsterdam Summit is in the books. It has been a blast. A great opportunity to (re-)connect with customers, partners and colleagues.
Last weekโs Amsterdam Summit is in the books. It has been a blast. A great opportunity to (re-)connect with customers, partners and colleagues. Heiko Hotzโs and my talk โGenerative AI - The new way to โฆ
2022
- Re:invent 2022 is in the books. 220.145 steps and more importantly uncountable valuable interactions
Re:invent 2022 is in the books. 220.145 steps and more importantly uncountable valuable interactions with customers, partners and colleagues. Itโs a global world and we all work in distributed teams. โฆ
- The keynote is quite a start into the day. Thrilled to explore and push limits with you. If you around in Vegas, make sure to meet tonight.
The keynote is quite a start into the day. Thrilled to explore and push limits with you. If you around in Vegas, make sure to meet tonight. For the German folks: We are ready for you at the Global โฆ
- Time is moving fast. Already 5 years though it feels like I just started. Still Day 1. At Amazon Web
Time is moving fast. Already 5 years though it feels like I just started. Still Day 1. At Amazon Web Services (AWS) I found an awesome place to work with my customers and develop myself. While โฆ
- AWSSummit 2022 in Berlin has been a blast. Felt like someone accidentally hit the pause button two y
#AWSSummit 2022 in Berlin has been a blast. Felt like someone accidentally hit the pause button two years ago and finally managed to resume. It was awesome to meet people again outside of the โฆ
- Today is re:Purpose day, a great organisational initiative in Tanuja Randery's organization. Many different activities by different team members.
Today is re:Purpose day, a great organisational initiative inย Tanuja Randeryโs organization. Many different activities by different team members. Beside toeing the swimming pool for a first time since โฆ
- For those of you, who are interested to get a concise recap of re:Invent 2021 the following might be
For those of you, who are interested to get a concise recap of re:Invent 2021 the following might be interesting: Dennis Traub and myself will be hosting an online live event,ย Tuesday, 08. February โฆ