6 October 2026 →
Speaker. Builder.
Agentic AI, in production, without getting burned
I talk about what happens when AI meets production infrastructure, and I bring thirty years of running it to the stage: Red Hat, ThoughtWorks, AWS, KodeKloud, and now Accenture LearnVantage, where I lead AI workforce transformation. Next is the keynote at MCP Dev Summit Toronto on governing MCP for a workforce the size of a city, then KubeCon North America and Agentic Engineering Days Zurich. With Whitney Lee I run Unleash an Agent, Watch It Burn, a workshop where the room tries to make an agent break a real cluster, and co-host The AI Inevitable, one falsifiable question about AI per episode.

Latest recording
Ignite Talk - The Day Claude Code Deleted My Cluster - A Cautionary Tale About AI Guardrails
15 May 2026
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All recordings
Ignite Talk - The Day Claude Code Deleted My Cluster - A Cautionary Tale About AI GuardrailsSpeaking · 2026
Cloud Native Theater | Cloud Native University: AI + Kubernetes: What Beginners Need to Know in 2026Speaking · 2026
Cloud Native Theater | Cloud Native University: How Kubernetes Actually Ships - An Educator's Guide to Core Releases, SIGs, and Staying CurrentSpeaking · 2026
Come Visit Michael Forrester at KCD Texas 2026Speaking · 2026
Upcoming
9 November 2026 →
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
10 November 2026 →
Cloud Native University @ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
20 November 2026 →
Listen
The AI Inevitable, with Whitney Lee. Evidence-based answers to the questions everyone is asking about AI. One falsifiable question per episode, reviewed against the papers.
Play
- KubeQuestLearn Kubernetes as a game. Quests, not chapters.
- CNCF BingoA bingo card of CNCF projects, each described by what it actually does.
- Git Branch CoursesBranching, merging and rebasing as puzzles you solve in the browser.
- D&D Virtual TabletopA 5e virtual tabletop that runs on the rules engine, built for the home table.
- AntiphonA Lancer campaign in the world of Sarn, with its chronicle drawn as a graphic novel.
Writing
All 126- Deep Dive: I Let Claude Build the Entire IDP. Here's What That Actually Looks Like.
- Appearances Index
- Opinion: If You're an FDE Without a Platform, Why Not Build One?
- Opinion: What Is an FDE Without a Platform?
- Conversations I've had this week - We've Got the AI Investment Story Backwards
- The Four-Hour Executive AI Workshop Problem