From Audience to Stage: My BC TechDays 2025 Recap

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Hello y’all,

I’m back from BC TechDays in Antwerp and still running on conference adrenaline.
Here’s a quick recap, a few lessons learned and some repo news.

Goosebumps in the big hall

Standing on that stage with Tobias felt surreal at first. Ten years ago I sat all the way in the back, wide-eyed, taking notes; last week I stepped up to the podium to share my Kiota story.

The stage fright? It evaporated the moment the first slide clicked in and the code started flowing.
Nothing beats that “oh, this makes sense!” nod from the front rows.

Questions, feedback – and the first bug

The Q&A and subsequent hallway talk was pure gold: sharp questions, honest opinions, plenty of “have you tried…?”.
Even better, the hallway track kept going: several devs stopped me afterwards to exchange stories and ideas.

Proof the topic resonated: the very first small bug report landed via LinkedIn before I made it home 😀 Keep ’em coming!

Cleanup after the spotlight

While rehearsing the demo we stumbled over a few rough edges, which are now fixed – I pushed updates to the repos today:

Not everything is done yet, but we’re getting there.
Once the code feels stable enough – and after a bit more community feedback – I’ll reach out to the Kiota maintainers and (fingers crossed) start the upstream merge process. A couple of refactoring ideas are also on the to-do list…

What’s next?

  • Polish the remaining TODOs.
  • Collect more real-world test cases – your PRs and issues are welcome!
  • Draft a follow-up webinar with Areopa (register now! And if you have any questions before/afterwards, feel free to reach out via LinkedIn, Discord, comments, GitHub…).

Thanks again to everyone who filled that hall with energy, asked great questions, sent me a DM – or just made these days awesome with being there. I loved meeting so many great people again and I really like the exchange of ideas happening every Tech Days. I’m really looking forward to the possiblity to meet you all!
See you online – or at the next event!

— Simon

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