Intro
October is at an end, and I want to share a quick recap of my participation to some conferences. First of all, a big thanks to the organizers who dedicate their energy to these efforts, and to SUSE for supporting my attendance!
Modena, Oct 4, 2025 : GDG DevFest 2025
- Ancient, historical location : The venue was in the city center: an actual church and a teathre
- I managed to be there only on saturday
modena.rbguys and linux booth!
| talks: | |
|---|---|
| Gabriele Santomaggio | Creare un Linux container da zero |
| Andrea Carratta | Infrastructure as Code |
| Soumaya Erradi | Mastering Git |
| Moreno Razzoli | Containerizza la tua App e distribuisci senza pensieri |
| Valeria Salis | M71A Manifesto italiano per l’uguaglianza delle ragazze e delle donne nella tecnologia |
I’ve never seen Business cards shaped as Magic Cards, and they look gorgeous!
Florence, Oct 5-7, 2025 : GoLab
Speaking of amazing locations, the 10th edition GoLab was held in Florence.
Both days were literally packed by talks, I tried to follow as many as possible as they all were really interesting. Among all, I preferred the most low-level and deep-dive talks, and I wasn’t disappointed of my choice.
| Day one | |
|---|---|
| Raphael Amorim | Unchaining Charm: Making Developer Tools Speak Every Language |
| Alex Rios | Tug-of-Code: The battle for efficient iteration in Go |
| Lovro Mažgon | Building a Plugin System with WebAssembly |
| Jesús Espino | Deep dive into the select statement |
| Erik Pellizzon | Bypassing the Linux net stack with Go |
| Ron Evans | That Machine Always Lies |
| Day two | |
|---|---|
| Ricardo Gomes da Silva | Becoming a Game Developer 25 Years Too Late |
| Raiza Claudino | marter Locks: Diving into Go 1.24’s Mutex Spin Optimisation |
| Naoki Kuroda | Weak References in Go 1.24: Memory Management Superpowers |
| (Lightning talks) | |
| Divya Rani | SIMD Support via Go Assembly |
| Sam Burns | Post-Quantum Cryptography in Go: The Arrival of the crypto/mlkem Package |
| Bill Kennedy | Go’s Trace Tooling and Concurrency |
Who doesn’t love cool stickers ?
Venice, Oct 11, 2025: GDG DevFest 2025
Ca’ Foscari University has a futuristic design, no wonder they call it “the Java’s Sandcrawler”
My proposed talk was accepted here so I went to speak about green computing and how to measure energy consumption without any special equipment. Also took the occasion to spread some cool company-provided swag!
(Yes I even managed to spell my name wrong 😑)
Brescia, Oct 25, 2025: Linux Day
Linux Day is an old-time favorite of mine, since 2001 every year I like to partecipate and share the knowledge and passion about Linux and Open Source. On this edition I had the pleasure to speak in a crowded hall, with lots of young people as well as veteran Linux users.
I gave two talks, one in the morning about the basics of Linux kernel (showing the anatomy of a syscall) and a larger “workshop” about Kubernetes.
Very Interesting optical equipment and software for astrophotography
I also brought home this nifty swag that summarizes well the spirit of Open Source: do it your own penguin! 😄
Back home
I’m a huge fan of small, local conferences. They’re just so much easier—they’re cheap, close to home, and don’t eat up your whole week. The networking is way more valuable, too; you’re connecting with people who actually work and live in your area.
Plus, the smaller size means less chaos, so you can actually walk up and have a real conversation with the speakers. And if you’re thinking about getting on stage yourself, these events are the perfect launchpad. It’s a low-pressure way to build experience and get your name out there. I can’t recommend them enough.