KubeCon / CloudNativeCon Europe 2026
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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference brings together adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 23-26 March, 2026. Be a part of the conversation as CNCF Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox Projects unite for four days of collaboration, learning, and innovation to drive the future of cloud native computing.
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Are you in Amsterdam for KubeCon?
KuBBBecon, thé Benelux Bowling Borrel
Are you in Amsterdam for KubeCon? Why not join us at the Benelux Bowling Borrel on Wednesday, March the 25th at 18h00 in Knijn Bowling, Scheldeplein 3, 1078GR Amsterdam (only 7 minutes away from KubeCon, just across the street of the RAI).
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Join our session: Ghost in the Platform: How the Dutch Tax Authority Built a Service To Scale K8s To 99+ Applications
Jerry van Hulst, Belastingdienst & Marcel Kerker, HCS Company B.V.
How do you transform a mostly empty Kubernetes platform into a thriving ecosystem running 100+ production applications? This talk shares the Dutch Tax Authority's journey from a "ghost platform" to a secure-by-default, self-service platform developers actually want to use.
In 2019, we started our Kubernetes platform with minimal automation and scattered knowledge. Today, we run a fully automated Project as a Service platform guiding teams from idea to production with built-in security and best practices.
We'll demonstrate how we achieved this through:
- Developer enablement via Communities of Practice, workshops, and hackathons
- Automated onboarding with security and validation baked in
- integration of Tekton and Backstage
- Centralized management using ArgoCD, RHACM, and Kyverno
- Self-service powered by our open-source PaaS Operator
This session includes a live demo, architecture insights, and lessons learned. You'll leave with a blueprint and access to our open-source tools.