🌈 Hi, I'm Michael aka dnsmichi

I'm a Principal Developer Advocate at GitLab. My Focus is Efficient Agentic AI adoption and (Embedded) DevSecOps 🦊

Everything I learn on my journey is shared in blog posts, talks, workshops, live streams, tutorials, isues/epics, documentation/handbook MRs. Learn about my work values, strengths and weaknesses, working with me and more in my README. 🌐

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🌱 Blog posts

Full list in https://dnsmichi.at/portfolio/

• Custom rules in GitLab Duo Agentic Chat for greater developer efficiency
• Refactor code into modern languages with AI-powered GitLab Duo
• Top tips for efficient AI-powered Code Suggestions with GitLab Duo
• 10 best practices for using AI-powered GitLab Duo Chat
• Learning advanced Rust programming with a little help from AI
• Learning Rust with a little help from AI
• How GitLab can help mitigate deletion of open source container images on Docker Hub
• Efficient DevSecOps workflows: Hands-on python-gitlab API automation
• Fantastic Infrastructure as Code security attacks and how to find them
• Top ten GitLab hacks for all stages of the DevOps Platform
• 5 Great Phabricator features that inspired GitLab
• 10 tips to make you a productive GitLab user
• Tips for productive DevOps workflows: JSON formatting with jq and CI/CD linting automation
• How to use GitLab security features to detect log4j vulnerabilities

⚡️ Talks & Activities

See https://dnsmichi.at/talks/ for the most current insights.

• GitLab DACH Roadshow 2025: Efficient DevSecOps workflows … with a little help from my AI Agents
• Bitkom Forum Open Source 2025: Breaking and Entering (Open Source): AI for Swift Contribution
• Container Days 2025: Evolving the Edge: AI, CI, and Hardware-in-the-Loop for Embedded
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• Open Source @ Siemens 2025: Learning AI 101: Practical Foundations for Developers
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• Container Days 2024: Efficient DevSecOps workflows with a little help from AI
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Talk resources: Efficient DevSecOps Workflows With A Little Help From AI

🤗 Collaboration Requests

Want me to speak, moderate, create content, join a meetup, engage in a podcast, etc.?

Please follow the Developer Advocate request template and create an issue. My team will be in touch soon.

🌐 All remote insights

• All-remote workspace
• DerStandard.at interview (German)
• My 1st year all-remote at GitLab
• 2 years all-remote and my 2022 vision
• Three years all-remote at GitLab: Know the unknown unknowns (growth, life, and work)
• Michi, Limited Edition - 4 years all-remote at GitLab
• My 5th Year at GitLab: Developer Advocate Journey, AI Adventures, and Finding Balance