Cloud Native London April 2026: Cloudsmith and Testkube
Two speakers from Cloudsmith and Testkube joined us at the April Cloud Native London meetup at the fabulous Thought Machine event space, as well as via the YouTube/LinkedIn livestreams.
We are immensely grateful to Testkube, and TechShack for their generous support and sponsorship.
Overview
Kicking off our evening was Meghan McGowan from Cloudsmith explaining From “Trust Then Verify” to “Verify Then Trust”: Securing the AI-Accelerated Software Supply Chain(starting at 8:31). (unfortunately we had a technical issue with the audio for the first few minutes of her talk). Her takeaways explained that:
- Visibility without enforcement is just a better view of your risk.
- AI didn’t just change how fast you ship, it changed what you’re responsible for securing.
- 95% of teams generate SBOMs, but only 1 in 4 actually use them.
And wrapping up our evening was Ole Lensmar from Testkube discussing Keeping Up: Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native(starting at 30:19). He described how:
- Continuous testing depends on orchestration, not just more tests. As AI accelerates code generation and GitOps keeps deployments moving, teams cannot afford disconnected test stages and manual handoffs. Test orchestration becomes the mechanism that coordinates when tests run, which environments they run in, and how results feed back into delivery decisions so quality can keep pace with release velocity.
- In cloud-native systems, test failures need to be understood in context across the stack. A failing test is rarely just a failing test. It may point to issues in infrastructure, configuration, dependencies, or deployment conditions. Test orchestration helps connect these signals by tying together workflows, environments, artifacts, and execution history, giving teams a clearer path to root-cause analysis instead of another isolated pass/fail result.
- AI is most useful when paired with orchestration and operational context. The value is not just in generating more tests or adding more automation – It’s in helping teams decide what to run, when to run it, how to prioritize failures, and where remediation should happen next. Combined with orchestrated pipelines, AI can support intelligent test scheduling, faster failure analysis, and more adaptive quality workflows that keep up with modern delivery demands.
And of course, our usual group photo!
Cloud Native London May
Our next meetup will be on Wednesday 6th May, when we’ll be joined by speakers from Pulumi, Oligo, and Cloud Combinator! RSVP and save the date now!.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and see you in a month!
Cheryl (@oicheryl)
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