CfgMgmtCamp 2025 Ghent

Infrastructure from Code: The Next Generation of Cloud Management
2025-02-04, 14:50–15:40, Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013)

While Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become the standard for managing cloud resources using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Bicep, writing templates can still be a time-consuming task. But what if infrastructure could be automatically inferred from your application code? In this session, we’ll explore the emerging concept of "Infrastructure from Code" and evaluate the maturity of tools like Radius, Dapr, and Nitric. Are these tools ready to replace IaC? Join us to find out if it’s time to make the leap to a more seamless infrastructure experience.

Erwin Staal is an Azure Architect and DevOps consultant working for Xebia in the Netherlands. Helping companies deliver their software to customers using DevOps practices and cloud-native architectures is what he loves to do. He believes in the power of both the monolith and microservices and prefers to run his workload on the Azure Cloud and/or Kubernetes.
Besides the work he does for the customers of Xebia, he has a passion for sharing knowledge. He is one of the authors of 'Azure Infrastructure as Code' (https://www.manning.com/books/azure-infrastructure-as-code), occasionally writes a blog, and is an international speaker at conferences.