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🚀 Just wrapped up my next article:
In this piece, I explore:
• Why MCP is gaining traction
• How natural language becomes the new abstraction layer
• Lessons learned from integrating MCP
• Why APIs (with security, identity, and observability) still matter more than ever
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
In this piece, I explore:
• Why MCP is gaining traction
• How natural language becomes the new abstraction layer
• Lessons learned from integrating MCP
• Why APIs (with security, identity, and observability) still matter more than ever
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
Beyond APIs: Lessons from Building with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Introduction: The shift from data exchange to shared context
medium.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚀 Just wrapped up my next article:
In this piece, I explore:
• Why MCP is gaining traction
• How natural language becomes the new abstraction layer
• Lessons learned from integrating MCP
• Why APIs (with security, identity, and observability) still matter more than ever
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
In this piece, I explore:
• Why MCP is gaining traction
• How natural language becomes the new abstraction layer
• Lessons learned from integrating MCP
• Why APIs (with security, identity, and observability) still matter more than ever
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
Thrilled to share my contribution to the 2025 AI in Networking Report Video Series hosted by NextGenInfra.io.
👉 Watch here: lnkd.in/emxSR-Uv
A big thanks to Roy Chua and James E. Carroll, for driving these conversations that bring together diverse perspectives across our industry.
👉 Watch here: lnkd.in/emxSR-Uv
A big thanks to Roy Chua and James E. Carroll, for driving these conversations that bring together diverse perspectives across our industry.
AI in Networking 2025 - Harnessing the AI Deluge
Thought leaders discuss using predictive, generative, and agentic AI to manage, automate, scale, and optimize network infrastructure
NextGenInfra.io
September 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Thrilled to share my contribution to the 2025 AI in Networking Report Video Series hosted by NextGenInfra.io.
👉 Watch here: lnkd.in/emxSR-Uv
A big thanks to Roy Chua and James E. Carroll, for driving these conversations that bring together diverse perspectives across our industry.
👉 Watch here: lnkd.in/emxSR-Uv
A big thanks to Roy Chua and James E. Carroll, for driving these conversations that bring together diverse perspectives across our industry.
Schema is the foundation, MCP is the enabler, and the knowledge graph is the model that turns automation into insight. In #c4o, we built our MCP server in Rust using the excellent #rmcp SDK — exposing the entire system through just three generic tools.
👉 Read more: medium.com/@wim.henderi...
👉 Read more: medium.com/@wim.henderi...
From Schema to Scale: Building an MCP-Enabled Knowledge Graph
In my previous article, The Power of Schema: Turning Automation into Knowledge Graphs, I shared why schema is the foundation for scalable…
medium.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Schema is the foundation, MCP is the enabler, and the knowledge graph is the model that turns automation into insight. In #c4o, we built our MCP server in Rust using the excellent #rmcp SDK — exposing the entire system through just three generic tools.
👉 Read more: medium.com/@wim.henderi...
👉 Read more: medium.com/@wim.henderi...
With a single schema file, we generate:
✅ Server validation
✅ Client SDKs
✅ CLI tooling
✅ REST + GraphQL APIs
✅ Relationship-aware data models
✅ Dynamic introspection
All driven from one source of truth. Decoupled from #kubernetes and written in #rust.
👉 lnkd.in/edDHsiWW
✅ Server validation
✅ Client SDKs
✅ CLI tooling
✅ REST + GraphQL APIs
✅ Relationship-aware data models
✅ Dynamic introspection
All driven from one source of truth. Decoupled from #kubernetes and written in #rust.
👉 lnkd.in/edDHsiWW
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August 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
With a single schema file, we generate:
✅ Server validation
✅ Client SDKs
✅ CLI tooling
✅ REST + GraphQL APIs
✅ Relationship-aware data models
✅ Dynamic introspection
All driven from one source of truth. Decoupled from #kubernetes and written in #rust.
👉 lnkd.in/edDHsiWW
✅ Server validation
✅ Client SDKs
✅ CLI tooling
✅ REST + GraphQL APIs
✅ Relationship-aware data models
✅ Dynamic introspection
All driven from one source of truth. Decoupled from #kubernetes and written in #rust.
👉 lnkd.in/edDHsiWW
Sharing my keynote talk from #MPLSWC25: towards #agentic #operations.
- How we can leverage techniques from #router in #network #automation
- Building a framework where we can leverage #agents that #sense #reason and #act.
📽️ youtu.be/6kDiv3uD870?...
- How we can leverage techniques from #router in #network #automation
- Building a framework where we can leverage #agents that #sense #reason and #act.
📽️ youtu.be/6kDiv3uD870?...
Towards agentic operation: Realizing the autonomous network
YouTube video by Nokia
youtu.be
April 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Sharing my keynote talk from #MPLSWC25: towards #agentic #operations.
- How we can leverage techniques from #router in #network #automation
- Building a framework where we can leverage #agents that #sense #reason and #act.
📽️ youtu.be/6kDiv3uD870?...
- How we can leverage techniques from #router in #network #automation
- Building a framework where we can leverage #agents that #sense #reason and #act.
📽️ youtu.be/6kDiv3uD870?...
View my verified achievement from @linuxfoundation. www.credly.com/badges/7808a... via @credly
Cloud Native Telco Day EU 2025 Speaker Badge was issued by The Linux Foundation to Wim Hendrerickx.
Earners of this badge are speakers, selected by the Cloud Native Telco Day Europe 2025 Program Committee, who have provided thought-leadership and shared best practices with attendees during their tal...
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April 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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It's a wrap #KubeCon #CNTelcoDay #Kubenet #Kubernetes!. Thx for having myself and Ashan Senevirathne + all the amazing discussions and innovations to progress the #cloudnative #agenticAI #autonomous #operation. Together we get stronger 🎯.
👉 link to our talk: lnkd.in/eQsxmN5T
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👉 link to our talk: lnkd.in/eQsxmN5T
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April 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It's a wrap #KubeCon #CNTelcoDay #Kubenet #Kubernetes!. Thx for having myself and Ashan Senevirathne + all the amazing discussions and innovations to progress the #cloudnative #agenticAI #autonomous #operation. Together we get stronger 🎯.
👉 link to our talk: lnkd.in/eQsxmN5T
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👉 link to our talk: lnkd.in/eQsxmN5T
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Attached the recording of the #Kubenet #TGIKN session on #SDC enhancements (docs.sdcio.dev).
youtu.be/S-fmb4_MWak
#kubernetes #automation #cloudnative
youtu.be/S-fmb4_MWak
#kubernetes #automation #cloudnative
SDC (Schema Driven Configuration)
Schema driven configuration is a system to configure devices through schema's (e.g. YANG)
docs.sdcio.dev
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Attached the recording of the #Kubenet #TGIKN session on #SDC enhancements (docs.sdcio.dev).
youtu.be/S-fmb4_MWak
#kubernetes #automation #cloudnative
youtu.be/S-fmb4_MWak
#kubernetes #automation #cloudnative
🚀 Thursday 20 Feb at 17:00 CET we plan a TGIKN session where we discuss SDC enhancements.
TGIKN: SDC enhancements
Thursday, February 20 · 17:00 – 18:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/nja-skav-zgw
TGIKN: SDC enhancements
Thursday, February 20 · 17:00 – 18:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/nja-skav-zgw
meet.google.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚀 Thursday 20 Feb at 17:00 CET we plan a TGIKN session where we discuss SDC enhancements.
TGIKN: SDC enhancements
Thursday, February 20 · 17:00 – 18:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/nja-skav-zgw
TGIKN: SDC enhancements
Thursday, February 20 · 17:00 – 18:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/nja-skav-zgw
🚀 Great insights from Hans Thienpondt at #FOSDEM!
He covered #kubenet, tackling automation, scalability, and programmability in modern infrastructure. If you’re into #automation & #networking & #open-source, please watch!
🎥 Watch here: review.video.fosdem.org/r/d6ea7fb28b...
He covered #kubenet, tackling automation, scalability, and programmability in modern infrastructure. If you’re into #automation & #networking & #open-source, please watch!
🎥 Watch here: review.video.fosdem.org/r/d6ea7fb28b...
https://video.fosdem.org/2025/ua2114/fosdem-2025-5141-kubenet-harnessing-kubernetes-for-network-automation.av1.webm
review.video.fosdem.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
🚀 Great insights from Hans Thienpondt at #FOSDEM!
He covered #kubenet, tackling automation, scalability, and programmability in modern infrastructure. If you’re into #automation & #networking & #open-source, please watch!
🎥 Watch here: review.video.fosdem.org/r/d6ea7fb28b...
He covered #kubenet, tackling automation, scalability, and programmability in modern infrastructure. If you’re into #automation & #networking & #open-source, please watch!
🎥 Watch here: review.video.fosdem.org/r/d6ea7fb28b...
🚀 #WebAssembly: Have you heard about it ?
Network #automation frameworks often lock you in. What if we could develop once and run anywhere—across #frameworks, #runtimes, and #languages?
Have a read, would love your feedback.
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
Network #automation frameworks often lock you in. What if we could develop once and run anywhere—across #frameworks, #runtimes, and #languages?
Have a read, would love your feedback.
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
WebAssembly for Network Automation: Build Once, Run Anywhere
Modern network automation frameworks promise efficiency, but they often come with hidden constraints — they lock you into specific…
medium.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚀 #WebAssembly: Have you heard about it ?
Network #automation frameworks often lock you in. What if we could develop once and run anywhere—across #frameworks, #runtimes, and #languages?
Have a read, would love your feedback.
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
Network #automation frameworks often lock you in. What if we could develop once and run anywhere—across #frameworks, #runtimes, and #languages?
Have a read, would love your feedback.
medium.com/@wim.henderi...
🚀 #Kubenet meets #FOSDEM 2025! 🚀
Exciting times ahead as Hans Thienpondt takes the stage at #FOSDEM this week to provide an insightful overview of #Kubenet, a open source framework for declarative network automation.
fosdem.org/2025/schedule/
Exciting times ahead as Hans Thienpondt takes the stage at #FOSDEM this week to provide an insightful overview of #Kubenet, a open source framework for declarative network automation.
fosdem.org/2025/schedule/
January 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🚀 #Kubenet meets #FOSDEM 2025! 🚀
Exciting times ahead as Hans Thienpondt takes the stage at #FOSDEM this week to provide an insightful overview of #Kubenet, a open source framework for declarative network automation.
fosdem.org/2025/schedule/
Exciting times ahead as Hans Thienpondt takes the stage at #FOSDEM this week to provide an insightful overview of #Kubenet, a open source framework for declarative network automation.
fosdem.org/2025/schedule/
#kubenet #tgikn session recording is ready. Deep dive on #sdc using #arista #yang though #k8s api.
youtu.be/UBOxsKfiCBs?...
youtu.be/UBOxsKfiCBs?...
TGIKN SDC deep dive: K8s YANG
YouTube video by kubenet
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Attached the recording of our #TGIKN #Kubenet session where Markus Vahlenkamp goes into details of #SDC (schema driven configuration). A tool to apply declarative configuration to #YANG based systems using the #kubernetes.
youtu.be/Wj0mgIoJVgQ
youtu.be/Wj0mgIoJVgQ
TGIKN: SDC overview
YouTube video by kubenet
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Attached the recording of our #TGIKN #Kubenet session where Markus Vahlenkamp goes into details of #SDC (schema driven configuration). A tool to apply declarative configuration to #YANG based systems using the #kubernetes.
youtu.be/Wj0mgIoJVgQ
youtu.be/Wj0mgIoJVgQ
Here we ✈️. Travel started again for me in 2025 ✌️🕊️
January 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Here we ✈️. Travel started again for me in 2025 ✌️🕊️
I believe it will be worth subscribing to this podcast.
Our guest for episode 2 is another influential Kubernetes developer you may know
January 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I believe it will be worth subscribing to this podcast.
#TGIKN, #kubenet.
Next week we are planning a deep dive session SDC(docs.sdcio.dev) on thursday 5pm CET. Kubenet: SDC overview Thursday, January 16 · 17:00 – 18:00 Time zone: Europe/Brussels Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/acj-gmnd-pmf.
Everyone is welcome to join
Next week we are planning a deep dive session SDC(docs.sdcio.dev) on thursday 5pm CET. Kubenet: SDC overview Thursday, January 16 · 17:00 – 18:00 Time zone: Europe/Brussels Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/acj-gmnd-pmf.
Everyone is welcome to join
SDC (Schema Driven Configuration)
Schema driven configuration is a system to configure devices through schema's (e.g. YANG)
docs.sdcio.dev
January 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#TGIKN, #kubenet.
Next week we are planning a deep dive session SDC(docs.sdcio.dev) on thursday 5pm CET. Kubenet: SDC overview Thursday, January 16 · 17:00 – 18:00 Time zone: Europe/Brussels Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/acj-gmnd-pmf.
Everyone is welcome to join
Next week we are planning a deep dive session SDC(docs.sdcio.dev) on thursday 5pm CET. Kubenet: SDC overview Thursday, January 16 · 17:00 – 18:00 Time zone: Europe/Brussels Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/acj-gmnd-pmf.
Everyone is welcome to join
Keeping up with my yearly goal. 10k a day keeps the doctor away. Happy new year!
January 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Keeping up with my yearly goal. 10k a day keeps the doctor away. Happy new year!
🎉 That’s a wrap for #TGIKN & #Kubenet in 2024!
youtu.be/Q1wBe7zINzA
Thanks to everyone who joined and collaborated this year.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄 & Happy New Year! ✨
See you in 2025!
• The Kubenet Team
youtu.be/Q1wBe7zINzA
Thanks to everyone who joined and collaborated this year.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄 & Happy New Year! ✨
See you in 2025!
• The Kubenet Team
TGIKN build your own automation with choreo
YouTube video by kubenet
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 6:19 PM
🎉 That’s a wrap for #TGIKN & #Kubenet in 2024!
youtu.be/Q1wBe7zINzA
Thanks to everyone who joined and collaborated this year.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄 & Happy New Year! ✨
See you in 2025!
• The Kubenet Team
youtu.be/Q1wBe7zINzA
Thanks to everyone who joined and collaborated this year.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄 & Happy New Year! ✨
See you in 2025!
• The Kubenet Team
if you are interested in TGIKN #kubenet, there is a new session on Dec19th. #cloudnative #automation #kubernetes
TGIKN session: build your own automation
Thursday, December 19 · 16:00 – 17:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/pgz-myxd-scj
TGIKN session: build your own automation
Thursday, December 19 · 16:00 – 17:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/pgz-myxd-scj
meet.google.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:21 PM
if you are interested in TGIKN #kubenet, there is a new session on Dec19th. #cloudnative #automation #kubernetes
TGIKN session: build your own automation
Thursday, December 19 · 16:00 – 17:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/pgz-myxd-scj
TGIKN session: build your own automation
Thursday, December 19 · 16:00 – 17:00
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/pgz-myxd-scj
My first #wasm #WIT component experiment using different guest implementations #tinygo #rust #python
My experience:
- #rust is a must 👌
- The host part i tried #go, but seems #Wasmtime does not yet support #components.
- python binary and imports are not optimised
github.com/henderiw/com...
My experience:
- #rust is a must 👌
- The host part i tried #go, but seems #Wasmtime does not yet support #components.
- python binary and imports are not optimised
github.com/henderiw/com...
GitHub - henderiw/component-reconciler: testing wasm component
testing wasm component. Contribute to henderiw/component-reconciler development by creating an account on GitHub.
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December 12, 2024 at 8:11 AM
My first #wasm #WIT component experiment using different guest implementations #tinygo #rust #python
My experience:
- #rust is a must 👌
- The host part i tried #go, but seems #Wasmtime does not yet support #components.
- python binary and imports are not optimised
github.com/henderiw/com...
My experience:
- #rust is a must 👌
- The host part i tried #go, but seems #Wasmtime does not yet support #components.
- python binary and imports are not optimised
github.com/henderiw/com...