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So, this is what we’ve been working on. 🥕

Our founders, Karin Pichler and Christian Haintz, are heading back to TU Graz 🎓 — but this time to the other side of the lecture hall. 👩‍🏫

Starting on 🗓️ November 23, they’ll teach the university course “Web Application Development: Technical Planning and Management” at TU Graz Life Long Learning. 📚🚀

The idea behind the course is simple: You don’t need to write code to make good decisions about web development. But you do need to understand how requirements, architecture 🏗️, quality ✅, infrastructure ⚙️, delivery 📦, and operations 🔧 fit together. 🧩

That’s the perspective Karin and Christian will share — practical, independent of specific technologies, and honest about what works and what doesn’t. 💡

Both studied Software Development & Business at TU Graz. Now they’re returning as lecturers. We’d say that’s coming full circle. 🎓

Knowledge grows when shared. We’re looking forward to sharing more of ours. 🌱💬

A big thank you to Ernst Kreuzer and his team at TU Graz Life Long Learning for working with us to make this happen. 🙏🤝

You’ll find all the details in the link below. 📣 🔗 👇

www.tugraz.at/en/studyi…

🌱 Knowledge grows when shared.

💡 This belief has shaped our work since our story began in 2007. For almost 20 years, we’ve built web applications, digital products and helped companies improve how they develop software through workshops and in-house training.

🎉 Now, in our 20th year, we want to share that knowledge with more people.

🤝 And we’re taking this step together with TU Graz Life Long Learning. It also brings our founders, Karin and Christian, back to a familiar place: they both studied Software Development & Business at TU Graz.

👀 Tomorrow, we’ll reveal what we’ve been working on—and what brings Karin and Christian back to TU Graz in a new role.

#LifelongLearning #WebDevelopment #TUGraz

🚀 New course coming this Fall!

Managing software is not the same as managing developers.

Our new course is designed for people who manage web development projects and want to better understand how professional web development really works.

More soon 👉 www.cnc.io/nl

Too hot to work? 🥵

Our coworking space in Graz is in penguin mode: air conditioned, calm, and ready for focused work. 🐧❄️

Free desks available: 🚋 central 👨🏻‍💻 height-adjustable desks 🔑 24/7 🏎️ fiber internet 🤑 only €232 per month / desk excl. 20% VAT

👉 cnc.io/coworking

#CoworkingGraz #StayCool

🔒 The OWASP Top 10: your security compass for web development. It’s the industry’s most trusted guide to critical security risks, regularly updated to reflect emerging threats. Don’t wait for a breach! owasp.org/www-proje… #AppSec #WebDev #InfoSec

Off to KubeCon Europe we go! It’s been over 10 years of Kubernetes powering web applications at scale. We’re looking forward to an exciting event—can you guess where it’s happening this year?

#KubeCon #KubeConEU #Kubernetes #CloudNative #DevOps #OpenSource #TechConference #WebApps #LondonCalling

📚 Our must-read book for 2024: “The Phoenix Project”—perfect for software dev leaders and IT ops managers! It masterfully uses storytelling to showcase DevOps best practices and real-world solutions. This isn’t dry theory—it’s practical wisdom wrapped in an engaging narrative!

🎄 Join us at the CNCF Graz Xmas Meetup! Informal gathering at Mariahilfer Platz Christmas Market on Dec 19, 6 PM. No presentations, just networking & mulled wine 🍷

RSVP: community.cncf.io/events/de…

#CNCF #CloudNative #Graz

📚 Sneak peek before our 2024 Book of the Year reveal! Last year’s pick “Team Topologies” by Skelton & Pais is still a game-changer for IT teams.

💡 Must-read for better team flow & org structure!

#TeamTopologies #ITLeadership #SoftwareDev

🎉 Exciting CNCF Graz Meetup yesterday! Our tech lead Christian shared how to set up an AWS EKS Cluster with Karpenter and Pulumi in one command! 🚀

Highlights: 🆕 New CNCF projects: OpenCost, WasmCloud, Flatcar Linux 🔐 Keycloak v26 with enterprise SSO 🕵️‍♂️ Jaeger v2 + OpenTelemetry

#CNCF #CloudNative

🚀 Our tech lead speaking at CNCF Meetup Graz!

🗓️ Nov 20, 2024 | ⏰ 5 PM | 📍 Spacelend

Topic: “1-cmd autoscaling K8s Cluster w/ AWS EKS, Karpenter & Pulumi”

RSVP: community.cncf.io/events/de…

#CNCF #K8s #AWS

🚀 Containerization benefits for web apps:

• 🔮 Predictable environments
• 📝 Simple description
• 🔢 Version control
• 🔄 Easy updates
• 💻 Dev-prod parity
• 📈 Scalability

#WebDev #Containerization #DevOps

Your preference: Traditional or containerized?

🚀 Deploying Your First Web App? Don’t Miss These Crucial Steps!

1️⃣ Disable Caching of index.html 2️⃣ Implement a Reload Mechanism for Long-Running Apps

These small but vital steps can only be implemented on first deployment without impacting existing users and can significantly improve your web app’s user satisfaction.

#WebDevelopment #DeploymentTips

🚨 Today is NIS2 implementation day! 🇪🇺 It might affect you in one way or another. Even if your company isn’t required to apply it, you’re already on a good path to compliance by following state-of-the-art security measures and industry best practices.

DORA vs DORA

EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act 🇪🇺 For financial institutions 🛡️ Cybersecurity focus 📅 Effective Jan 17, 2025**

Google’s DevOps Research & Assessment 🔬 Measures DevOps performance 📊 4 key metrics**

youtu.be/TDOeUWx2K…

#TechResilience #DevOps

What do snakes 🐍 and web apps have in common? Python is both a reptile and the most popular programming language 🌍. We’ve used Python + Django for 15+ years, and so do companies like Instagram, Spotify, and NASA. Today, we celebrate Python 3.13’s release! 🎉 #Python #Python313