Tom van den Berg
Lead Developer | Tech Lead in .NET & Microsoft Azure
Lead Developer | Tech Lead in .NET & Microsoft Azure
Gorinchem, The Netherlands
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Tom van den Berg is a lead developer at Info Support.
As a developer he is part of a team that realizes new and innovative solutions.
Tom likes to think outside of the box and he gets a lot of energy from sharing knowledge and encourage other people to think outside of the box.
Tom van den Berg is lead developer bij Info Support.
Als developer is hij lid van een team die nieuwe en innovatieve oplossing realiseert.
Tom denkt graag buiten de kaders en krijgt veel energie van het delen van kennis en het stimuleren van andere mensen om buiten de kaders te denken.
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Building effective LLM-based applications with Semantic Kernel
While it may sound like LLMs and generative AI are more of a data science thing, they aren't. You, as a developer, can work with this technology too.
In this workshop, we'll help you build an RAG system from start to finish using Semantic Kernel while teaching you topics such as LLMOps, LLM Security, and various design patterns useful for building LLM-based applications.
By the end of the workshop, you'll know:
* How to build an agent with tools such as search
* How to deploy and maintain your agent
* How to secure your agent against various attacks
* How to apply various LLM design patterns
Platform engineering: making organizational, cultural and technical choices
This session explores key concepts of platform engineering, the responsibilities of platform and application teams, and the cultural dynamics essential for successful collaboration. Gain actionable insights from real-world examples to enhance your platform engineering practices. The speakers will share their practical experience with designing, building, and operating a standardized platform for running cloud-native applications.
Continuous Validation, non-functional excellence in your projects
Validating non-functional requirements only at the end of the project can lead to significant rework in architecture and software, making necessary changes difficult and costly. If you’re not testing these non-functionals—such as performance, scalability, and resiliency—throughout the development process, it might become increasingly challenging to implement necessary adjustments when evaluating these criteria late in the project.
This session emphasizes the critical importance of incorporating non-functional validation as early as possible in your development lifecycle. By identifying potential issues early, you can make timely adjustments, ensuring the final product meets all necessary criteria. Tom will share practical strategies for leveraging Azure to verify non-functionals, complete with real-world examples that illustrate how early validation can lead to smoother project execution and higher quality outcomes. This session is ideal for software architects, developers, and project managers looking to enhance their development practices.
.NET supply chain: Protecting against hidden threats
Modern software relies heavily on third-party components like open-source libraries and NuGet packages, which can introduce security risks. If you're not carefully managing these dependencies, you could expose your application to vulnerabilities or even malicious code—just like what happened with Log4J.
In this session, we'll cover best practices for securing your .NET projects, including using tools like Trivy and NuGet’s security features to scan and monitor dependencies. We’ll also discuss supply chain observability—how to track vulnerabilities and ensure the integrity of your components.
Beyond tools, we'll touch on team policies for approving third-party libraries, setting security gates in CI/CD pipelines, and fostering a security-first mindset in your organization. Live demos will show practical steps you can implement right away to protect your applications.
Hands-on Non-Functional Validation in Azure
Validating non-functional requirements only at the end of a project can lead to costly rework and architectural challenges. Without testing aspects like performance, scalability, and resiliency throughout development, making adjustments late in the process becomes increasingly difficult.
In this interactive workshop, you'll learn how to integrate non-functional validation early in your development lifecycle using Azure-based tools and techniques. Through hands-on exercises, real-world examples, and guided experimentation, you'll explore practical strategies for testing performance, scalability, and resiliency at different stages of development.
By the end of this workshop, you'll have gained concrete skills and insights that will help you proactively address non-functional requirements, leading to higher-quality software and smoother project execution. This session is ideal for software architects, developers, and project managers looking to enhance their approach to building robust, scalable systems.
Bring your laptop and be ready to dive into practical validation techniques that you can apply immediately!
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