Sergio Canales
Principal Architect @ Red Hat
Principal Architect @ Red Hat
Santiago, Chile
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I find immense joy in collaborating with diverse teams, cultivating a positive work environment that encourages creativity and open communication. Emphasizing team development is essential to achieving successful outcomes and driving innovation in every aspect.
Embracing challenges and staying up-to-date with the latest technology trends keeps me motivated and eager to explore new opportunities.
I'm a Cloud Native Administrator, Developer, Architect and Fan!
Encuentro una inmensa alegría al colaborar con equipos diversos, fomentando un ambiente de trabajo positivo que inspire la creatividad y la comunicación abierta. Enfatizar el desarrollo del equipo es esencial para lograr resultados exitosos y promover la innovación en todos los aspectos.
Abrazar los desafíos y mantenerme al día con las últimas tendencias tecnológicas me motiva y me impulsa a explorar nuevas oportunidades.
¡Soy Administrador de Sistemas, Desarrollador, Arquitecto y Fan del Cloud Native! 🌐🚀
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How to take your first big step into a community en
In this presentation, we'll explore practical strategies on how to take your first big step into a community. From overcoming initial uncertainty to identifying opportunities for connection, we'll address common challenges faced by those joining new communities. Discover key tips for sharing effectively, building meaningful relationships, and thriving on your journey toward active community participation. A straightforward, practical approach for those looking to develop meaningful connections from the start.
In this presentation, we'll cover practical strategies for joining a community, including overcoming initial uncertainty, identifying opportunities for connection, and sharing effectively. Discover tips for building meaningful relationships and thriving as an active participant from the start.
Cloud Native beyond the platform engineering and devEx en
Discover the vital role of applications in the cloud-native landscape, focusing on what happens after a stable platform and delivery process are in place. We'll explore the importance of building and maintaining trustworthy and resilient applications, highlighting the need for developers to be aware of their application's behavior. Understand the trade-offs involved in externalizing patterns and best practices, such as increased management complexity and resource consumption. Let's dive into strategies for creating secure, scalable applications that make the most of your stable platform.
Explore the importance of resilient application behavior in cloud-native environments.
Unlocking Potential through Open Source en
It's not enough to pick OpenSource tech; it's about replicating and adopting the collaborative conditions in which it was created. Open Source transforms mindsets and unlocks potential, empowering individuals and organizations to reach their full capabilities. Embracing OpenSource means embracing organic leadership—leading by example and fostering initiative.
In the OpenSource community, team advocacy thrives. Your success is my success, driving collective achievements and progress. This model encourages us to work towards a bigger purpose.
Acceptance, both of oneself and others, is key. It teaches us to embrace our strengths and weaknesses, continuously strive for self-improvement, and cultivate consistency and good habits.
OpenSource technology delivers real value when used in an environment mirroring its creation—like a seed needing the same conditions as the original plant to thrive. OpenSource flourishes in a collaborative, open, and supportive setting.
It's not enough to pick Open Source tech; it's about replicating and adopting the collaborative conditions in which it was created.
Super Apps: Resilient, Minimal, and Environment-Aware en
As platform technologies evolve, many applications struggle under excessive middleware and add-ons, creating complexity, resource strain, and increased failure points. Imagine a new approach—applications that are resilient, minimal, and environment-aware, powered by an amazing open-source platform, a high-performance framework, and cloud-native development expertise.
In this session, we’ll showcase how leveraging Kubernetes, open-source frameworks like Quarkus, and cloud-native development practices can yield dramatically different results with the right perspective and experience. Learn how to reduce dependencies, increase efficiency, and build applications that thrive in any environment, transforming complexity into simplicity and reliability while driving down operational costs.
Discover how Kubernetes, open-source frameworks, and cloud-native best practices enable resilient, minimal applications that reduce operational overhead and complexity.
Understand how simplifying architecture and reducing middleware dependencies can lead to significant cost savings and resource efficiency.
Practical steps to create self-managing, environment-aware apps that deliver high uptime, reduced troubleshooting time, and consistent customer satisfaction, all while cutting down on infrastructure costs.
Cloud-Native Excellence: Patterns to Empower Teams and Organizations en es
In a world where innovation is the key to staying competitive, companies often focus solely on adopting new technologies, neglecting the critical role of mindset and organizational dynamics. This session explores how to unlock the full potential of your organization by blending technical excellence with a shift in team and leadership mindsets. By focusing on patterns such as fail-oriented design, community-driven collaboration, internal customer satisfaction, and technical debt prioritization, you can transform your company into a resilient, innovative powerhouse.
Attendees will leave with a roadmap for reshaping their technical and cultural foundations to achieve sustainable growth, empowered teams, and true cloud-native adoption.
Excelencia Cloud-Native: Patrones para Empoderar Equipos y Organizaciones en es
En un mundo donde la innovación es clave para mantenerse competitivo, las empresas a menudo se enfocan únicamente en adoptar nuevas tecnologías, descuidando el papel crucial de la mentalidad y la dinámica organizacional. Esta sesión explora cómo desbloquear todo el potencial de tu organización combinando la excelencia técnica con un cambio en la mentalidad de los equipos y el liderazgo. Al enfocarse en patrones como el diseño orientado al fallo, la colaboración impulsada por comunidades, la satisfacción del cliente interno y la priorización de la deuda técnica, puedes transformar tu empresa en una potencia resiliente e innovadora.
Los asistentes se llevarán un plan para rediseñar sus bases técnicas y culturales, logrando un crecimiento sostenible, equipos empoderados y una verdadera adopción de tecnologías cloud-native.
Architecting Open Source Teams: Building People Before Platforms en es
## Abstract
Behind every successful open source initiative within an enterprise or community project is a well-structured team. In this session, we’ll explore how the architecture of people—their roles, relationships, responsibilities, and rotations—is just as critical as the technologies they choose.
We'll walk through real examples where open source solutions adopted inside organizations were selected not just for technical fit, but for their alignment with contributor experience, maintainability, and mentorship potential. From choosing tools that match team skill levels, to designing review workflows that onboard newcomers and grow leaders, this session connects the dots between tech stack decisions and the human systems around them.
We’ll also explore how to sustain momentum when open source efforts inside companies and teams risk becoming disconnected from day-to-day responsibilities, and how to scale collaboration without killing the initial spark. Attendees will learn how to make recognition part of the team architecture, and how to integrate open source into the natural rhythm of organizational work.
If you care about the long-term success of open source initiative within an enterprise or community projects—not just the code, but the people who power them—this session is for you.
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## Agenda
1. **The Spark** – How open source teams operating within enterprise contexts form around purpose, recognition, and shared need.
2. **Sustaining Momentum** – Integrating open source into everyday work to keep it alive.
3. **Scaling the Team** – Lightweight structure and shared vision without bureaucracy.
4. **Architecture of Recognition** – Building systems that celebrate contributions in multiple categories.
5. **Directed Freedom** – A people-first framework that empowers with responsibility and innovation.
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## Key Takeaways
- Architecting teams is just as important as architecting systems.
- Recognition and clarity are critical for sustained contribution.
- Simple, consistent structure enables scalable collaboration.
- Empowered teams with purpose build better software—and stronger communities.
- Open source principles can enhance any team, not just OSS projects.
Designing Sustainable, Purpose-Driven Collaboration in Open Source Projects and Beyond
Arquitectura de Equipos Open Source: Construyendo Personas Antes que Plataformas en es
## Resumen
Detrás de cada iniciativa open source dentro de una organización o comunidad exitoso hay un equipo bien estructurado. En esta sesión exploraremos cómo la arquitectura de las personas—sus roles, relaciones, responsabilidades y rotaciones—es tan crítica como la tecnología que se elige.
Revisaremos ejemplos reales donde las soluciones open source adoptadas dentro de organizaciones fueron seleccionadas no solo por su ajuste técnico, sino por cómo se alineaban con la experiencia de los contribuidores, la mantenibilidad y las oportunidades de mentoría. Desde elegir herramientas que encajan con el nivel del equipo, hasta diseñar flujos de revisión que integran nuevos talentos y forman líderes, conectaremos las decisiones tecnológicas con los sistemas humanos que las sostienen.
También abordaremos cómo sostener el impulso cuando los esfuerzos open source dentro de equipos y empresas corren el riesgo de aislarse de las responsabilidades diarias, y cómo escalar la colaboración sin apagar la chispa de motivación. Los asistentes aprenderán cómo hacer del reconocimiento una parte de la arquitectura del equipo, y cómo integrar el open source en el ritmo natural del trabajo organizacional.
Si te interesa el éxito a largo plazo de los proyectos open source—no solo el código, sino las personas que lo hacen posible—esta sesión es para ti.
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## Agenda General
1. **La Chispa** – Cómo se forman los equipos open source que operan en contextos empresariales en torno a propósito, reconocimiento y necesidades compartidas.
2. **Sostener el Impulso** – Integrar el open source en el trabajo diario para mantenerlo vivo.
3. **Escalar el Equipo** – Crear estructura liviana y visión compartida sin burocracia.
4. **Arquitectura del Reconocimiento** – Construir sistemas que celebren la contribución en distintas categorías.
5. **Libertad con Dirección** – Un marco centrado en las personas para empoderar con responsabilidad e innovación.
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## Aprendizajes Clave
- Arquitectar equipos es tan importante como arquitectar sistemas.
- El reconocimiento y la claridad son fundamentales para la contribución sostenida.
- Una estructura simple y consistente permite escalar la colaboración.
- Equipos empoderados con propósito construyen mejor software—y comunidades más fuertes.
- Los principios del open source pueden potenciar cualquier equipo, no solo proyectos OSS.
Diseñando Colaboración Sostenible y con Propósito en Proyectos Open Source y Más Allá
New Platformers: How to Implement Platform Engineering with What You Already Have en
# Summary
Platform Engineering doesn't start with a platform, it starts with a purpose: bringing cloud capabilities closer to people. In this session, you'll learn how to build that bridge without relying on expensive tools or full-fledged IDPs. We’ll use Ansible to represent tasks, backend services (Quarkus, Node.js, or Python) as orchestrators, and Kubernetes to run on-demand containers. You'll see how to turn complex technical flows into accessible services. This is a realistic, positive, and progressive gui...
# Agenda
1. Rethinking Platform Engineering through its purpose
2. The bridge: abstracting complexity
3. Minimum viable stack: Ansible + APIs + K8s
4. Practical automation example
5. When to consider a user-facing interface
# Key Takeaways
- Platform Engineering is a practice in service of people.
- You can start with open and accessible tools.
- Abstracting flows and exposing them as services accelerates impact.
Platform Engineering doesn't start with a platform—it starts with a purpose
Sergio Canales
Principal Architect @ Red Hat
Santiago, Chile
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