Thorsten Hans
Sr. Developer Advocate @ Akamai Technologies
Sr. Developer Advocate @ Akamai Technologies
Saarbrücken, Germany
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Thorsten Hans is a Senior Developer Advocate at Akamai, Docker Captain, and Wasm enthusiast. He thrives on pushing the limits of WebAssembly and Edge Computing to help developers build high-performance distributed systems. Thorsten shares his technical deep-dives via his blog and on global stages to shape the cloud’s future.
Thorsten Hans ist Senior Dev Developer bei Akamai, Docker Captain und Wasm-Enthusiast. Er liebt es, die Grenzen von WebAssembly und Edge Computing auszuloten, um Entwicklern beim Bau hocheffizienter, verteilter Systeme zu helfen. Seine Deep-Dives teilt er regelmäßig auf seinem Blog und auf den Tech-Bühnen dieser Welt.
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From Kubernetes to the Global Edge: Mastering the Wasm Compute Continuum
Why choose between the data center and the edge when you can have both? Thorsten Hans explores the "Compute Continuum," a new paradigm where WebAssembly (Wasm) allows your code to flow seamlessly across runtimes. Learn how to leverage Spin and SpinKube to run workloads on Kubernetes and move them to Akamai Functions in seconds. We’ll dive into architecting portable, polyglot applications that thrive anywhere—eliminating vendor lock-in and infrastructure silos once and for all. Discover how to build for the future where the runtime fits your needs, not the other way around.
Edge-Native AI: Building Ultra-Fast Agents and MCP Servers with Spin
Centralized AI is slow; Edge-native AI is the revolution. Thorsten Hans demonstrates how to build intelligent agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that run at the speed of light. Using Spin and WebAssembly, we’ll bypass the "cloud tax" of high latency and cold starts. Discover how to ship AI-driven features that live closer to your users, ensuring lightning fast responsiveness and enhanced privacy. Stop waiting for the origin—it's time to bring the brain to the edge and master the stack that powers the next generation of intelligent, distributed applications.
The Death of YAML: Scaling Global Apps with Wasm and NoOps
Tired of YAML hell and constant infrastructure management? Thorsten Hans makes the case for a "NoOps" future. By leveraging WebAssembly and Akamai Functions, developers can build, ship, and scale globally distributed apps without touching a single server. We’ll explore how Wasm exceeds the security of containers with the startup speed better than native binaries. See how to achieve a remarkable developer experience (DX) where the focus is strictly on code - not clusters. It’s time to stop managing infrastructure and start delivering value. Your origin is the bottleneck; the edge is the cure.
Kill the Cold Start: High-Performance Wasm at the Edge
The "Cloud-Native" era taught us how to scale, but the "Edge-Native" era is teaching us how to perform. For modern developers, the bottleneck is no longer CPU—it’s distance. Shipping code to a central region is no longer enough when users expect millisecond responsiveness for everything from dynamic content to real-time AI interactions.
In this hands-on workshop, we break free from the origin. We will leverage Spin—a CNCF project—to build ultra-lightweight, polyglot serverless applications with WebAssembly (Wasm) that defy the laws of latency. You’ll learn how to deploy these components to Akamai Functions, a globally distributed, NoOps platform that treats the world as a single data center.
We will move beyond "Hello World" to architect a production-grade Edge-Native application, featuring:
- Polyglot Development: Building high-speed logic using Rust, Go, or TypeScript within a unified Wasm runtime.
- The NoOps Experience: Deploying globally in seconds without a single line of YAML or infrastructure management.
- Edge-Intelligence: Implementing Edge-resident AI Agents to handle intelligence at the user’s doorstep, minimizing the round-trip to centralized LLMs.
Join this session to eliminate cold starts forever and master the stack that makes global distribution a seamless part of your development workflow.
Azure Developer Community Day 2022 (hybrid Edition) Sessionize Event
Techorama 2022 BE Sessionize Event
Global Azure Austria 2022 Sessionize Event
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Festive Tech Calendar 2021 Sessionize Event
Global Azure Austria 2021 Sessionize Event
Developer Week '20 Sessionize Event
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Thorsten Hans
Sr. Developer Advocate @ Akamai Technologies
Saarbrücken, Germany
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